Breed Description

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Text Box: BREED DESCRIPTION—OFFICIAL KNN STANDARD FOR KNABSTRUPPER HORSES The spotted Knabstrupper Horse is an old Danish heritage breed, which is accepted by the Danish Knabstrupper Society when conforming to the following standards. Type. The Knabstrupper is defined as a riding horse. The types are as paragraph 2 of the Society’s regulations: The Knabstrupper Horse. Big framed and well balanced horse with good depth and breadth. Size. The Knabstrupper horse categories are divided as follows The Knabstrupper Horse-above 148 cm at the wither. Colour. The Knabstrupper’s most significant characteristic is colouration. There are significant permutations in the colouring. The extent of the colouring therefore has no bearing on the assessment and classification. The minimum permitted colouration is flesh coloured areas at natural openings. Solid coloured stallions with only flesh coloured areas at natural openings are ineligible for grading. Stallions with the greying gene are ineligible for grading. Stallions with ‘wall eye’ or ‘rat tail’ (very sparse hair on the tail) are also ineligible. Horses and ponies with distinctly piebald or skewbald markings are ineligible for grading. Solid coloured mares out of or by one graded Knabstrupper parent are eligible for grading. Solid coloured pure bred stallions (ie at least 75% pure bred in the 3rd generation) are eligible for grading but must achieve an overall mark of 8 or above. Head and Neck. The Knabstrupper Horse has an expressive noble head with large clear and calm eyes and good clearance between the lower jaw and start of the neck. The head is attached through a good poll to a well-proportioned and well-set neck. Shoulder and Withers. The Knabstrupper horse has a long sloping shoulder and a well-defined wither. Withers, back and loin. The Knabstrupper horse has a well defined wither which flows into a strong back and short muscular loins. Croup. The Knabstrupper horse has a long, slightly sloping, muscular croup with a well set tail and tail carriage. Limbs. The Knabstrupper Horse has sound, strong, clean and well-turned limbs. The hocks and pasterns should be well defined with correct angles. There should be plenty of bone with a smooth transition to the cannon. The cannon should be short and flat. The pasterns should be proportionately long and sprung. There is a muscular forearm; the hind leg has a well-defined broad and deep musculature. The hoof should be well formed with good horn quality. Movement. The Knabstrupper Horse has a light and forward movement. Temperament. The Knabstrupper Horse must be lively and friendly.

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