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Foal Registration

You would like to register your foal with the Holsteiner Verband and you are wondering what options are available? Would you like to know what requirements a foal needs to meet in order to receive a coveted premium status?

... We have answers

Here are some guidelines before registering your foal with the Holsteiner Verband:

As stipulated by the Holsteiner Verband articles, we may only act for our members, so membership is mandatory to have a foal registered.

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In order to register a foal with the Holsteiner Verband, the dam must be approved in the Holsteiner Verband studbook(information on mare inspection).

Step 1: Report the birth of your foal

After the birth of your foal, it must first be properly registered at the Holsteiner Verband office in Kiel: The birth must be reported by the mare owner within 28 days with the Foal Report 

If not reported within 28 days, late fees will have to be assessed 

  • Fee for foal reported not within the stipulated period (up to 4 weeks late): 20,00 €

  • Fee for foal reported not within the stipulated period (more than 4 weeks late): 50,00 €

There are 3 ways to report your foal:

  • send the Breeding Certificate form to the Holsteiner Verband via mail

  • send the Breeding Certificate form to the Holsteiner Verband via e-mail to: wessel@holsteiner-verband.de

or

Naming Rules
Colts:

Male offspring must be registered with names which start with the first letter of the sires name, i.e. with a "C" for male offspring of Cassini I.  

Fillies:

Female offspring must be registered with names which coincides with the year of birth according to the naming schedule designated by the Holsteiner Verband. 

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Step 2: Documents the HV will send back to you

After the Certificate of Birth has been received, the Holsteiner Verband will send to the mare owner:

  • Registration Card including the diagram are issued and sent to the mare owner via email.

  • Invoice for foal registration

  • Documents for the DNA testing

Step 3: Registration Card, Microchipping, DNA testing

Registration Card
  • Fill out bottom part of Registration Card. Print it out and keep it , bring it with you to the inspection site. 

  • IMPORTANT: This document is you registration paper until the passport has been issued

  • Take at least 4 pictures of your foal (showing front, back, left side, right side) and one showing all facial markings.

  • You may complete the diagram yourself as outlined in the 'Detailed Instructions for Foal registration' form, but do not sign it.

  • Microchip your foal:

Microchipping
  • Ask your veterinarian for an FEI approved 15-digit microchip for horses.

  • Arrange for the vet or an authorized person to inject the transponder into your foals’ left side nuchal ligament (3rd to4th cervical vertebra).

  • We recommend that foals should be at least 4 weeks old when microchipped. The person microchipping the foal has to confirm the correct implantation with his / her signature.

  • Attach the barcode of the transponder to your registration card.

DNA testing
  • Pull a hair sample including roots (follicles) from the foal and put the sample into the appropriate sample bag.

    • 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 lab.

  • The results of parentage testing are sent to the Holsteiner Verband breeding department.

Step 4: Actual Registration of your foal

At the Inspection

  • Bring a hard copy of the filled out Registration Card to the inspection.

  • The Verband will issue the passport and send it via postal service to the breeder.

  • In the meantime, the Registration Card is the official registration paper, until the passport is received.

If you are not attending an inspection

  • Scan the completed registration card in color, then together with the photos send it in one email per horse with a suitable subject (e.g., "Registration card, breeder's name" to solterbeck@holsteiner-verband.de or to bergmann@holsteiner-verband.de

  • The Verband will issue the passport and send it via postal service to the breeder.

  • In the meantime, the Registration Card is the official registration paper, until the passport is received

OFFICE OF THE NORTH AMERICAN BREEDING DISTRICT OF THE HOLSTEINER VERBAND

​EMAIL:           holsteiner@bellsouth.net

ADDRESS:     29605 Grandpoint Lane
                       Rancho Palos Verdes, CA  90275

PHONE:         USA 310-345-5906 

                       Germany +49 431 305996 2

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