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Memberships run from January 1 to December 31. Take a moment now to rewew your membership today! Visit our Membership page to renew online or download the form.
Members who want to enroll for the upcoming show season need to visit our Awards Program page to download the 2012 enrollment forms.
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Tis the season for giving! An AHHA logo item from our Holsteiner Shoppe makes a great gift for the horse lover in your life. Visit our Membership page to see our full range of clothing items as well as a selection of Holsteiner reference books.
The AHHA Annual General Meeting is scheduled for February 10-11, 2012, at the Embassy Suites in La Quinta, California. The AHHA Board of Directors cordially invites all members and their guests to attend our open meetings and the Awards Banquet, where we will honor the success of breeders, owners, and horses for their accomplishments in 2011. Below is a schedule of events for the weekend, and information on how to reserve your room, purchase your banquet tickets, and make reservations to have lunch with the directors and committee members on Friday and Saturday. All events will take place in the hotel. Times are subject to change.
To make your reservations to stay at the hotel and to receive the special AHHA rate, please call the Embassy Suites reservations desk at 1-888-386-1126.
FEBRUARY 10th
8:00am - 3:00pm -- Breeding and Rules Committee
[Buffet Lunch with the Committee will be at 12:00pm in the conference room. Please notify the AHHA office by February 5th if you plan to join the luncheon. Ticket price is $20 per person and includes beverage.]
2:00pm - 3:00pm -- BRC Closed Session
3:30pm - 5:00pm -- Finance Committee
5:30pm - 6:30pm -- Cocktail Hour
FEBRUARY 11th
8:00am - 3:30pm -- Board of Directors Meeting
[Buffet Lunch with the Board will be at 12:00pm in the conference room. Please notify the AHHA office by February 5th if you plan to join the luncheon. Ticket price is $20 per person and includes beverage.]
4:00pm - 5:00pm -- Executive Session
6:30pm - 8:00pm -- Cocktail Reception prior to Banquet
8:00pm -10:00pm -- Dinner and Awards Presentations
Advance reservations for the Awards Banquet are required; please contact the AHHA office to purchase tickets. Price is $55.00 per person and includes three-course dinner, wine, and non-alcoholic beverages.
AHHA members and guests will receive a 20% discount on all spa services booked at the hotel so remember to make your reservations early!
And, don't forget, the HITS Thermal Horse Show is just minutes away from our event location so you may make some time during your stay to visit the grounds, watch some great competition, and pick up some souvenirs!
See you all in February!
2011 APPROVALS TOUR
SCORES & RESULTS
Awards 1-12-12.pdf
HORSE FORMS &
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The Holsteiner Verband
THE AMERICAN HOLSTEINER HORSE ASSOCIATION
222 East Main Street, Suite 1
Georgetown, Kentucky 40324
ph: 502.863.4239 fx: 502-868-0722
Updated Bylaws 1-12-12.pdf
Founded in 1978, the American Holsteiner Horse Association was established to assist breeders in producing quality horses with Holsteiner bloodlines. In North America, the American Holsteiner Horse Association is dedicated to carrying out the breeding practices of the German Holsteiner Verband. The AHHA functions as an independent non-profit organization while maintaining an informal working relationship with the Verband. The Association conducts annual breeding stock inspections and only those horses which are of sufficient quality are eligible to produce registered offspring.
Additionally, the AHHA maintains a public registry of Holsteiner Horses and brands qualified stallions, mares and foals with the Association's brand. The AHHA disseminates breeding data and association information through the publication of an annual Breeder's Guide, through publication of The Holsteiner magazine, through periodic AHHA Newsletters, and this website. The AHHA also maintains an Award Program which recognizes the accomplishments of Holsteiner horses, honoring them at an annual awards dinner held in conjunction with the Association's annual meeting.
