About the Oldenburg Breed .The heaviest of the German ‘warm-blood’
breeds is the Oldenburg, which is a big animal, often standing
17 hands, with many characteristics of the ‘cold-blood’
horse, such as flat hoofs, heavy head and neck and flat ribs.
Besides these defects very often found in ‘cold-blood’
breeds, the Oldenburg has the great quality of early maturity.
As a breed it is not a hardy type and is lacking in endurance.
Today the Oldenburg has a good deal of English Thoroughbred
blood, the introduction of which did not make for improvement,
and it can be described as a half-bred horse of heavy type.
As such, therefore, and in particular having regard to its early
maturity, it is a good commercial proposition.
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