You would like your foal to receive a Holsteiner passport and are wondering what options are available? Or you would like to know what requirements a foal needs to meet in order to receive the coveted Foal Premium?
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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 approval).
Step 1: Report the birth of your foal
Once your foal has been born, report the birth on the breeding certificate and send the form to the Holsteiner Verband office in Kiel (solterbeck@holsteiner-verband.de)
Breeding Certificate - Standard
Breeding Certificate - Embryo Transfer
If you have reported the breeding of your mare on the covering certificate provided by the Holsteiner Verband in the year of breeding and are a member, you are able to report the foal birth online in the Holsteiner Online membership area.
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.
Step 2: Documents the HV will send back to you
After the receipt of the breeding certificate / foal report, the Holsteiner Verband will send you the registration documents for your foal. These include:
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Registration card including the horse identification diagram on which markings and whorls are drawn
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DNA kit
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Invoice for foal registration
Step 3: Registration Card, Microchipping, DNA testing
Registration Card
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Fill out bottom part of Registration Card. Print it out and keep it , bring it with you to the inspection site.
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IMPORTANT: This document is you registration paper until the passport has been issued
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Take at least 4 pictures of your foal (showing front, back, left side, right side) and one showing all facial markings.
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You may complete the diagram yourself as outlined in the 'Detailed Instructions for Foal registration' form, but do not sign it.
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Microchip your foal:
Microchipping
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Ask your veterinarian for an FEI approved 15-digit microchip for horses.
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Arrange for the vet or an authorized person to inject the transponder into your foals’ left side nuchal ligament (3rd to4th cervical vertebra).
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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.
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Attach the barcode of the transponder to your registration card.
DNA testing
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Pull a hair sample including roots (follicles) from the foal and put the sample into the appropriate sample bag.
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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.
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Send the hair sample with the completed Sample Submission Form to the lab.
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The results of parentage testing are sent to the Holsteiner Verband breeding department.
Step 4: Actual Registration of your foal
At the Inspection
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Bring a hard copy of the filled out Registration Card to the inspection.
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The Verband will issue the passport and send it via postal service to the breeder.
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In the meantime, the Registration Card is the official registration paper, until the passport is received.
If you are not attending an inspection
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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
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The Verband will issue the passport and send it via postal service to the breeder.
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In the meantime, the Registration Card is the official registration paper, until the passport is received