Dansk Varmblod (the Danish Warmblood Society) has, for generations, been breeding sport horses of international standard and reputation. Even prior to formation of the Society's breeding standards program in the 1960's, Danish breeders had registered the country's bloodlines in a succession of horse Board stud books, dating as far back as 1894. During the last 35 years the Society's breeding program have been focused on developing world-class bloodlines especially suited for dressage and jumping competition. A foundation stallion of the Spanish Riding School of Vienna's Lippizaner line was a Danish stallion named Pluto. The recent prevalence and success of Danish Warmbloods in international Grand Prix and Olympic events attest to the success of Dansk Varmblod's strict grading and breeding policies.

Building on a foundation of Danish-bred horses used for work, military use and in the Royal Stables, Dansk Varmblod have introduced bloodlines of Holstein, Hanoverian, Trakehner and thoroughbred origin from Germany, Sweden, Poland, Holland and England into 3 distinct studbooks: "DS" for the majority of graded animals, "DH", containing the better-scoring mares & stallions, and "EDH" containing the highest-scoring "elite" mares & stallions. Mare and stallion gradings are held annually, where new candidates for the stud books are subject to stringent grading for movement, temperament, and conformation, (including OCD-negative verification), both loose and under saddle.

Danish Warmbloods form part of the Danish, German, Swiss, British, Norwegian, Italian and Australian national and international teams in dressage, show jumping and eventing. It is interesting to note that many standing Danish stallions remain international competitors, and Dansk Varmblod requires that a stallion or his progeny compete successfully in international competition in order to retain their breeding license.

Fire Hjørner Farm imports frozen semen from Dansk Varmblod's highest graded EVA-negative, CEM-negative DH and Elite DH stallions, and offers for sale selected offspring from Elite-graded Danish mares.

To learn more about Danish Warmbloods and Dansk Varmblod's breeding and grading policies, visit http://www.varmblod.dk/ENGELSKny/index.htm.