#kwpn

[horsesarecreatures]

Super Santos - Ducth Harness Horse

#dutch harness horse #kwpn #bay horse #horse #equine

[artequestre]

Taloubet Z (Galoubet A x Polydor)

#animals #equestrian #horse #nature #horsblr #kwpn #zangersheide

[mapleesimsss]

Meet Evangeline & TW Dreaming Of Diva 🐎🤍

#mysims #sims4horses #horsecc #sims 4 maxis match #sims 4 builds #ccfinds #sims 4 #create a sim #soft aesthetic #equestrian #kwpn #dutch warmblood

[bovicola]

Handsome!

#equestrian #horse #equine #vsco #kwpn

[suspiciousmammal]

Rating horses for sale near me

Shetland Pony colt, 1yr old

This shaved raccoon is 50% head. 2/10

KWPN gelding, 4yrs old

He’s not totally unnerving, up until you notice the eyes. It’s not everyday that you see a horse with a thousand yard stare. 1/10, I won’t be able to sleep tonight

Warmblood gelding, 13yrs old

His breed was listed as “grey-ish”, which is about as informative as telling people your dog’s breed is “brown with weird spots”. 4/10

Shetland Pony filly, 1yr old

This miserable guinea pig can be yours for only 800 quid. It coincidentally has the same haircut as the average glam rock guitarist. 8/10

#rating horses #horse #horses #shetland pony #kwpn #horseblr

[katjadarkrider]

Helios meets Diva

#digital art #sso #procreate #jorvik warmblood #kwpn #dutch warmblood #ES Son Of Light #DF Spoiled N Entitled #foals #warmblood #sport horse #pinto horse #black hallow stud

[verba-docent-exempla-trahunt]

Monsanto, Lisboa, Portugal.

#portuguese #português #portugal #photography #fotografia #lisbon #lisboa #monsanto #cavalo #horse #kwpn #wild #nature #natureza #passeio #horse riding #montar cavalo #me #trees #arvores

[magnoliasporthorses]

Notable (Florianus II/Lils Lad) is a 2018 KWPN mare.  'Flori' has solid coursework to 2'6 with a flying change and is currently schooling Training Level dressage and working on her First Level movements.  Flori will be attending her first competition in the coming weeks.  She hacks out alone or in company, and is the same off property as she is on.

#horse #kwpn #mare #jump #hunter #jumper #horse for sale

[horsesarecreatures]

Or noir du Plantey - Dutch Warmblood

#dutch warmblood #silver dapple #warmblood #kwpn #horse #equine

[akingdomofhorses]

102/۩ Fantastic Warmbloods

Vitalis, 2007 Dutch Warmblood Stallion

#horse #horses #stallion #warmblood #wbs #dutch warmblood #kwpn #schockemoehle stud

[intrmin-able]

I’ve done first rides and training rides on green horses throughout my time as a working student, but starting and consistently doing every single ride on my own young horse and having brought her to this point makes me feel Some Type of Way™️. I wish I could show this to depressed 16-year-old-me that had just started riding at a therapy barn, couldn’t even get her lesson pony to turn at the trot, and dreamed of maybe being able to event somehow someday

#sylvie #kwpn

[mapleesimsss]

Elisa & Diva having a little reading sesh! 🎃🍂🤍

#sims 4 #soft aesthetic #create a sim #sims 4 cas #sims 4 maxis match #sims 4 screenshots #soft girl #sims4horses #horsecc #fall aesthetic #twilight #my sims #simblr #elisa #diva #kwpn #dutch warmblood

[canteringdreams]

Make it Magic WRF

2017 Dutch Warmblood gelding

[Supremat x Grand Jewel WRF]

#horse #equestrian #make it magic wrf #supremat #grand jewel wrf #make it magic #grand jewel #dutch warmblood #gelding #bay #dark bay #kwpn #halter #pasture #field

[welshponies]

Breeding is fun, until it isn’t

A blog post today! It’s been a while, isn’t it? I haven’t been very active recently besides reblogging here and there. Even my influential sires series has been neglected. 

The reason for that is well, it’s breeding season! My favourite season of the year, perhaps. 

Breeding season in The Netherlands is hectic. There are stallion inspections, stallion shows, mare inspections, foal inspections, and of course, foaling and inseminations. Every week there is some kind of event that has an impact on the breeding season of that year. 

