Breeding operations and stallion stations — find a farm to stand your mare or shop the next generation.
Shetlandpony Hashagen is a family breeding operation at Langwedel in Lower Saxony. Bärbel and Hinrich Hashagen breed original Shetland ponies, working with the Marshwood and Transy bloodlines. Stallions, mares and youngstock are presented with their pedigrees on the farm's website. The family also keeps Boer goats alongside the pony herd.
Camarguepferde ut Grien, breeding under the Blancherie prefix, is a stud in Langendorf on the Elbe dedicated to the Camargue horse, the grey breed of the Rhône delta in southern France. The breeding programme aims at versatile, level-headed horses suited to dressage, driving, jumping and working equitation as well as long-distance trail riding. Homebred horses are offered for sale directly from the yard. The farm also runs a Wanderreitstation for trail riders and lets a holiday apartment on site.
Deckstelle Königslutter is one of the covering and insemination stations operated across Lower Saxony by the Niedersächsisches Landgestüt Celle, the state stud founded in 1735. The station makes state-owned stallions available to local breeders during the breeding season, offering natural cover and artificial insemination for mares brought in from the surrounding region. It forms part of a network of around 26 stations coordinated from the main stud in Celle. Breeders can arrange bookings and semen handling directly through the station.
Reit- und Ausbildungsstall Schrader is a Hanoverian breeding operation at Königslutter in Lower Saxony. From 1989 until 2020 the family business stood for the sound schooling of horses and riders, with breeding always a second pillar that began with the foundation mare Die Wienerin inherited from the family's grandfather. Since 2020 the yard has concentrated entirely on breeding talented, rideable dressage horses. Enquiries are welcome by telephone or email.
Augustehof is a Hanoverian breeding operation run by Inge and Klaus Kuhn at Rotenkamp near Königslutter am Elm. The stud breeds from the Astflanke mare line, with the state premium mare Auguste as its foundation mare and a broodmare band that includes several premium and champion mares. Horses bred there have gone on to licensed stallion status and to competition up to Grand Prix level, and the stud has sold horses to buyers around the world. Youngstock and riding horses from the breeding programme are offered for sale.
Hannoveranerzucht Pickbrenner is a small Hanoverian breeding partnership run by Sabrina and Magnus Pickbrenner at Rhode near Königslutter am Elm. The operation breeds a handful of foals each year and raises them on the farm before offering them for sale. Prospective buyers are invited to visit and view horses individually rather than through a catalogue. The breeders also welcome conversations and exchange of experience with other Hanoverian enthusiasts.
Zucht- und Verkaufsstall Otten-Willers is a dressage-horse breeding and sales yard at Mulsum near Kutenholz in Lower Saxony, run by Martin and Jessica Otten-Willers. The farm breeds its own foals and raises them in a herd out on pasture. It also takes in foals and young horses belonging to clients for rearing and professional care. Horses are schooled through to sale, so the yard works as a full-service operation from foal to finished riding horse.
Minishettyzucht vom Eldorado is a small hobby stud at Krummhörn-Pewsum in East Frisia, breeding Mini Shetland ponies. The stud is a member of the ZfdP breed society and its prefix, vom Eldorado, is entered in the Central Prefix Register. Breeding stallions, broodmares and each year foal crop are documented on the website. Foals and young stock are offered for sale.
Ponygestüt Daja is a private hobby breeding operation in Jennelt, Krummhörn. It has bred Welsh-A and original Shetland ponies for decades. The site presents its mares, stallions and foals in separate sections. The current foal season has started, according to the homepage.
Sportpferde Luttmann is a breeding and training yard in Kirchlinteln, Lower Saxony. The operation raises its own young stock and schools sport horses through its Ausbildungsstall, presenting them in competition before offering them for sale. Successful horses produced by the yard are documented alongside the current sales list. The farm also runs a wildflower meadow project on its land as an environmental initiative.
Hof Mehrtens is a breeding operation run as the Mehrtens breeding partnership (ZG Mehrtens) in Jever, in the heart of Friesland. The family has bred Oldenburg horses there for around three decades, working from a core group of elite broodmares and producing a foal crop each year. Horses from the programme compete at shows under their own riders, and youngstock is offered for sale from time to time.
Stall Troff is a breeding operation on the Tjaddehof in Jemgum, East Frisia, founded in 1985 when Hermann Troff bought the foundation mare Ladys First. The stud breeds dressage and jumping horses, selecting as much for character, rideability and willingness as for movement and presence. Young horses, colts and broodmares are raised carefully on the farm and given a gentle, horse-appropriate education before a small, selected group is offered for sale. Horses bred here include licensed stallions, state-premium mares and internationally successful sport horses.
