Dr. Thomas Nissen
Managing Director and Breeding Manager
Tel: +49 431 305996 0
Fax: +49 431 336 142
Association Kiel
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24106 Kiel
Mare performance test
Information about the mare performance test
Mares may undergo performance testing on station or in the field.
The basic gaits, rideability and free jumping are judged. When undergoing on-station testing, the mares’ willingness to perform will be judged, as well. Successful mare performance testing is one of the requirement to be eligible for the State Premium designation.
Station Test
The station test involves 14-day training and a final test. In addition to evaluating basic gaits, rideability and free jumping, it also encompasses interior traits, subsumed under the mark for “willingness to perform and handling”.
The station test’s advantage is that the mares are trained and tested under standardized conditions over a two week period.
Field Test
The one-day field tests are held at various locations across Schleswig-Holstein and (from 2018) the extended breeding area.
They are carried out on instruction of the Holsteiner Verband by the Landeskommission für Pferdeleistungsprüfungen Schleswig-Holstein (State Horse Performance Test Committee S-H).
The field test starts with the free jumping in a jump chute (indoor arena), followed by a presentation under the own rider in groups up to four mares to evaluate basic gaits and rideability. Finally, the mare’s rideability is judged yet again by a test rider.
Mare performance test
Registration and dates
The registration for the station test is done at the Holsteiner Verband in Kiel. The Landeskommission für Pferdeleistungsprüfungen in Bad Segeberg (state commission for horse performance tests) accepts the registrations for the field test.
Station Test
On the following days the final exam (freejumping and performance under the rider) for 3-year-old mares will take place at 9.00 am in Elmshorn (Holsteiner Verbandes, Westerstr. 95, D-25336 Elmshorn):
Tuesday, 25.02.2020
Wednesday, 29.04.2020
Field Test
Click here (from late February) for the Schleswig-Holstein field test entry form; it is also published in the Verband magazine PFERD+SPORT March issue or on the website of the Landeskommission für Pferdeleistungsprüfungen Schleswig-Holstein.
Mare performance test
Adjustments in weighting the mare performance test criteria
To promote the breeding of Holsteiner dressage horses, and for a more performance-related assessment of dressage oriented mares, the dressage committee suggested adjusting the way the evaluated mare performance test criteria are weighted.
These suggestions have been implemented, so that the final test score is now calculated by weighting the criteria differently for jumping and dressage oriented mares.
The weighting of the field test criteria has been adjusted for field test as follows:
|
Criterion |
until 2015 |
jumping oriented |
dressage oriented |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Junping |
30% |
30% |
20% |
|
Trot |
13% |
13% |
15% |
|
Canter |
13% |
13% |
15% |
|
Walk |
13% |
13% |
15% |
|
Rideability |
10% |
10% |
10% |
|
Rideability- test rider |
21% |
21% |
25% |
The final field test score is calculated from the weighted sub scores.
Please state the mare’s orientation (jumping or dressage) on the field test entry form. The final test score will be calculated accordingly.
In case no information is provided, the mare will be considered as jumping oriented.