INDIANA INDIANA AGRICULTURAL HORSE STATISTICS INDIANA EQUINE - BREEDS I A S S COUNCIL SERVICE
WARMBLOOD INDIANA, JANUARY 1, 2002
A warmblood is a European horse bred specifically for Warmblood performance that is a combination of draft breeds with the January 1, 2002 Thoroughbred and Arabian. The warmbloods are named Inventory 1,200 for the countries and regions from which they were bred Percent of Total Equine 1% and where the studbooks are kept. The original Total Value $15,120,000 warmbloods were bred to be an all purpose agricultural, Average Value Per Head $12,600 riding, carriage, and calvary horse. In the twentieth Median Value Per Head $8,000 century, the European breeders began refining their horses Number of Operations 390 to produce a large framed, correct horse with superior Percent of Operations 1% movement and a willing temperament. The result is Primary Use: Number Percent apparent in the principal warmbloods which include the Brood Mares 100 8% Hanoverian, Holsteiner, Trakehner, Oldenburger, Selle * Stallions 20 2% Francais, the Dutch, Danish, and Swedish Warmbloods. Racing 0 --- The main difference in the breeding of warmbloods, is the Show/Competition 670 56% rigorous documentation, selection and testing for breeding Trail/Recreation 240 20% stock. There is mandatory performance testing for all * Work 30 3% stock with the emphasis placed on temperament and * Other Use 140 11% rideability. Although the warmbloods are still capable to be all around horses, they excel in dressage and jumping. Source: The Encyclopedia of the Horse E. H. Edwards, 1994. Warmblood Warmblood Percent of Indiana Inventory Percent of Primary Use
1% Trail or * Remaining Recreation Uses 20% Brood 16% Mares 8%
Show or Competition 56%
Total Indiana Equine Inventory = 160,000 head Total Inventory = 1,200 Head