Belgian Warmblood

Belgian Warmblood
Electra Van't Roosakker ridden by Janika Sprunger, Concours hippique international de Genève, 13 December 2013
Edwina Tops-Alexander on Fair Light van't Heike in Lausanne, 2013
Other names
  • BWP
  • Belgisch Warmbloedpaard
  • Belgian Saddlebred
Country of originBelgium
StandardBWP
Use
Traits
Height
  • 162–173 cm (16–17 h)

The Belgian Warmblood or Belgisch Warmbloedpaard is a Belgian breed of warmblood sport horse. It is bred principally for show-jumping, but is also suitable for dressage and for three-day eventing.:164 It is one of three Belgian warmblood breeds or stud-books, the others being the Zangersheide and the Belgian Sport Horse – to which last it is quite similar.:12