The system of approval in Europe is a good invention if you ask me. It becomes a vicious cycle of sorts; with an approved stud your foal gets (better) papers, papers have meaning in turn. With papers having more meaning, people find them more important and it becomes less marketable to sell a horse without papers, in return making it less attractive for people to breed without papers and therefore studs contributing to ‘backyard breeding’ less desirable. In the end, far less horses are kept as studs without needing to be so: if your stallion isn’t good enough to be approved, the majority of people just geld them for ease of keeping. 

There are some downsides, of course. I don’t always fully agree with the reasons why a stud doesn’t get approved. If you look at the KFPS for example, their gene pool is limited and they often are quite picky over things such as small white markings. Those stallions often do also get gelded, which limits the genetic diversity possibly even more. 

So why are papered horses so important? It simply makes it easier to track the history of your horse. Backyard breeding still exists here, you can never really eliminate it. However, the amount of poorly bred horses without any medical background is really a lot less. Of most horses, their background is known and recorded, family lines are thoroughly picked through and it’s easier to match your mare to a fitting stud if this much information is available on both your mare and the stallion you want to use. 

To use an example in KWPN breeding: certain lines are known to pass on difficult personalities, such as Jazz, Gribaldi and more. You are aware of this when you have a mare out of these lines and the choice is up to you if you want to put another sensitive line on her or if you want to breed a more easy-going foal by matching her to a line that is known to pass on a good, workable character.

But besides character, I would say the main upside is simply just medical. Papers with a pedigree doesn’t necessarily make a horse better or worth more, but what it does do is give you a complete rundown of their medical history. If you notice a lot of horses having soundness issues from a certain line, it’s safe to say that this line is passing something on you want to stay clear from. In Friesians, this is perhaps the MOST important aspect of breeding. Given all the genetical issues they already struggle with, you want to be sure you’re trying your damnest to breed a healthy foal.

Our mare, as an example, has eczema. We manage to breed healthy foals out of her — DNA tests confirmed and everything — simply because my family only matches her with sire lines that show no sign of health issues frequently passed on. She is DNA tested and so is the sire we used.

But sadly though, this doesn’t always guarantee success. Like I said, breeding is fun until it isn’t. Our mare gave birth to a beautiful young colt a few weeks ago, perfect as he looked. An improvement on his full sister in personality, long legs and a strong body. It’s ecstatic.

However, that didn’t last very long. After not being able to poop at all, he was rushed to the nearest clinic. They were supposed to flush him and we’d have him back. That would unfortunately never happen. Despite being about a week past her due date, our sweet mare had given birth to an incomplete foal; his bowels found no connection to his anus, and therefore it would’ve been impossible for him to live. They did what was best for the colt and euthanised him that same day.

Now, we have a beautiful, lively Dutch Warmblood filly as an orphan by her side. She accepted her immediately. The orphan unfortunately lost her mother quickly after birth. In some ways, it feels like it was meant to be. She is black, just like our Friesian, with long legs and a sweet character. It’s still bittersweet, though, as at the end of the day she won’t stay with us. I’m not going to watch a sister of Syb grow up; I’m not going to be able to train her in the future. And ultimately, our Uk knew she lost a baby. He was euthanised by her side and she stood by him calmly until they removed him and introduced Pup. At the end of all this, we’ll have empty hands and a mare with one less baby.

It would’ve been so perfect. A full, healthy sibling to Syb. But it wasn’t supposed to be. And that’s where breeding can be tragically sad.

#equestrianata #equestrian #horses #equine #horse #welshponies #friesian #horse breeding #friesians #friesian horse #kwpn #warmblood #dutch warmblood

[katjadarkrider]

Diva & Bran the snowshoe

#digital art #star stable online #sso #procreate #kwpn #dutch warmblood #explore jorvik #black hallow stud #jorvik #warmblood horse #sport horse #tobiano horse #pinto horse #foal #DF Spoiled N Entitled #snowshoe rabbit #Bran The Snowshoe

[thefeanarion]

Sailing into @plantationfield week with all of our favorites!🦡 @worldeqbrands @amerigo_saddles_official @equilibriumprod @mattesgmbh PC: @eringilmorephotos - - - - #ElusiveDassett #honeybadger #eventing #kwpn #vleut #showjumping #twohearts #noscopenohope #equestriansofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CiTkWPJuZGT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#elusivedassett #honeybadger #eventing #kwpn #vleut #showjumping #twohearts #noscopenohope #equestriansofinstagram