• Also known as East Prussian Horse, and is sometimes spelled Traekehner

• Originally from East Prussia, now part of Poland

• Developed at the Trakehnen stud set up in 1732

•Founded by Frederick William I of Prussia to produce couch and cavalry horses

• This breed badly depleted during World War II

• Winter 1945 approximately 1,000 Trakehner mares and stallions travelled west with refugees fleeing the Russians

• These horses re-established the breed in West Germany

• Trakehners left behind in Poland were used to create the Wiekopolski

• This breed has an elegant head, long neck and prominent withers

• The chest is deep

• The hindquarters are rounded and the legs are slender legs with good feet

• A high spirited, courageous and lively horse

• This horse stands between 16 and 17.2 hands high

• Popular Uses: General riding and competition. Many consider this horse to be Europe's finest warmblood and the ideal competition