The Holsteiner Horse originated in the Schleswig-Holstein region of Northern Germany and is the product of a systematic breeding program that orignated over 700 years ago. The modern Holsteiner is of medium frame and stands 16 to 17 hands, with a powerful hind leg, strong back and loin. His arched neck rises from a well-angled shoulder to a small head with a large, intelligent eye. This conformation adapts itself easily to "self-carriage" -- that expressive, elegant quality so essential in modern equestrian sport. When the Holsteiner Horse begins to move, his reputation as one of the world's finest sporthorses is understood.
The German Holsteiner studbook is one of the smallest studbooks in Europe with approximately 6% of the total equine population. However, it has consistently produced some of the world's most successful international horses in a range of disciplines. At the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, Holsteiners dominated the proceedings. In Dressage, Granat won the individual Gold Medal and Madrigal won the Silver. Albrant won the Silver Medal in Three Day Eventing, and Trophy earned a Silver in Show Jumping. The same year, Emil Jung won the World Championships in Combined Driving with a team of four Holsteiners.
That high performance quality has carried on into the present era. Calvaro V, an 18-hand grey gelding, won the individual silver medal in show jumping at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, and was voted Best Horse at the 1998 World Equestrian Games. Despite her Hanoverian brand, Olympic Gold Medalist Ratina Z is by the Holsteiner stallion Ramiro and her second dam is a Holsteiner mare. Ratina Z won the prestigious Grand Prix of Aachen. In 1999, Landlady, an American bred mare, was short listed for the USET Three Day Eventing team for the Pan American Games.
In North America, most of the top show jumping riders have had at least one Holsteiner in their string, including Anne Kursinski (Indeed & Canyon), Margie Goldstein Engle (Hidden Creek Alvaretto, Hidden Creek Christo), Hap Hansen (Roxett 7), Tim Grubb (Elan Coriana, Elan Lorestan), Susie Hutchison (America I), Nona Garson (Capital S), Leslie Howard (Concerto), and Richard Spooner (Ace).
Holsteiner stallions continue to produce some of America's top dressage horses, including Lifetime, USDF Horse of the Year at Second Level. In the Adult Amateur divisions, where good temperament is of the utmost importance, both Contango, USDF Horse of the Year at Grand Prix, and Jagger, USDF Horse of the Year at Fourth Level, are by Holsteiner stallions.
Association Board Members and Breeding Committee members are elected by the membership.
You may email one of these individuals by clicking on their name..
*Breeding Committee Only
2012 AHHA STALLION ROSTER
Coming Soon!
The following list of stallions are approved and have been activated for the 2012 season. You may click on the stallions name to navigate to the owner's website.
CORRALEJO DEL RIO
(Cathalido x Lacoste x Rantares)
CHAMP 163
(Chamonix x Coronado x Ligorett)
In order for a horse to be eligible to be registered with the AHHA, it must be sired by an AHHA approved stallion that has been activated by the stallion's owner in the breeding year and out of by an AHHA approved mare that has also been activated in the breeding year. The first step in registering your horse with the AHHA is to complete the AHHA Registration Application, which is available from this website's Horse Forms page. While a Breeding Certificate from the stallion owner is no longer required to register with the AHHA, the foal must be DNA-tested for parent verification, a procedure that will be required during the registration process. A complete set of photos must also be included with the Registration Application, and specific directions for taking these can be found with the form download.
Certificate of Pedigrees are available for certain Holsteiner horses that are not eligible for full registration. In order to qualify for a Certificate of Pedigree, the horse must be sired by an AHHA Approved stallion that has been activated by the stallion's owner in the breeding year, or out of by an AHHA Approved mare that has been activated in the breeding year.
To view a full list of breeding rules, please click on the Breeding Rules button above.
Questions may be directed to the AHHA office.
Please visit any of our breeder's websites. Click on your selection to be directed to a website or email response form. To join this list, please contact the AHHA for a Breeder's Directory Application Form.
