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Hi All

New on the board here, am more hound than horse, since we have 2 Boxers (as well as the chickens and a rabbit!)

Am here to find out some horse-specific information and figured that you guys would be the best people to ask!

I'm trying to find out information about caring for warmblood competition horses, but if I try and google it, I just end up getting "horses for sale" websites.

I'd like to know about the care regime for such horses, about turning them out on grass versus keeping them in stables; and about how much they eat in terms of acreage for 2 or 3 of them.

I'd also like to know about good competition breeding lines for these kind of horses - are there stallion/stud names that are well known in the competitive world (dressage and jumping)

Hope you can help with this
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So many questions.....
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Warmblood horses are quite capable of living out in most conditions as long as they are adequately rugged and given supplimentary feed according to their workload, you would need a 4-5 acre paddock for 2 or 3 of them. They don't have a specific care regime, they just need to be treated in a similar way to any competition horse.

Bloodlines - well you will see a lot with impressive bloodlines on the sire's side, but relatively unknown dam's so I regard a lot of them with a pinch of salt - what discipline are you particularly interested in and why are you specifically interested in warmbloods?
 
Monty Mortimer has written a book called 'Competition Training for Horse and Rider' which may answer some of your questions.
ISBN0-7153-9961-6
 
Hi there, welcome to the mad house!

Try the following books.

The Competition Horse by Susan McBane and Gillian McCarthy 1991 Blackwell Science Publications

The Equine Athlete, by Jo Hodges and sarah Pilliner 1991 Blackwell Scientific Publications

This book is FANTASTIC
The International Warmblood Horse, by Debbie Wallin (Author), Celia Clarke (Author), Jane Kidd (Editor) Kenilworth Press Ltd (1 Nov 1991)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/International-Wa...3027&sr=1-1
 
god it would take me forever to answer all those questions !!

basically you learn as you go along you cant just read a book and know everthing !!

Breeding it really depends on what you are trying to produce and for what descipline !!!
 
Thanks guys for the information
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Unfortunately, I'm more of a quiet-rider! On my best mates horse, down nice quiet country lanes, more than a trot gets me scared!

I'm after the information because I'm researching a planning application for stables and a menage. We declined some permission for the development on the grounds of sustainability (e.g. large stable block, large menage, not much grazing land) and we've had a rather technical sheet through from the applicant stating that their horses (because of their breed) don't need much grazing, don't need turning out, are in the stable or menage most of the time.

Also, that they plan to breed, but send the foal away after its weaned (for training? for half the year), so won't actually have 3 horses on the land anyway.

We don't have any equestrian experts here, so it's all a bit technical for us, so I'm trying to find out whether we're having the wool pulled over our eyes!

As far as I knew, from my friend who has 3 horses, she turns hers out in the summer for as long as possible, so they can graze and be outside; and brings them in at night and when there's bad weather during the winter.
 
There are certainly warmblood centres in Germany where there are dozens of stables and only pocket handkerchief grazing, the horse get limited turnout and most of their exercise is schooling - so there is a blueprint for this system

Whether it is desirable is down to personal opinion
 
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There are certainly warmblood centres in Germany where there are dozens of stables and only pocket handkerchief grazing, the horse get limited turnout and most of their exercise is schooling - so there is a blueprint for this system

Whether it is desirable is down to personal opinion

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Thanks for this!

The horses are "warmblood competition horses" and one of them was "purchased from Germany"; so that adds up.

I take it that the limited turnout/grazing is not a requirement of the breed, but more down to personal preference of the owners?
 
yes, a lot of competition horses get very limited turnout. often because people are worried about valuable horses hurting themselves while turned out. 1/3 of an acre turnout is enough per horse, say, as long as it is supplemented with hay and feed.
the usual rule of horses/acre is about an acre per horse, but that wouldn't be enough really if the horse had no supplementary feed or hay.
it is down to personal preference. i have a warmblood who lives out in a 5 acre field all the time, with 2 youngsters, and is very happy.
 
It really isn't that uncommon for competition horses of any breed/type to have little or no turnout. In fact many of the imported horses will never have seen a field since they were broken at 3yo. Room for a horsewalker is often enough lol!

I hope you're going to give them their planning permission now
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Hah! Not up to me to make the decisions! I just get the paperwork!
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We've only just opened it up to consultation from neighbours etc, so we've got to wait for 2 weeks in case we get letters etc...
 
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