Breeding News

Going on NOW! Excited for the start of a new breeding season? The Westfalen Verband North America’s annual Stallion Service Auction offers 60+ more reasons to celebrate! The auction is open for bidding through 8 p.m. EDT Sunday March 7th.

Iron Spring Farm’s stallion Uno Don Diego continues to be a sire of note, with numerous offspring making headlines over the last few months. His son Independent Little Me was honored as the 2020 KWPN Gelders Horse of the Year.

Sonnenberg’s Everdance is offered for sale, with hopes of her international groundwork providing a leg-up for another American dressage rider aspiring to compete on the U.S. Small Tour and beyond.

The tentative 2021 Conformation Competition Calendar is now available. This calendar, visible on the ANCCE web site and the official Completion App/Web offers several details:

With the conclusion of the 2020 competition year, US Equestrian and the United States Dressage Federation have announced the first USEF/USDF Young Horse Emerging Program member list.

The FEI WBFSH Dressage World Breeding Championship for Young Horses should have taken place in Verden from December 9th to 13th. The best five-, six- and seven-year-old horses from all over the world were to compete there.

Iron Spring Farm's stallions sired 21 GAIG/USDF Regional Champions and Reserve Champions, including 13 at FEI level. Eight ISF stallions, including Sir Sinclair Keur, Uno Don Diego, Meinse 439 and Teade 392, Sport, had champion offspring.

The KWPN licensed stallion Lingh, who was Edward Gal's career starting Grand Prix horse, has passed away on 23 October 2020. He was 27 years old and spent his retirement at the Casper family's stallion station Birkhof in Donzdorf, Germany.

Texas-based breeder Wendy Davis Gerrish of October Hill Farm made history on August 30, as Lyjanair, a six-year-old Holsteiner gelding from her breeding program, won the Bundeschampionat (the German National Championships) in Warendorf, Germany.

With uncertainty about many things due to COVID-19, the AHS is fortunately able to be one of the few registries conducting inspections. It is magnificent to continue to offer this prize money to the top 5 placings nationwide.