DNA TYPING KIT ORDER FORM.pdf
transfer of ownership form.pdf
Registration.pdf
Color Kit order form.pdf
Microsoft Word - 2011 duplicate paper application-1.pdf
NAMING YOUR FOAL.pdf
Dual Registrations-1.pdf
2012 Foal Futurity Form.pdf
Stallion service report.pdf
Agent Assignment Form.pdf
Discrepancy Report-1.pdf
Stallion Activation Application.pdf
Petition for Stallion Approval
EVA Protocol.pdf
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Mare Activation Form.pdf
MARE PERFORMANCE IN SPORT REQUIREMENTS.pdf
AHHA Approvals are held in the late summer and early fall months of each year at sites across the United States and Canada. Our team of qualified judges, including representatives from the German Holsteiner Verband Commission, visits each site with the goal of evaluating and approving mares and stallions for the breeding books, and to get an overview of the progress of our breeders through foal crop production. These events are always an educational venue for everyone involved and offer not only insight into the breed but opportunities for networking with other local breeders in your area.
Pre-entry of horses into an approvals event is required, and entry forms for each year's tour are posted to this website in the early summer months. All mares age two and older holding AHHA registration papers or AHHA certificates of pedigree or Jockey Club papers are eligible for studbook entry. Mares from all other WBFSH-member organizations may also be eligible, as are warmblood mares from other registries which can meet pedigree requirements. If you are unsure of your mare's eligibility, it is suggested that you contact our office with your inquiry.
Stallions presented for breeding must also meet AHHA age and pedigree requirements or hold an extraordinary sport record for consideration for approval. Please contact the AHHA office to learn more.
In 2007, the AHHA Board of Directors agreed to the guidelines mandated by the German Holsteiner Verband with regard to efforts in maintaining the Holsteiner horse as a pure breed. To read this accord, "The Holsteiner Konzept", please click here .
2012 Approvals Entry Forms
Site Host Application.pdf
2012 Site Host Resource Guide
Annual Tour Dates are finalized in the months of June and July. Once the tour dates for 2012 are determined, they will be posted here.
To apply for a site, please download the 2012 Site Host Application, posted on this page and submit it to the office as soon as possible..
2011 Cumulative Tour Results.pdf
The 2011 Approvals Tour is now complete. Our judges, Arlene Rigdon and Michael Gonell, reported superb impressions of the Holsteiners on the tour, with a very high percentage of premium mares compared to previous years. Several new stallions have been entered into the studbook, and, as usual, the quality of the 2011 foal crop was consistently high. As always we extend our great appreciation to the many site hosts who organized for our presence, and applaud the breeders for their efforts and attendance. The Tour is an important part of the AHHA's purpose, to educate and guide breeders as they improve and promote the Holsteiner breed in America.
Pollyrich - 12-2-11.pdf
Hidden Pearm Farm.pdf
Mich results.pdf
October Hill.pdf
Winley Farm.pdf
Hyperion Farm.pdf
Rancho Corazon.pdf
Wild Turkey.pdf
Prairie Pines.pdf
Click on Farm to see site results
Joining is Easy!
Membership in the AHHA is a great choice for breeders of Holsteiner horses, as well as riders, trainers and enthusiasts who want to learn more about the world's foremost Sporthorse breed! As a full member you will receive benefits such as discounts on association fees and free ownership transfers, plus enrollment opportunities in our annual Awards program. Join online or print the membership form using the buttons below and start your membership today!
Types of Memberships
Full Annual Membership $85
Associate Annual Membership $50
Junior Annual Membership $35
Full Lifetime Membership $850
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2010membership application.pdf
The AHHA is Going Green
An effort to reduce paper waste is underway at your AHHA. Many items that were once being mailed will now come to you by email.
If you have changed your email address, please make sure to notify the office to avoid missing any important newsletters or communications.
Members who do not use email must also notify the office so that their needs are accomodated.
Thank you!
The Winner's Circle
Supporting the AHHA through gifts in addition to your membership is
a fantastic way to show your love for the Holsteiner breed. To enhance and grow our organization, your contribution of as little as $50 will assist in the funding of our annual AHHA Awards program, when we recognize the success of Holsteiners, their breeders, their owners and their riders.
