Stallions
Stallion Roster
Here you will find the stallions that have been registered for the current breeding season by the stallion owners and are currently registered in the Holsteiner Verband's Stallion Book I.
If you want to use stallions that are not listed here, please contact the Holsteiner Verband office in Kiel (+49 431 305 996 52) before covering to clarify whether and if so which papers you can obtain for the foals resulting from such matings and what costs are involved.
Stallion Licensing
The decisive selection threshold for stallions is licensing. Licensing takes place either at the age of two and a half years in hand (young stallion licensing) or for older stallions (licensing in Spring) under the rider. Three-year-old stallions are presented in hand at the spring licensing.
The young stallion licensing is the biggest event in the breeding year. In Holstein, this event has been held in autumn in the Holstenhallen in Neumünster for well over 30 years. In 2023, the young stallion licensing was held for the first time in December at the association's facility in Elmshorn.
Stallion Performance Test
At the licensing, the stallions are primarily judged for conformation and structure.
The evaluation of the free jumping provides the only information on own performance. The stallion performance test was converted into a multi-stage points system at the beginning of 2025.
As part of this new stallion performance test concept, stallion owners will have the opportunity to present their stallions or have them tested in 50-day performance tests, shortened assessment tests (Veranlagungsprüfung - kurz) or stallion tournament test (HLP-Wertungsprüfungen).
Stallion Book Registration
A stallion successfully completing the selection levels stallion licensing and performance testing is listed in the stallion book I.
Outcross stallions considered to hold exceptional value for the Holsteiner breeding programme can be listed in the stallion book I if they fulfil the requirements stipulated by the Holsteiner Verband articles.
In Neumünster on 24 May 2017 during their meeting the delegates agreed to the statute changes that will allow to establish the new studbook called Holstein Global.
The details of stallion book registration can be found in Part B (Breeding Program) of the Statutes.
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Breeding Value Estimation
Every year, in order to estimate a stallion’s potential as a sire, the results of the current breeding value evaluation are published.
At the end of every breeding year each breeder is issued his breeding stock’s breeding values (stallions and mares) along with the Activated Breeding Stock Report.
