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The Gelderland, also known as the Gelderlander,
is a warm blood horse which originated in the sandy, mid-eastern
province of the same name in the Netherlands.
Gelderland horses trace their ancestry to native mares of the
Gelderland province who where crossed with Andalusian, Neapolitan,
Norman, Norfolk Roadster and Holstein stallions. In the nineteenth
century East Friesian, Oldenburg, Hackney and Thoroughbred blood was
introduced. Gelderlanders were originally bred as utility horses, to
work the land as well as provide transportation. Today, the
Gelderland is an elegant carriage horse and also possesses talent as
a show jumper. Its action is flowing and the breed has an effective
high-stepping trot.
The Gelderland breed has been absorbed into the Dutch Warm blood
breed since the late 1960s and has not been officially bred since
that time except for a few breeders who still maintain this old
breed. Gelderland horses have made a major contribution to the
quality and style of the Dutch Warm blood and Dutch Tuigpaard, a
showy carriage horse.
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