The Danish Warmblood or Dansk Varmblod is a Danish breed of modern sport horse, established in the mid-twentieth century and used mainly for dressage and show-jumping.
[4]: 66 Like other European warmblood breeds, it is a performance breed: any suitable horse of any origin may be admitted if it passes a strict performance test.
Hanoverian, Holsteiner, Swedish Warmblood and Trakehner are among those that have contributed to the breed.
[3]: 459 The Danish Warmblood came into existence in 1962 with the formation of a breed society, the Dansk Sportsheste Avlsforbund; in 1979 this merged with another association, the Danmarks Lette Hesteavl, to form the present association, Dansk Varmblod.
[4]: 66 [5] The first volume of the stud-book was published in 1964, and listed 150 mares.