What is Dansk Varmblod?

In 1962 the first Danish Sporthorse Breed Society was founded, called Dansk Sportsheste Avlsforbund (DSA). By the end of the 70'ies DSA and another sport horse society, called Danmarks Lette Hesteavl, merged. During 1980 the new name of the merged associations was launched: Dansk Varmblod.

Back in 1962 where the mare studbook was established, 150 mares were entered. Only 22 of these were born in Denmark and they were primarily of Oldenburg pedigree. 108 of the mares were of German bloodlines. At that time no register was kept with performance results, but of course horses and riders who had winnings internationally, were noticed. Therefore Lis Hartel and her gelding, Jubilee, are still proudly remembered.

The brand, the Crown over the Wave, was drawn by I. C. Christensen and designed by the Georg Jensen sivler smithy in 1963. The logo symbolizes a kingdom surrounded by water.

Anne Grethe Törnblad and Marzog, Dressage Horse of the Century

In January 1979 The Danish Warmblood Society helt the first stallion grading in the small town of Naestved in a harsh blizzard.

The year 1983 was also memorable, since Anne Grethe Jensen (now Törnblad) and her Danish Warmblood gelding, Marzog won the European Dressage Championship and the Danish dressage team got silver. This made the Danish breeders the second best dressage producing breeders in the world.

In 1986 Her Royal Highness Princess Benedikte became Patroness of Dansk Varmblod. At that occasion Ole Holm, the then chairman presented her with her birthday present from the society: The black warmblood main studbook mare, Øxenholm Pamina by Sandro, who is still to be found in the pedigree of many of the horses born with HRH Princess Benedikte.

Andreas Helgstrand og Blue Hors Matine

The present chairman of Dansk Varmblod, Mr. Jan Pedersen, was elected in 1994, and in 1999 he was elected for president of the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses (WBFSH), a world-wide organisation of sport horse breed societies.

In 1998, Dansk Varmblod started to proclaim "Stallion of the Year" at the National Stallion Show held each year in March.

In 1999 by an international committee containing dressage judges, Marzog was awarded Dressage Horse of the Century.

At the jumping arenas Dansk Varmblod has also had its triumphs, for instance at the Olympic Games 2000 in Sydney, where the breedsire Lando took silver with his rider, Albert Voorn.

In 2006, Blue Hors Matiné and Andreas Helgstrand were the rising star of the dressage scene at the WEG in Aachen, where they won silver and bronze.
Their fantastic freestyle was seen more than 10 million viewers on Youtube.

The recent years have been terrific:
At the World BReeding Dressage champioships in Verden 2008, the graceful godl medal mare, Polka Hit Nexen won silver among the 6-year-olds, in 2009 the gelding, Hønnerups Driver, won the class for 5-year-olds while the gold medal mare UNO Donna Unique took silver, and in 2010, the runner-up from 2009, UNO Donna Unique won among the 6-year-olds, again with her rider, Andreas Helgstrand.

2010 was also the year where Mistral Højris ridden by English Laura Bechtolsheimer took 3 x silver at the dressage discipline at WEG in the US.

Udvikling af avlen i Dansk Varmblod

1962 DSA Stiftes
1963 Logoet udformes
1964 Første stambog udgives
1970 De første materialprøver for hingste i Næstved
1972 DSA tilslutter sig den fælles stambogsføring hos Landsudvalget for Heste
1976 DLH dannes
1979 Dansk Varmblod dannes
1980 Stambogsføringen overføres til EDB
1982 Etablering af egnethedstesterne
1984 Fælles registreringsnumre for føl og DRF´s konkurrenceheste
1985 Karakterer indføres ved kåring
1987 Delkåring af hingste påbegyndes
1989 Årbog med rideresultater udgives
1990 Stationsafprøvning af hopper, indekstal på hingste, samt begrebet "R-hopper" indføres
1992 Avlsmålet revideres
1994 1-dagsafprøvninger af hopper bliver mulig
1996 Sadelkåring indføres
1997 Indekstal på hopper, avleruddannelsen sættes på skinner
1999 Flytning af sekretariatet til Vilhelmsborg. DV EU-godkendes og de nye EU-hestepas indføres
Hestedatabasen kommer på internettet. DV´s internationale tilhørsforhold minifesteres ved at WBFSH vælger Jan Pedersen til præsident og arbejdsgruppen Interstallion nedsættes. H K H Prinsesse Benedikte udnævnes som protekter for WBFSH
2000 Karina Christiansen ansættes som ny avlskonsulent. Materialprøven suppleres med en 30-dages prøve. Dansk Varmblod ansætter egen berider
2001 Dansk Sports- og Avlschampionat etableres
2002 Livsnummersystemet indføres i DV. Årbogen indlægges på hestedatabasen. De 8 eksteriørkarakterer udvides til 10
2003 Egnethedstesten diciplinopdeles
2004 Avlsplan 2012 med større fokus på disciplinopdeling indføres
2006 Hingstenes 30-dages test og 70-dages materialprøve afløses af tre stationsophold af hhv. 10- og to gange 35-dages varighed. Konkurrencedata indarbejdes i indekstallene.
2008 Hingstene skal kun deltage i en af diciplinerne til 35-dages testen. Eksteriørhopperne kan nu løsspringes til kåring
2010 Diciplinopdelt sadelkåring og forbesigtigelse. Brændemærkning blev forbudt