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American Warmblood

• Colors and markings: All colors, including pinto and spotted patterns; requirements vary between registries. White markings accepted.
• Height: Usually 15–17 hands.
• Studbook: Open.
• Disciplines: Dressage, hunters, show jumping, eventing, and combined driving.

Brandenburger

• Colors and markings: All colors under the current DSP program, including pinto and dilutes. White markings accepted.
• Height: Usually 16–17 hands.
• Studbook: Open; now part of the German Sport Horse (DSP) studbook.
• Disciplines: Show jumping, dressage, and eventing.

Czech Warmblood

• Colors and markings: All basic colors; typically bay, chestnut, black, and gray. White markings accepted; unrestricted spotted-pattern acceptance is not established.
• Height: Breeding target approximately 15.3–16.2 hands for mares and 16–16.3 hands for stallions.
• Studbook: Open to approved improving breeds.
• Disciplines: Show jumping, dressage, eventing, driving, and general riding.

Danish Warmblood

• Colors and markings: Usually bay, brown, black, chestnut, and gray. White markings accepted; confirm unusual colors and patterns with the registry.
• Height: Usually 15.3–17 hands.
• Studbook: Open to approved outside bloodlines.
• Disciplines: Especially dressage; also show jumping.

Dutch Warmblood — KWPN

• Colors and markings: Usually bay, brown, black, chestnut, and gray; pinto and dilute colors occur. White markings accepted.
• Height: Usually 16–17 hands.
• Studbook: Open to recognized, approved outside bloodlines.
• Disciplines: Dressage, show jumping, and hunters; harness and driving in separate breeding sections.

Hanoverian

• Colors and markings: All warmblood colors accepted, including pinto, palomino, buckskin, cremello, and smoky black. White markings accepted.
• Height: Usually 15.3–17.2 hands; breeding target average approximately 16.2 hands.
• Studbook: Open to approved outside breeds.
• Disciplines: Dressage, show jumping, eventing, and hunters.

Holsteiner

• Colors and markings: Bay, brown, black, chestnut, and gray. White markings accepted; pinto excluded by the Verband's breeding standard.
• Height: Usually 16–17 hands.
• Studbook: Selectively open, with tightly controlled outcrossing.
• Disciplines: Especially show jumping; also eventing and dressage.

Irish Sport Horse

• Colors and markings: Any color acceptable, including pinto and dilutes. White markings accepted.
• Height: Usually 15–17 hands, sometimes taller.
• Studbook: Open; traditional Irish bloodlines are identified separately.
• Disciplines: Especially eventing and show jumping; also hunters and general riding.

Knabstrupper — Sport Type

• Colors and markings: Leopard, blanket, fewspot, snowcap, and varnish roan patterns. Solid horses occur; gray and pinto are restricted or unwanted in KNN breeding.
• Height: Usually 15.2–16.2 hands, with larger individuals.
• Studbook: Open to specified approved outcrosses; separate purebred programs exist.
• Disciplines: Especially dressage; also show jumping and eventing.

Mecklenberger

• Colors and markings: All colors, including pinto and dilutes. White markings accepted.
• Height: Usually 15.3–17 hands.
• Studbook: Open to approved outside breeds.
• Disciplines: Show jumping, dressage, and eventing.

Oldenburg

• Colors and markings: All colors, including pinto and dilutes. White markings accepted.
• Height: Usually 16–17.2 hands; breeding target at age three approximately 15.3–16.3 hands.
• Studbook: Open.
• Disciplines: Especially dressage; Oldenburg International (OS) emphasizes show jumping.

Selle Français

• Colors and markings: Bay and chestnut especially common; also black, brown, and gray. Pinto and dilute horses occur. White markings accepted.
• Height: Usually 15.3–17.2 hands.
• Studbook: Open through approved crossing and selection rules.
• Disciplines: Especially show jumping; also eventing.

Swedish Warmblood

• Colors and markings: All colors permitted; bay, chestnut, black, and gray most common. White markings accepted.
• Height: Usually 15.3–17.1 hands.
• Studbook: Open to approved sporthorse bloodlines.
• Disciplines: Dressage, show jumping, and eventing.

Trakehner

• Colors and markings: All colors permitted, including pinto. White markings accepted.
• Height: Usually 16–17 hands; official breeding target approximately 15.3–16.3 hands.
• Studbook: Closed, with specified exceptions for approved Thoroughbred, Arabian, Shagya Arabian, and Anglo-Arabian blood.
• Disciplines: Especially dressage and eventing; also show jumping and combined driving.

Westphalian Horse

• Colors and markings: All colors, including pinto and dilutes. White markings accepted.
• Height: Usually 15.3–17.2 hands; breed-standard minimum approximately 15.2 hands.
• Studbook: Open.
• Disciplines: Dressage, show jumping, hunters, and eventing.

Württemberger

• Colors and markings: All colors under the current DSP program, including pinto and dilutes. White markings accepted.
• Height: Usually 15.3–17.1 hands.
• Studbook: Open; now part of the German Sport Horse (DSP) studbook.
• Disciplines: Dressage, show jumping, eventing, and driving.

Zangersheide

• Colors and markings: Usually bay, chestnut, gray, black, and brown; pinto and dilute horses are registered. White markings accepted.
• Height: Usually 16–17 hands, with individuals outside this range.
• Studbook: Open, internationally focused on jumping bloodlines.
• Disciplines: Primarily show jumping.