Curious about Kinsky Horses

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I recently had the pleasure of visiting a yard containing several Kinsky horses. Having not known much about them, I was very impressed, they were just beautiful.


Just posting as I'm curious... are there top level Kinsky horses out there competing? Googled them, and the only thing I could really find out about them is they're history, and there don't seem to be many around.

What kind of qualities, and breed traits do they have etc....???

Think I'm becoming a bit of a fan
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Hello,

Kinsky horses were true performance and sport horses, and very versatile. They were used for show jumping, endurance, racing, dressage, all sorts really. Like with all socialist countries, the studs were dissolved by people who did not understand what value they had. Where did you find Kinsky horses?

I have a licenced stallion who carries Kinsky blood, and is by Garut Humbursky who was a true performer and according to the German Horse Federation the most successful palomino stallion ever - and was honoured for his rideability, honesty and his intelligence. But he is not competing any more, he must be around 20 years old now.

There are not many pure Kinsky horses competing any longer I believe, as they have been mostly absorbed into other breeds. But they are a great example of top Eastern European breeding. I find their history very intriguing myself and would be grateful for any other info you can share.
 
I don't know many in the UK competing but there are probably just a handful here. I have a Kinsky broodmare who I think is fab
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They tend to be a more refined/hot type of WB.

In the UK Markyz Kinsky was a successful eventer and Heimdals Hamlet is I think competing/training in dressage.

Could you pm me the yard as I would love to know where there are more I can see
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Re: Very interested. Explan please what is a Kinsky horse, where from, what height, special characteristics etc??


They are warmblood type horses that originated from Czechoslovakia. Mainly Palamino or variations of. But can come in black on occasions. from about 15.2, and can go to 17.0hh + (again I think
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Very pretty refined heads, (some almost dished looking.

All in all a very striking, good looking horse, that appears to have the athletism for a compitition horse to boot. (some of my info my be a little off, just going on what I've found). But nevertheless having seen them, they are most definately worth a look.

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The Kinsky horses have been created - the stud book - by Count Kinsky due to his TB mare Themby having a Palomino foal by a TB stallion and their JC refusing this foal papers as they did think it was not a TB sire, so he created his own stud book. They were bred to perform in hunting, eventing and for the Pardubice Steeplerace, not for dressage.

The last years they were mainly bred for color only unfortunately and much sportive influence got lost therefore. They are still great leisure horses and good for hunting, but dressage ones you will find very rare as the big movement is not what they have. The before mentioned Hamlet is a true exception as he is doing really well in your country. They can also be very stubborn at times. I had some myself. They come in all colors not only in Palomino. There are a lot of them in UK now.
 
Huuu, there are lots of mistakes on that website. He is a Czech WB with Czech papers and also a Czech brand and was never branded Zangersheide or ZfDP and the ZfDP is not Zangersheide either. He is in the stallion book 2 of ZfDP and his foals can get ZfDP passports therefore but he is not approved with ZfDP. It may be good someone would tell that lady she should correct her details.
 
Interesting. I had the whole lecture on him, saying he was a rare purebred Kinsky! I'd be interested in more info, as there are obviously a lot of people in my area that could be being mis-lead.
 
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There is a Czech dressage Young Rider who competes internationally on her Kinsky. Some lovely pics here. The dark bay is also a Kinsky.
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http://www.lpdressage.cz/kone.html



Here are some pics of my mare. She is 14 now.

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Wow A is looking fab now... A complete contrast to the 9yr old skinny thing I bought.

Her two foals look great too. Your doing a wonderful job with her.

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