2024 Westfalen Verband NA Stallion Service Auction

From the Westfalen Verband

“We love our stallions, stallion stations, breeders and owners and think it’s time to give a giant shout-out to the quality of sporthorse breeding, and the superb variety of genetic options, available right here in North America! 

Westfalen Verband NA has always supported North American breeding and we think North American based stallions and their owners are vital to our industry.  The Stallion Service Auction is a great opportunity for stallion owners to get the word out about their stallions to a large audience of mare owners. Mare owners appreciate the convenient browsing venue, and the chance to get a great breeding at a great price. We love putting on the celebration and supporting our North American breeders, including a chance to celebrate the top sires of the 2023 Inspection tour!

Besides marketing and networking benefits, the Stallion Service auction proceeds help the registry fund needed and beneficial programs, such as show and series sponsorships and registry official attendance at stallion performance tests and young horse show series.  The auction helps the registry provide a large number and location of inspection sites on tour each year while keeping prices reasonable for breeders. The SSA also pays back to foal owners through the Westfalen SSA Futurity, with awards for both stallion and offspring, for high-scoring foals born from SSA breedings.

Westfalen Verband NA is proud to carry on the tradition of excellence in breeding and hands-on mentorship through an extensive North American inspection tour, and a direct link to German expertise through our US office. We strive to combine the benefits of a US-based organization (customer service, marketing programs customized for N.A. breeders, experienced staff with knowledge of the bloodlines, disciplines and market in North America) with the benefits of a German organization (tradition and experience, solid database, access to top genetics/training, well-proven system, trained professional staffs, and extensive database). 

Our parent organization, the Westfalisches Pferdestammbuch e.V., has been promoting breeding excellence for well over 100 years, helping Westfalen become one of the most successful horse breeds in professional sport. The permanent and strict breeding selection is performed every year and adapts to the challenges in the global equestrian sports and the needs of riders, breeders and horse lovers. During the decades Westfalen has taken great care and pride in the steady development of bloodstock that excels in show jumping, dressage and eventing. Famous stallions such as Pilot, Florestan I, Cornet Obolensky and sons, Rubinstein I, Damon Hill and Escolar and sons are synonymous with international competition and breeding success.

The Westfalen Verband NA inspects Warmblood mares/stallions from other accepted WB breeding organizations, as well as TB’s and Arabians. Westfalen passports are produced in Germany and are WBFSH sanctioned. All foals and horses receiving passports are also DNA typed and microchipped, and all foals registered in their year of birth are issued a complementary USEF lifetime number. Westfalen is proud of their German Riding Pony breeding program, having the largest mare-base of GRP’s and a robust breeding program with outstanding international results.  In Germany, more than 30 different breeds are looked after by the Westfälische Pferdestammbuch, including the endangered breed of draft horses the Rheinisch-Deutsches Kaltblut. In 2022, the very first three stallion prospects of this breed were brought to the US!”