Trakehner
noble, sensitive, enduring
Origin
East Prussia / Germany
Withers height
160-173 cm
DressageEventingShow jumpingRefinement
Traits & strengths
- ✦the noblest German warmblood type — an important refiner of warmblood breeding
- ✦endurance and toughness from Thoroughbred/Arabian refinement (pure breeding without outside blood)
- ✦expression and elastic movement
- ✦particularly suited to dressage and eventing
Breed-typical predispositions
OCD (osteochondrosis)
Disease →hereditary component in warmbloods; X-ray screening established in licensing
WFFS (Warmblood Fragile Foal Syndrome)
Disease →recessive (PLOD1) — only homozygous foals are affected; carrier test before mating
Latest findings
WFFS gene test (PLOD1)
2011/2019The recessive PLOD1 variant is molecularly characterised; carrier testing enables the avoidance of carrier-to-carrier matings in warmblood breeding.
Source · Winand — WFFS variant; PMC9333276
Pure breeding & diversity management
ongoingThe closed studbook requires deliberate inbreeding/diversity management; Thoroughbred and Arabian refiners remain the only outside breeds permitted.
Source · Trakehner Verband