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?
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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 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
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Fee for foal reported not within the stipulated period (up to 4 weeks late): 20,00 €
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Fee for foal reported not within the stipulated period (more than 4 weeks late): 50,00 €
There are 3 ways to report your foal:
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send the Breeding Certificate form to the Holsteiner Verband via mail
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send the Breeding Certificate form to the Holsteiner Verband via e-mail to: wessel@holsteiner-verband.de
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Report the birth of your foal online with the foal online report
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 Certificate of Birth has been received, the Holsteiner Verband will send to the mare owner:
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Registration Card including the diagram are issued and sent to the mare owner via email.
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Invoice for foal registration
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Documents for the DNA testing
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