INDIANA INDIANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS INDIANA EQUINE - BREEDS I A S S COUNCIL SERVICE

WARMBLOOD INDIANA, JANUARY 1, 2002

A is a European horse bred specifically for Warmblood performance that is a combination of draft breeds with the January 1, 2002 and Arabian. The 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 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 100 8% Hanoverian, , , , Selle * 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 and . 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