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Knabstrupper Association |
| Knabstrupper stallion,
Apollon, foundation stallion for the first Knabstruppers bred in
North America. |
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http://www.knabstruppers.com/ |
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17302 Swansbury
Cypress, TX 77429
Telephone: (281) 373-0125
Fax: (281) 256-1992
Email: information@knabstruppers.com |
| About
the Knabstrupper |
Believed to have originated from the
pre-history spotted horses of the region of Europe now known as
Spain, the Knabstrupper is one of the oldest breed registries in
Europe. Established in 1812, the Knabstrupper started with a
single chestnut blanketed mare purchased by a Danish butcher named
Flaeb from a Spanish cavalry officer. The mare, who became known
as FLAEBEHOPPEN (which literally means “Flaeb’s mare), was
purchased by Major Villars Lunn who owned an estate called “Knabstrupgaard”
in Holbaek, Nordsealand, Denmark.
Flaeb’s mare was bred to a Fredricksborg
stallion and produced a wildly colored stallion son who was named
Flaebehingsten. Between the two of them, Flaebehoppen and
Flaebehingsten were bred to a large variety of good quality
horses, producing loudly colored offspring and grand offspring and
establishing the Knabstrupper horses as some of the most sought
after in Europe at that time.
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