Please take the time to become an AHHA sponsor today
by joining our Winner's Circle by indicating your choice on the memberships forms available above or by dowloading and completing the sponsorship form usin ghte link below. We so appreciate your support!
The AHHA office carries for purchase a number of important Holsteiner titles by Clause Schridde. To learn more about the title shown, and others available, click on the book. You can email the AHHA to place an order anytime!
Our new ecommerce site is in the works. Check back here to purchase AHHA logo items such as saddle pads, polo shirts, baseball caps, jackets and more when we reopen for business!
Every year the AHHA bestows numerous awards on members in both breeding and sport. Here you can learn more about the various award programs of the AHHA, and take advantage of our convenient download links to enroll your horses.
Riverson Award
Given each year to the highest scoring foal of the Approvals Tour. Named in honor of the foal Riverson. All registered and certificate of pedigree foals are eligible for the award simply by entering the Approvals.
AHHA Performance Awards
The AHHA loves to honor its competitive Holsteiners, giving awards in over 40 different divisions within these equine discipines: dressage, jumpers, driving, eventing, hunters, and more. All horses holding registrations or certificates of pedigree from the AHHA, Holsteiner Verband papers, or which are entered into the AHHA studbooks are eligible. All horses with Holsteiner Verband papers must be dual registered with the AHHA.
Annual enrollment in the program is required, along with a nominal fee. Awards are presented at the AHHA Awards Banquet held in conjunction with the Annual General Meeting. Awards which cannot be accepted at the event will be mailed to the recipients. You can print the enrollment forms by clicking the button :
Best North American Bred Mare Award
Awarded each year to the mares aged 2 and 6 years bred and born in North America which earn the highest score on the annual Approvals Tour. Established in 2004, this award honors both breeder of the mare and her owner at the time of presentation. All AHHA-registered mares meeting the full set of qualifications are eligible for the award upon entry into the Approvals.
Foal Futurity
Cash awards are distributed among top-scoring foals whose owners enter them into the annual futurity prior to the start of the annual Approvals Tour. A completed Foal Futurity form and payment of a nominal fee is required.
Awards Program Entry Form 2012.pdf
Enrollment Forms for 2012
Foal Incentive Program
A new cash award program introduced in 2010, where a portion of funds raised by the AHHA Stallion Service Auction is used to award top scoring foals of the annual Approvals Tour, as well as their sires. Foals are automatically entered when a stallion owner donates a breeding to the stallion to the auction. For 2012, all foals by stallions who participate in the 2012 auction will be enrolled for the 2012 approvals, and so on. No additional fees or entry forms are required.
USDF All Breed Awards
The AHHA is a long-time sponsor of this program and is proud to partner with the USDF to honor our Holsteiners in Dressage. In order to qualify, the owner and horse must fulfill all USDF requirements, plus the following:
-Owner must be a current AHHA member in good standing.
-Horse must be dual registered with the AHHA.
2011 Foal Incentive Pgm.
USDF All Breeds
2011 Foal Futurity Winners.pdf
Riverson Award:
Deirdre G, by Quinar x Ogolli (Riverman), Breeder/Owner Roberta Gammill
Best North American Bred Mare:
Whisper, by Legado de Fuego x Leiden (Edelmann), Breeder/Owner Eva Vawters
As a benefit of membership, Holsteiner Magazine is published several time per year and is full of news from around the country and from Europe that is relevant to the Holsteiner breed and its enthusiasts. Here you can view archived issues. These are large files, so please have patience as they load.
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Our calendar contains important dates and deadlines pertinent to your experience as a member and as a Holsteiner owner. Submissions to the calendar may be emailed for approval and subsequent addition.
Website Photo Credits:
We would like to thank the following photographers for providing use of their photos for our website. The AHHA is a non-profit organization and through the generosity of these industry professionals we have been able to utilize top-quality images.
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