BREED STANDARDS

General Impression: A large framed well balanced horse, displaying a bold and noble bearing. The mares should show refinement and femininity: the stallions boldness and masculinity, at the same time displaying an impeccable temperament. The general impression should be one of refinement, balance, agility, suppleness and alert intelligence.
Size: A Holsteiner mare must measure a minimum of 15.2 hh and a Holsteiner Stallion 16 hh to be eligible for registration. The measurement is taken from the highest point of the wither.
Teeth: Excessive overshot or undershot, or parrot-mouth will cause disqualification.
Eyes: Large, alert, kind and expressive, well set to the side of the head.
Throat Latch : Clean and well defined, allowing ample room for flexion at the poll.
Neck: Sufficiently high set, blending smoothly and cleanly into the withers with good length of rein.
Shoulder: Long sloping and well angulated allowing for a free swinging stride and alert head/neck carriage; well muscled forearm.
Frame: Large framed, deep bodied, well muscled, long boned, balanced and well proportioned. Wither should be well defined with a short back and strong flat connection into the loins. The horse should appear to be short along the top line with a lengthy underline.
Hind Quarters: Long well muscled hip, thigh and gaskin, the highest point of the croup to be the same height from the ground as the withers; tail set neither excessively high or low, but smoothly rounding off the rump.
Legs: Large boned, with the length in proportion to the body, set straight and parallel when viewed from the front and back; straight, true and squarely set when viewed from the side with hooves pointing directly ahead; strong cannons; pasterns sloping approximately 45 degrees and blending smoothly with no change of angle from hooves to the ground.
Hooves: To be strong, of a rounded and compact shape and sufficiently large enough for the size of the horse. the heels should be wide without being flat.
Gait: Smooth and fluid with large mechanics, good suspension and naturally free moving. The horse should display suppleness with rounded action and a strong push from the hocks.
Colour: Solid colours only are acceptable. Bay, black , brown, chestnut or grey.
Temperament: Good temperament is of the utmost importance, curious, alert, intelligent and friendly.

ASSOCIATION STUD BOOKS

HOLSTEINER STUD BOOK
For horses whose sire is a Classifed Holsteiner stallion and whose dam is foundation registered TB, Anglo or Holsteiner mare.
HOLSTEINER / WARMBLOOD
For horses who have one parent at least 50% Classified Holsteiner bloodline and the other parent of AWHA or other approved registration.
WARMBLOOD
For horses of straight WB breeding from an Assn recognised by this Association.
FOUNDATION MARES
for all TB, Anglo, Arab/Warmblood and some WB mares.
HOLSTEINER DERIVATIVES
For horses of 12.5% and above of Holsteiner breeding that is not recognised in the main books of this Assn. Mares of this book are eligible to be dual registered as Foundation Mares.

REGISTRATION

Foal Recording
For a foal to be recognised by the Association their Holsteiner Sire must have a current breeding permit with the Association and the Dam if Thoroughbred ,Anglo or Warmblood must be registered as a Foundation mare. If your foal has one Holsteiner parent and one Warmblood parent then the Warmblood parent must be either registered with the AWHA or an approved association. These foals are eligible for the Holsteiner/Warmblood stud book. If you are wishing to breed from your foal recorded Holsteiner mare please make sure she is classified, and receives her adult registration papers first. To foal record your foal you need to fill in a Registration Application form and attach the appropriate Service Certificate and return it along with the appropriate fee to the Registrar for processing. See Contact List for further information.

Transfer of Ownership
If you sell or have just bought a horse that has a Birth Certificate or other registration papers with this Association, then you need to fill in a Membership Application and Transfer form and return both along with your horses papers to the Registrar for processing. Please be aware that if you buy a young horse or one that has not been classified yet, that Classification is a requirement of all fillies/mares that are Birth Recorded with the Association. These are available by contacting the Registrar. See Contact List for further information.

Registration
The fee for Registration is $50.00. This fee reduces the more you register. Please include the Appropriate Serviced Certificate with this application. A stud prefix must be shown and also a stud brand. Stud prefix is not to exceed 16 characters and brands are to be kept as simple as possible, alphabetic and numerals only for preference. Please contact the Registrar for registration forms and any further information required. See Contact List for further information.