Equestrian Rides the Knabstrupper Horse in Denmark! 

What state are you in?

@@lakeshoreshepherds741 I am in Virginia. Look up Knabs4usa.

Agreed!!! Spots TO BOOT!!!😊

Spot on! 👍😊

No, Pippi's horse was a swedish warmblood named Illbatting/Bunting. They painted the spots on him.

@@counselthyself2591 🤣I am not.....but you definitely are.

Er sorry wrong way around. Knabstruppers are an older breed than the Appaloosa.

You're confusing the pattern with the breed. The appaloosa PATTERN has been around for thousands of years and can be found in many different breeds, including the Knabstrupper, Noriker, miniature horse and many others. It was even present in Arabians. The Appaloosa BREED however hasn't been around for that long. It was first developed by native Americans some 200 years ago and the studbook was only founded in 1939.

@@picobello99 The Appaloosa name was coined in the 18th century, not the breed. The breed was DEVELOPED by the Nez Perce and not created. Man can not create spots. LP gene, the spotting phenotype is found in the DNA, not the coat pattern. Researchers analysed DNA from the bones and teeth of 31 horses that lived in Europe as far back as 35,000yrs that matched present day Appaloosas and those closely related. All the horses you mention have been crossed with the Appaloosa ( LP gene). The Arab strain you speak of, The Kehilan (meaning the eye with the black circle around it) was one of the five horses of Mohammed. The Appaloosa has had many different names throughout history, for example was known as Bloody buttocks in England in the 13th century. Whatever we call these horses......the DNA remains the same.

@@gilliangreen2920 Again, you're confusing the BREED with the PATTERN. A horse belonging to the Appaloosa breed doesn't have to carry any appaloosa genes at all and a horse with an appaloosa pattern doesn't have to be registered at the ApHC. The Appaloosa breed is a breed of horse developed by the Nez Perce tribe and is known for it's spotted coat, caused by the Leopard gene complex. That's also where the name comes from. No, they didn't "invent" those patterns, but they did "invent" the breed. Nowadays the breed is registered at the Appaloosa Horse Club, which also allows solid coloured horses without the Lp-gene in the studbook as long as they're purely bred. The name appaloosa is now used for all horses of any breed that carry the Lp-gene. And yes, that gene has been around for a very long time. Though you'd still need the Patn1-gene for the leopard pattern, just the Lp-gene isn't enough, and there're probably more appaloosa genes to be discovered. Usually when Americans talk about Appaloosas they mean the breed. It's one of the most common breeds in the US and there aren't many other breeds with the Lp-gene. Many people don't even know it exists in other breeds too, so if they see a horse with an appaloosa coat that clearly doesn't belong in the ApHC studbook they assume it's an Appaloosa (breed) cross. Which is often, but not always, true, since the Appaloosa breed was and is actually frequently used to create other breeds with leopard spots. There are still many breeds however where the Lp-gene is present that were never influenced by the Appaloosa breed, such as the Noriker and Tuva. Tl;dr I wish people would specify whether they mean the breed or coat pattern when talking about Appaloosas. Using the same name for both is way too confusing!

Pippi Långstrump's horse was a swedish warmblood named Illbatting/Bunting, they painted the spots on him.

Appaloosas are a different breed than Knabstruppers. Same color gene different body types. Different origina.

Appaloosa and Knabstruper are about as much the same breed as a Tennessee Walker and a Clydesdale. Both can have the same colour, doesn't make them the same breed.

The Appaloosa is the much older breed by far, the foundation mare of the Knabstrupper breed was an Appaloosa mare called Flaebenhoppen (1808) who fought in the Neapolianonic wars, she was bred to a warmblood stallion, hence creating the Knabstrupper breed as it is known today. Appaloosa blood was used in beginning the the stud and then used again in 1970 to improve the breed. Three Appaloosa stallions were imported to Denmark at this time for adding new blood. Appaloosa (LP gene) horses have been around for 25,000 - 30,000 yrs whereas the Knabstrupper breed was created, about the time the stud was first established 1812.

@@counselthyself2591 All spotted horses have the LP gene, it is the gene which allows expression of various patterns, not colour. The Patn 1 gene increases the amount of white in LP (Appaloosa and those closely related)horses. Horses that are Patn 1 positive, but negative for the LP gene will not have spotting but will pass on Patn 1. As the LP gene was found in the PALEOLITHIC study it proves that the leopard spotting complex provides the first evidence that spotted horses existed at this time. The term Appaloosa manifested in the 18th century and it is this term, that I relate to now. 25,000 yrs ago the Appaloosa would have had no name known to us. As the Spanish stock, you refer to, taken to America were spotted they would have carried the LP gene that all Appaloosa horses have. There is a theory that Russian fur traders bought Akhal Tekes and other horses over to America long before the Spanish arrived. Meriwether Lewis commented on the original Nez Perce Appaloosa herd in 1605 as .....Lofty and elegantly bred...many of them look like fine English coursers (old English word for racehorses). The Spanish stock available at this time did not fit this description, certainly not the Quarter horse blood infused so readily at a later date.

@@counselthyself2591 Regardless of when Meriwether Lewis was born his comment still stands. The Akhal Tekes and other horses I speak of, were introduced by Russian Fur traders centuries ago. The Nez Perce horse is a recent development and has nothing to do with my comment.

@@counselthyself2591 Russians captured the Akhal Teke horses in the wars for the Russian Empire 1721 and the horses were subsumed into the empire along with its country. FYI The Soviet union created the first Teke registry in 1941 with over 700 horses. You are wrong again with your information on Russian colonization. In 1725 ..Tsar Peter the great called for his navigator Vitis Bering to set out for expedition to America. It was during this time that Russia laid claim to the Pacific coast. Russian fur trappers and hunters called promyshlenniki developed the maritime fur trade in the 1700 becoming one of the first of this lucrative trade. It was at this time that the Russian fur traders could have traded with the Nez Perce . From ancient times there have been spotted horses, we have evidence of France 25,000-30,000yrs, Asia 3,500 B.C, horses with spotted markings appear in Egyptian, Roman, Greek, Persian, and Chinese drawing and pottery dating from 1400 B.C . The first English pictures showing spotted horses appear in a manuscript dated 1397. As all the horses mentioned (apart from tekes) are spotted (LP) gene , Appaloosa......the name that we use today......do you have a point.

@@counselthyself2591 Firstly, I am not American. Secondly, it is only the name " Appaloosa " that was coined in the 1800, not the genetics of the breed. The Appaloosa EVOLVED at least 30,000yrs ago, it was not created by the Nez Perce......but developed. Man cannot create a spotted horse, they evolved. The SPOTTING gene (LP) is found only in Appaloosas or those closely related. Akhal Tekes are one of the most hardy horses on the planet and are bred all over the world in addition to Turkmenistan there are breeders in Russia, and central Asia, Europe the U.S, Uruguay and Australia. Your ego will never except the truth, for want of keep repeating myself, please refer to the above.

There are different types of knabstruppers. The sport type, the classic type, the miniature type and the pony type.

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