Editing Trakehner (section)

==The modern Trakehner==
[[File:Trakhener - Dressur Erstes 2.jpg|right|thumb|The modern Trakehner excels in [[dressage]]]]
Today in Germany the breed is considered a federal responsibility, with its governance falling under both the Trakehner Verband and the Trakehner Gesellschaft mbH; the latter handling all business operations.

Stallion inspections are held in [[Neumünster]], Germany, each October and approved stallions are required to complete extended performance tests, which rate the horses' gaits, temperament, jumping ability, and suitability over a cross country course, before being given full breeding licenses.

The Trakehner is used as a "refiner" of other breeds, allowing an infusion of Thoroughbred and Arabian blood without the risks often involved in first generation outcrosses. Influential stallions include Abglanz for the [[Hanoverian (horse)|Hanoverian]], Herbststurm who influenced the [[Oldenburg (horse)|Oldenburg]], Marco Polo for the [[Dutch Warmblood]], the stallions Ibikus and Donauwind for the [[Danish Warmblood]], and Polarstern for the [[Swedish Warmblood]].

While Trakehners compete in nearly all equestrian disciplines, they are particularly prized as [[dressage]] mounts, due to their sensitivity, intelligence and way of going. Peron anchored the United States team to an Olympic Bronze in 1996 at Atlanta. [[Abdullah (horse)|Abdullah]], by Donauwind, is particularly famous for his [[show jumping]] team gold and individual silver medals at the 1984 Olympics and 1985 World Cup win. Heuriger was the 1994 [[show jumping]] team silver medallist at the 1994 [[World Equestrian Games]].  Trakehner mare TSF Dalera BB, ridden by Jessica von Bredow Werndl, is the no.1 ranked dressage horse in the world as of September 2023,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fei.org/horse/105AH62/Tsf-Dalera-Bb | title=TSF Dalera Bb (105AH62) }}</ref> and has won gold medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for both team and individual.  Dalera has also won individual gold medals at the 2022 and 2023 Dressage World Cup.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://inside.fei.org/media-updates/it%E2%80%99s-brilliant-back-back-double-jessica-and-dalera|title=It’s a brilliant back-to-back double for Jessica and Dalera|date=8 April 2023|website=FEI}}</ref>