Foal Registration
GENERAL
1. In General
When your foal is born, please consider the following:
Reporting the birth of your foal to the Holsteiner Verband Kiel office in due form is the most important requirement.
The mare owner must report the foal’s birth within 28 days, either by submitting the foaling certificate via mail or email or by completing the online birth declaration.
Important notifications:
- Please note that informal foal reports are not accepted and will not be processed by the Verband.
- As written in the statutes, the Holsteiner Verband may only act for our members, so membership is mandatory to have a foal registered.
- Fee for foal births not reported on time (up to 4 weeks late): 20,00 €
- Fee for foal births not reported on time (more than 4 weeks late): 50,00 €
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HENGSTE
Die Hengstkörung
Die entscheidende Selektionsschwelle bei den Hengsten ist die Körung. Die Körung erfolgt entweder im Alter von zweieinhalb Jahren an der Hand oder ab dreijährig (Körung im April) unter dem Reiter.
Die Junghengstkörung ist das größte Ereignis im Ablauf des Zuchtjahres. In Holstein wird diese Veranstaltung seit weit über 30 Jahren im Herbst in den Holstenhallen in Neumünster ausgerichtet. Weitere Körveranstaltungen, zu denen auch ältere Hengste zugelassen sind, finden im Januar und im April in Elmshorn statt.
In Holstein wird diese Veranstaltung seit weit über 30 Jahren im Herbst in den Holstenhallen in Neumünster ausgerichtet. Weitere Körveranstaltungen, zu denen auch ältere Hengste zugelassen sind, finden im Januar und im April in Elmshorn statt.
In den Sommermonaten Juni und Juli läuft die Anmeldezeit zur Vorauswahl der Junghengste für die Körveranstaltung Ende Oktober in Neumünster. Für die Körveranstaltungen in Elmshorn ist keine Vorauswahl erforderlich. Die Beurteilung der Hengste bei der Vorauswahl und der Körung wird von mindestens drei Mitgliedern der Körkommission vorgenommen. Für ein positives Körurteil müssen die Hengste in den Bereichen Exterieur, Bewegung und Springen überzeugen.
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DOCUMENTS
3. Registration card, diagram, documents for DNA parentage verification and microchip received from the association
After the foal report has been received, the registration documents are issued and sent to the mare owner by the vit Verden.
Included in the registration documents are the registration card, horse identification diagram, documents for DNA parentage verification and microchip. Please note: German microchips are not allowed to be sent to certain EU countries. Breeders living in such countries are required to purchase a microchip from their own veterinarian.
Important:
- Please note: The registration card must be presented on-site to have your foal registered.
- In case the registration date is nearing and you have not yet received the registration documents even though you have submitted the foal report in due form, do not hesitate to contact the Kiel office!
PARENTAGE
4. Parentage vertification
Same as in past years, all foals registered with the Holsteiner Verband have to undergo parentage testing through DNA typing.
The following steps are necessary:
- Pull hairs (50-100) including roots (follicles) from the foal
- If the dam has not undergone Holsteiner Verband DNA typing as a foal, you might need to collect a hair sample from the dam as well
- Send the hair sample with the completed Sample Submission Form to the laboratory
- The results of the parentage verification are sent to the Holsteiner Verband breeding department
TRANSPONDER
5. Foal identification with a transponder (microchip)
Since 2018, foals registered with the Holsteiner Verband are no longer branded. Instead, they are microchipped which is a legal requirement since 2010.
Important:
- Please let your veterinarian or an authorized person inject the microchip into your foal’s left side nuchal ligament (3rd – 4th cervical vertebra) some days prior to registration. According to the Veterinary University Hanover’s recommendation, foals should be 4 weeks or older when microchipped.
- The person microchipping the foal has to record his/her registration number and confirm the correct implantation with his/her signature; stick-on labels with the barcode and microchip number are to be put on the registration card / horse identification diagram.
- As a service for the breeders, the Holsteiner Verband offers to microchip the foals during the foal registrations in the breeding districts. Please note that the microchip can only be placed if the foal held well and securely by the owner or a third person.
SIGN UP
6. Enter foal for inspection tour
Breeders outside of Schleswig-Holstein are requested to use the “Entry form breeding district Europe for foal and mare inspection/registration tour” included in the registration documents to sign their foals up for registration.
Important:
- Inspection sites in Germany: the main inspection tour usually takes place between mid-June and September. The schedule is updated and, if necessary, extended on a monthly basis.
- Inspection sites outside Germany are possible and may be arranged as the need arises. Please note that breeders have to let the breeding department know until late May if they want to request an inspection site abroad.
- For members outside Schleswig-Holstein, we also offer additional on-farm inspections (additional fees apply). These inspections take place in autumn.
- To sign up, please call Dr. Stefanie Bergmann at the Holsteiner Verband Kiel office (+49-431-305996-51) or send an email to: bergmann@holsteiner-verband.de
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REGISTRATION
7. Attend an inspection
At the inspection, foals are presented running free at their dam’s side. They are judged on conformation and movement by the inspection committee and receive scores on “type” and “movement”, respectively. The “type” score involves correctness of conformation and age-appropriate development. The “movement” score is mostly determined by the trot, with the walk and canter a secondary influence.
Foals which receive a score of 7 or higher in both criteria are awarded a Foal Premium. In addition to the conventional scores, the committee also uses Linear Profiling to assess a foal.
Inspection and registration sites
Foal Catalogue and Addendum
Important:
- •Upon the foal’s registration, the dam must be entered into the Holsteiner Verband studbook (in the extended breeding area, the foal registration and the inspection of the dam are at the same day).
- The registration card must be presented at the registration site and the foal should be at least four weeks old.
- At the registration site, the colour and the markings recorded on the diagram are compared to the foal and checked for completeness. In case the foal’s owner has neglected to complete the diagram and the Verband is tasked with the recording, costs for the equine passport increase by 10,- euros. In contrast, correctly completed diagrams incur only 5,- euros, due to increased material costs and postal charges.
EQUINE PASSPORT
8. Equine passport and Certificate of Ownership received from the association
Only after the Kiel office has received all the required documents (online or original foal report, parent verification through DNA, confirmation of microchipping), equine passport and Certificate of Ownership will be issued and sent to the owner. All the best for your Holsteiner foal!
