The Modern Oldenburg (usually called 'Oldenburg') is the athletic subtype of the Oldenburg breed. It is famous for its outstanding performance in dressage.

Creation:
The Modern Oldenburg was created in the 1960s, when Alt-Oldenburg horses were crossed with Thoroughbreds and other sport warmblood horses of various breeds, in order to make the Alt-Oldenburgs more athletic and better suited for Olympic disciplines.

A dressage marvel:
Modern Oldenburg horses are considered to be a bit heavier than most other European sport warmblood breeds, but nevertheless, they excel in eventing, show-jumping, and dressage. The latter is their specialty, and starting from 2016 (and as of 2020) the Oldenburg was constantly ranked as one of the top sport warmblood breeds for performing dressage.

Performance metrics:
The following are the: range, average, (SD), and MOE of performance metrics of ordered modern Oldenburgs in Horse Isle (not bred ones). In rare cases, horses might have metrics outside of the range. Breeders can produce horses that are beyond this range.

Speed: 16.7-17.9, 17.3 (0.3), 0.05.
Sprint: 51-65, 59 (3), 0.57.

Accel: 0.91-1.09, 0.99 (0.04), 0.01.
Decel: 0.97-1.15, 1.06 (0.04), 0.01.

Jump: 5.41-5.65, 5.55 (0.05), 0.01.
Pull: 2.47-3.23, 2.81 (0.14), 0.03.

Turning: 54.90-68.84, 61.69 (2.88), 0.57.
Reverse: 2.7-3.4, 3.1 (0.2), 0.03.

Stamina: 47.93-52.71, 50.27 (1.06), 0.21.
Reaction: 0.72-0.81, 0.76 (0.02), 0.00.

Coats & Height:
Colors: bay, black, brown, chestnut, grey, and more rarely, cream-dilutes.

Additionals: flaxen, rabicano, sooty, and in rarer cases, tobiano, white-spotted, and rare patterns.

Breeding notes: the colors and patterns of dominant black, dominant white, dun, linebacked, roan, frame-overo, manchado, and splashed-white don't naturally occur in this breed but can be bred into it.

Height: 16.1hh to 17.2hh.

(For more information, see the 'Oldenburg' breed.)