Breeding Outside of the Knabstrup Estate

In the years following the decline, good animals were still bred, particularly in the area around the Knabstrup Estate. Up until 1892, we know that breeding of the Knabstruppers was very popular.  This meant that the Knabstruppers to a large extent were cross-bred with the local horses. To that effect, the Knabstruppers have been blamed for the extinction of the Odsherred breed. 

Generally speaking, breeding in those years was not very controlled and the stud books were often inadequately maintained or never saved. This has made it difficult to trace the horses back to Flæbehoppen in a historically appropriate way.