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Stud farms

Breeding operations and stallion stations — find a farm to stand your mare or shop the next generation.

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Witthof

Altenmedingen, Germany

Witthof is a riding farm (Reiterhof) in the Lüneburg Heath offering riding holidays and pony-riding programmes for children and adults. It runs group lessons, guided trail rides through the heath, and preparation for official German riding badges. The farm also breeds Connemara ponies and hosts school and kindergarten groups and English-language riding camps. On-site accommodation supports multi-day riding-holiday guests.

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Storchenhof Janssen GbR

Alfhausen, Germany

Storchenhof Janssen is a family-run equestrian operation on the Alfsee near Alfhausen, Lower Saxony. It breeds and sells horses, holds regular sales days and an online foal auction, and offers riding lessons including online coaching. Run by the Janssen family, it also provides a sales-card marketing service for horses.

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Ahornhof Wispenstein

Pappelstraße 22a, 31061 Alfeld, Germany

New Forest Gestüt Ahornhof (Ahornhof Wispenstein) is a family-run New Forest Pony stud in Wispenstein near Alfeld (Leine), Lower Saxony, run by Gisela and Hans-Hermann Tegthoff. The stud breeds expressive, good-natured New Forest Ponies for sport and leisure from quality mares of proven performance lines, and puts particular care into starting and developing its young ponies. Breeding stock, foals and ponies for sale are available. The farm is well equipped for raising and training, with airy stables, spacious pastures, a sand paddock, a dressage arena, a lunge ring and an indoor riding hall.

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Sportpferdezucht

Alfeld (Leine), Germany

Sportpferdezucht Alfeld is a breeding partnership in Alfeld, Lower Saxony, run by Jürgen Knees and Michael Müller. It maintains broodmares of the Hanoverian and Trakehner breeds and focuses on raising quality sport horses, with summer pasture grazing and winter paddock turnout.

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SiHorses QH Breeding

Vor dem Rettberge 1, 31061 Alfeld, Germany

SI Horses (SiHorses QH Breeding) is a family-run American Quarter Horse breeding operation in Lower Saxony, about an hour south of Hannover, run by Ariane-Simone Aschitsch and her daughter Esther Aschitsch across two yards in Duingen (the breeding base) and Alfeld. Built on 25 years of experience in Western riding, the program specialises in reining-bred Quarter Horses. It pairs quality mares carrying proven reining bloodlines with top stallions from the USA and Europe, and raises young stock with appropriate housing, age-appropriate nutrition and thorough veterinary care. The yard offers registered AQHA breeding stock, foals and young horses, and a broad selection of sales horses at various ages and levels of training for riders looking for a long-term partner. Esther is a qualified horse specialist (Pferdefachwirtin) and insemination assistant, and both owners compete in reining at national and international level.

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Ohlly's Cow Horses

Grüne Riede 5, 21702 Ahrenswohlde, Germany

Ohlly's Cow Horses is a small American Quarter Horse breeding and training operation in northern Germany, near Ahrenswohlde between Bremen and Hamburg, run by Michael "Ohlly" Ohlhoff. The ranch breeds and trains performance horses for cutting and working cow horse, aiming for Quarter Horses with a great mind, athletic ability and correct conformation. Breeding centres on proven cutting bloodlines such as Zacks Peppy Rey and Jo Jewell Lena. Michael Ohlhoff brings deep competition experience to the program as an NCHA Europe Director, an NCHA judge and an AQHA Specialized Cutting judge.

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Gestüt vom Geestrand

Agathenburg, Germany

Gestüt vom Geestrand is a family stud farm in Agathenburg, Lower Saxony, where horse breeding has been carried on for over a century. It breeds Hanoverian horses and Welsh B ponies, raising its own young stock and offering horses for sale. It is a small, traditional family-run operation.

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MIB Arabians

Aerzen, Germany

MIB Arabians is a stud farm and breeding service specializing in Arabian horses, based in Aerzen, Lower Saxony. The operation focuses on the careful breeding and rearing of quality Arabian bloodlines suited to both sport and pleasure riding. Prospective buyers and breeders are welcome to view the herd and discuss individual breeding programs directly with the team. With its dedicated focus on the Arabian breed, MIB Arabians serves horse enthusiasts across the wider region.

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Reitanlage & Gestüt Heseberg

Adenbüttel, Germany

Reitanlage & Gestüt Heseberg is a full-service equestrian center in Adenbüttel, Germany, set between Braunschweig, Gifhorn, Wolfsburg, and Peine and run by Conny Hoffmeister. It offers riding lessons in classical, Western, and recreational styles, school horses and ponies, and a Kids Club for children from age five. The yard provides boarding in individual stalls and open-shelter groups, and breeds its own Quarter Horses and Miniature Horses. As a recognized training establishment it also runs professional apprenticeships in equine care, breeding, and Western horsemanship, alongside year-round clinics and events.

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Sportpferde-Zentrum Hirtenhof GmbH

Aach, Germany

A modern sport-horse centre and stud on a roughly 25-hectare site in Aach near Lake Constance, built to high international standards with a large all-weather arena. It serves as a training base for international show jumpers and hosts competitions and clinics. The facility combines a competition yard, training stables and breeding operation.

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