Islandpferde vom Isterbergerhof is an Icelandic-horse breeding operation at Isterberg in the Grafschaft Bentheim, run by Angelika Metzner. The farm keeps its own broodmares and breeding stallions and publishes full pedigrees for its breeding stock. Young horses and trained horses are offered for sale directly from the farm. Viewings are arranged by appointment.
Sportpferde H. Heckmann is an FN-certified training yard near Bad Bentheim in Lower Saxony, run by Michael Heckmann. The operation breeds, schools and sells jumping, dressage and eventing horses, selecting for health, athleticism and temperament. Horses from the stable compete at regional, national and international level, and the yard has helped develop riders including Marco Kutscher. Buyers ranging from amateurs to professionals are matched with horses at a suitable stage of training.
Bramall-Dusche is an international dressage training stable and breeding operation in Isernhagen near Hannover, in the heart of Germany's largest horse-breeding region. The yard is run by two-time Canadian Olympic dressage rider Leonie Bramall together with Volker Dusche, who contributes many years of experience in breeding and stable management. Sport and breeding are deliberately run hand in hand, so the farm keeps a band of quality broodmares alongside young stock and competition horses. Training runs up to the highest levels, and the business also markets young riding horses and made competition horses internationally.
Hof Bitter is a family yard at Ihlienworth near the North Sea coast, giving riding lessons to local riders and holidaymakers alike. Both dressage and jumping are taught. Horses and ponies are boarded, bred and schooled on the farm. The facilities include an indoor arena, a round pen and an outdoor school, surrounded by large pastures.
Pferdezucht Perle is a small breeding operation run by Claudia Perle at Medemstade near Ihlienworth in Lower Saxony. It breeds and raises its own foals from a band of broodmares and presents young horses at shows and competitions. The yard also takes work for other owners: rearing foals, pregnancy monitoring, foaling supervision for visiting mares and starting young horses under saddle. Broodmares, foals and youngstock from the operation are documented on its site.
Stall Hohenholz is a small private breeding farm in Hohenholz near Hämelhausen, between Verden and Nienburg in Lower Saxony. Run by Frank and Stefanie Labbus with the Jacob family, it breeds Hanoverian horses and places particular weight on how the horses are kept. Alongside the breeding programme the yard raises foals and young stock and lets boxes to outside owners. Dressage schooling is offered on the premises, and visitors are welcome at the farm.
Little Horseland is a small private pony stud run by the Barghorn family at Holtland in East Frisia. Breeding began in 2019 with a deliberate focus on temperament and character, aiming to produce ponies that make dependable partners for both sport and leisure riders. Each year's foals are presented on the website and offered for sale. The family also keeps a private riding facility on the farm.
Reit- und Zuchthof Wilms is a breeding and livery farm at Groß Midlum in Hinte, East Frisia, run as Wilms GbR under farm manager Holger Willms. It breeds and sells its own riding and breeding horses. The yard has an indoor school with 24 boxes, open for riding from 6 a.m. until 10 p.m., with horses fed twice a day and bedded down each evening. A feeding and mucking-out service is included, and the surrounding countryside gives direct hacking from the yard. Summer grazing runs from early May to late October on around 60 hectares of permanent pasture, with horses grouped by age and sex and checked twice daily.
Pferdezucht Tscharf is a small sole-proprietor breeding operation run by Martina and Götz Tscharf near Hildesheim in Lower Saxony. It breeds a limited number of foals each year from its own broodmares and publishes the planned matings ahead of each season. Foals and young horses from the crop are offered for sale directly from the yard. The site keeps a running record of every foal bred since 2018 and of the mares behind them.
Twinkelstars Stable is a small-scale miniature-horse stud at Oude Schip in the north of Groningen province, in the Dutch municipality of Het Hogeland. It breeds American Miniature Horses and uses only registry-approved stallions. Foals bred at the yard are offered for sale, and the stallion list and sales pages are kept on its own site. The operation is run as a hobby stud rather than a commercial yard.
Stal Weidelust is a family equestrian yard at Klein Garnwerd near Winsum in Groningen, run by Klaas and Jelly Pestman. It offers dressage instruction from beginner level up to Z2 on its own school horses and ponies as well as on riders' own horses. The yard also breaks in and trains young horses, prepares horses for studbook inspections, rears youngstock and takes livery horses. Five to ten foals are bred at the stable each year.
Arabergestüt Hägerhof is an Arabian stud at Herzberg am Harz run by the Dill family, breeding Arabian horses since 1968 with a particular fondness for black coats. The stud stands its own breeding stallion and keeps a band of broodmares, publishing every foal crop going back two decades. Purebred Arabian breeding stock and ridden Arabians are offered for sale, alongside Quarabs, Quarter Horses, Paints and Connemaras at various ages and stages of training. On request the stud will also take in customer horses for rearing and for training under saddle, with a western riding emphasis.
