Westphalian main licensing for small horses

The smallest shone in Handorf

Overall result Westphalian main licensing small horses

Münster: On November 27 and 28 the Westphalian Main Licensing for Small Horse Stallions took place in Münster-Handorf. A total of 57 stallions from 5 breed groups presented themselves to the licensing commission. A son of Golden Grey NRW/FS Champion de Luxe was the celebrated Champion Stallion of the Riding Ponies. In the Shetland category, the son of Indigo aus dem Veischedetal/Dex by Stal Marhe comvinced the comission particularly.

The Westphalian main licensing for small horse stallions started on Saturday with the presentation of 49 riding pony stallions and one New Forest stallion on the triangular track. This was followed by the second viewing of the young stallions on the lunge. On Sunday morning, the stallions of other small horse breeds became the focus of the event. Two representatives of the Welsh section (Welsh A and B), four Shetland ponies (under 87 cm) as well as a German Partbred Shetland Pony presented themselves on the triangular track and in free running and free jumping. Three of the presented stallions were licensed. This year's champion stallion of the Shetland Pony breed (under 87) was presented by the ZG Schneider, Olpe. The son of Indigo out of Veischedetal/Dex by Stal Marhe convinced the licensing committee especially with his good type and very good trot work.

From Saturday noon on, the riding pony stallions were judged by the commission during free running and free jumping and the licensing judgements were announced. A total of 26 stallions were licensed, 25 of them for the German Riding Pony breed and one stallion for the New Forest breed. Ten stallions particularly convinced the licensing commission and received a premium title. In the end, a son of Golden Grey NRW/FS Champion de Luxe shone as the celebrated champion stallion. "A winner from the first moment he entered the licensing arena in Münster-Handorf and was able to maintain this impression until Sunday afternoon", was the conclusion of Breeding Director Thomas Münch about the typey stallion. The strikingly marked stallion comes from the breeding of Alicia Mengelkamp, Lippetal. At the Westphalian Foal Auction 2019, he changed hands to his exhibitor Oomer Boyar von Baaren, Kürten-Ahlenburg, at a knockdown price of 37,000 Euros. He has already been named with the significant name Gold Garant.

The title of 1st Reserve Champion 2021 goes to the head number 70 by Dreidimensional I AT NRW/Dimension AT NRW bred and owned by Adolf-Theo Schurf, Bedburg. The quality chestnut stallion descents from a successful dam line. His dam Damenwahl K WE was the 2015 Bundeschampionesse of German Riding Ponies. She is also the dam of the licensed D-Gold AT and D-Dur AT. The title of 2nd Reserve Champion was secured by the son of Glück auf A/Lateran with the head number 30 (breeder: Heiner Rohmann, Marl; exhibitor: Stefanie Ostgathe, Marl).

The best jumping pony was a son of Rob Roy van het Klavertje/Manchester with the head number 50 bred by Anja and Lukas Vahrmann, Meppen and owned by Ponyzucht Hollenbach GbR from Rot am See. The typey stallion convinced with good physical development and his attitude towards jumping. The most successful stallion sire among the German Riding Ponies was the stallion Genscher, who presented his first licensing year with four offspring, three of which received a positive licensing judgement. Only recently, Genscher himself had been the winner of the 30-day-test in Münster-Handorf.

These licensing days ended without a directly following auction of the pony stallions. However, several licensed and premium stallions were selected for the Westphalian online auction of riding pony youngsters on December 20. The high quality lot will be available for viewing at onlineauction.westfalenpferde.de from mid-December.