Horses in Denmark

Through imports and the establishment of dedicated racecourses, the development of trotting is reflected in the breeding of the Danish trotter.

According to Eugène Tisserand (1865), Danish horses have always had an excellent reputation for their beauty, docility, and strength:[1] According to J. Jensen: The Danish equestrian sector represents a turnover of 1.1 billion euros (in 2017) and creates 20,849 full-time equivalent[3] jobs, according to the 2010 Hestesektoren Report.

This sector is very small, with the 96 purebred foals offered for sale in Hørsholm in 2015 representing a turnover of approximately 958,000 euros.

[4] However, the trotter numbers are declining, with a loss of one-third of new births between 2010 and 2015, leaving a remaining herd of about 400 foals, 85 stallions, and 500 broodmares in 2015.

[citation needed] The horse is well represented in Danish proverbs, such as Det er en slem Heft som gaaer tilbage og ey freni, naar han stik, which means "It's a bad horse that moves backward instead of forwards when you give it a spur[6]".