This article analyzes the postwar transformation of the Dutch Warmblood farm horse into a riding horse. It gives special attention to the farmers’ practical breeding methods and to the role that scientists and government policymakers played in the transformation process. Until the 1970s, Warmblood breeding methods were a continuation of pre-Mendelian methods that focused on qualitative assessment of a horse’s conformation, that is, its exterior characteristics. In 1980, the Dutch government undertook an effort to modernize Warmblood breeding by turning it into a collectively organized, scientific enterprise. These plans were largely subverted by the fierce opposition of breeders. Nevertheless, quantitative scientific methods, particularly quantitative genetics, started to make inroads into Warmblood breeding at the time. However, the breeders’ decision to switch to quantitative methods was a reaction to other pressures, economic and otherwise, rather than a response to the government’s call for science-based modernization. Moreover, qualitative assessment remained as important in the selection of breeding stock as before.

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荷兰农场马向骑马的转变：牲畜育种、科学和“现代化”，1960 年代至 1980 年代

本文分析了战后荷兰温血种马向骑乘马的转变。它特别关注农民的实用育种方法以及科学家和政府决策者在转化过程中所发挥的作用。直到 1970 年代，温血马育种方法是前孟德尔方法的延续，该方法侧重于对马的构造（即外部特征）进行定性评估。1980 年，荷兰政府致力于将温血马育种现代化，将其转变为集体组织的科学企业。这些计划在很大程度上被育种者的强烈反对所破坏。尽管如此，定量科学方法，尤其是数量遗传学，在当时开始进入温血马育种领域。然而，育种者转向定量方法的决定是对其他压力、经济和其他压力的反应，而不是对政府对以科学为基础的现代化的呼吁的反应。此外，在选择种畜时，定性评估仍然与以前一样重要。