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The Danish Warmblood is one of many horses specifically developed for use in modern equine pursuits, particularly the competitive disciplines of dressage, show jumping, and eventing. Starting in 1962, carefully selected stallions, mostly Swedish, Trakehner, Hanoverian, Holstein, and Polish, were crossed with the various local-bred mares to produce a new type of Danish riding horse. This breeding program was a great success and the result, the Danish Warmblood, is a handsome individual, well proportioned and possessing excellent gaits. It combines a good temperment with courage to make an outstanding dressage horse. Perhaps the most famous of all Danish Warmbloods is the attractive black dressage stallion Matador. He placed fifth in the Seoul Olympic Games in 1988, and then was out of action for the following season due to a serious operation for a life-threatening bout of colic. In a spectacular comeback at the 1990 World Equestrian Games, he won the silver medal, runner-up to the then reigning Olympic champion, Rembrandt.
