Three-year-old stallions without a test for breeding!
Per horse or stallion, that is the decision of the working group of the Southern German Horse Breeding Associations (AGS), which jointly keep the studbook of the German Sport Horse DSP. The stallion performance test has been a hot topic in Germany for years. Reforms were discussed, decided and implemented. The German breeding associations have announced a pilot year for 2022.
The AGS has decided to implement an absolutely horse-friendly solution for the three-year-old stallions licensed for the German sport horse: They can go to stud without being tested! This takes the pressure off the three-year-old youngsters who, among other things, passed the DSP main licensing on the third weekend in January. The licensed stallions can then be prepared for breeding in peace and quiet and only have to take a test under the saddle in autumn/winter 2022/2023. The resolution proposed by the DSP breeding directors was unanimously approved by all DSP associations and met with great approval in the associated ministries. After the end of the HLP pilot year 2022, the AGS will decide whether this decision will be implemented in the future.
Here is the text of the decision:
"In 2022, three-year-old stallions licensed or recognized for the German sport horse and actively listed in the stallion book of a DSP association will no longer be required to take part in a fourteen-day assessment test or a short test (pilot project). The stallions will be listed in stallion book I for the time being, as will the offspring from the breeding year 2022 will receive a proof of pedigree I. In order to be able to be updated in the stallion book I for the breeding year 2023, the stallions must either pass a 50-day test or a part I sports test in combination with a fourteen-day test in autumn/winter 2022/23 Pass an aptitude test or a short test (pilot project) in accordance with the breeding program for German sport horses."
