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The Beberbeck horse breed originated in southwestern Germany, where the stud
of that name was founded just about two hundred years ago. The breed was
introduced by crossing local Beberbeck mares with Arabian stallions, and after
that the resulting mares were crossed with English Thoroughbreds. The next cross
was with the local Beberbeck stallions. This was done to retain type and
substance. The result was a heavy Thoroughbred type, which tends to be deep
through the girth. They are predominantly bay or chestnut and stand at 16 hh or
taller. Very few Beberbeck horses exist today, because the breed has been mostly
amalgamated in the German and Eastern European modern warmblood sports horses.
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