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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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Gestüt Leineblick

Neustadt am Rübenberge-Luttmersen, Germany

Gestüt Leineblick is a horse breeding and boarding stable run by the Asche family near Neustadt am Rübenberge-Luttmersen in Lower Saxony, Germany. The operation focuses on breeding performance jumping horses registered with the Hannoveraner studbook, covering foal rearing through young horse and stallion development, alongside general horse boarding. Breeding mares are paired with proven jumping-line stallions such as Million Dollar, Arezzo Man, and Colman, with young stock regularly presented at breed inspections and auctions in Verden. The family-run yard combines traditional Hanoverian breeding expertise with attentive, hands-on care.

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Gestüt Helenenhof

Ausleben-Warsleben, Germany

Gestüt Helenenhof is a thoroughbred and coldblood horse breeding operation owned by Klaus Römmer, situated in Ausleben, Saxony-Anhalt. The stud farm maintains several breeding stallions including Amarillo and Earl of Tinsdal and tracks the racing performance of its bred horses on active racetracks across Germany. Both Vollblut (thoroughbred) and Kaltblut (coldblood) breeding programmes are run concurrently on the farm, with foaling records carefully documented each season. The stud welcomes enquiries from mare owners interested in breeding services.

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Pferdezucht Schenk

Römstedt-Niendorf, Germany

Pferdezucht Schenk is a family-run horse breeding operation in Römstedt, Lower Saxony, run by the Schenk family. The yard breeds horses and offers professional dressage training and education. It combines breeding with competition-focused schooling of horses and riders.

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Pferdezuchtgemeinschaft Müller

Brome, Germany

Pferdezuchtgemeinschaft Mueller is a family-run stud and training farm in Brome, Lower Saxony, spanning multiple generations. The operation breeds and raises sport horses in a species-appropriate way from foal onward, focusing on building trust between horse and rider before progressing to formal training. It offers instruction for both beginners and advanced riders, tournament preparation, and licensing support, including a trial-license program for newcomers to competition. The farm has a track record of successful sales, including horses placed with clients internationally such as in Italy.

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Pferdezucht Dr. Jacobs

Hohenhameln-Bierbergen, Germany

Pferdezucht Dr. Jacobs is a specialist sport-horse stud run by Dr. Bonny-Jasmin and Dr. Karl-Otto Jacobs in Bierbergen, near Hildesheim in Lower Saxony. The stud breeds high-caliber show-jumping horses from outstanding Hanoverian and Holsteiner mare lines, and offers competition-ready horses, young prospects, broodmares, and foals for sale, including all-rounder, hunter, and eventing types. More than 100 horses bred here have gone on to compete internationally, with alumni reaching Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cup finals, and Nations Cups, and several have become licensed breeding stallions and championship winners. The Jacobs family combines veterinary expertise with generations of breeding know-how.

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Joachim Kemmer Pferdezucht Amselhof

Winsen (Aller)-Walle, Germany

Joachim Kemmer Pferdezucht Amselhof is a horse breeding and training facility in Walle, near Winsen (Aller) in the southwestern Lüneburger Heide, established around 1970 and now operated by Heike Kemmer. The stud specialises in breeding, rearing, dressage instruction, and horse sales, and also offers insemination training courses for professionals and enthusiasts. Named after the founder's first mare, Amsel, the farm has a long tradition of dedicated horsemanship.

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ILMENAUHOF

Bad Bevensen-Jastorf, Germany

Ilmenauhof is a private Trakehner stud farm set alongside the Ilmenau river near Bad Bevensen in Lower Saxony, operated by Jannine Lachmann and Harald Stuven. The stud is dedicated to preserving and promoting the Trakehner breed, with a focus on performance-oriented breeding and high-quality upbringing. Services include breeding, foal rearing, and young horse training, with select horses available for purchase.

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Hof Brönnemann Hannoveranerzucht

Burgdorf-Weferlingsen, Germany

Hof Brönnemann is a long-established Hanoverian sport horse breeding farm near Burgdorf, with roots dating back to the 1930s. The farm has been internationally recognised for producing high-quality Hanoverian warmbloods across several generations. It offers carefully selected horses for sale, including foals and young sport horses from top pairings, and its mares have consistently achieved excellent scores in Hanoverian performance tests.

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Dressurpferde Fehmbusch

Eyendorf, Germany

Dressurpferde Fehmbusch in Eyendorf is a professional dressage training and breeding facility operated by Andrea Engeler-Bading, a certified equine business master and equine physiotherapist. The farm offers dressage horse sales, young horse training, rehabilitation, clinics, and national and international horse brokerage. The program covers all stages from foal rearing to competition preparation.

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Friesenhof Altmark

Klötze, Germany

Friesenhof Altmark is a Friesian horse breeding and boarding facility in the Altmark region of Saxony-Anhalt, breeding to KFPS Royal Dutch Stud Book standards. The farm raises foals and young horses for other breeders, offers full-care boarding with ample space, and specialises in carriage driving.

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Westernreitstall Heaven's Gate

Wiefelstede, Germany

Westernreitstall Heaven's Gate is a western riding yard and Quarter Horse breeding operation in Wiefelstede (Ammerland, Lower Saxony). The ranch breeds its own Quarter Horses and offers western riding lessons on well-schooled horses or the rider's own mount, with an emphasis on feel, understanding and a lasting partnership between horse and rider. Facilities include a spacious indoor arena, a floodlit outdoor school, a round pen and a free-walker. The yard also offers young-horse rearing and guest boxes for visiting horses.

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urfreiberger

Kirchdorf, Germany

Urfreibergerhof Rohlfs is a small stud farm in Kirchdorf, Lower Saxony, dedicated to breeding and preserving the rare Urfreiberger (original Freiberg horse) breed. Founded by Adelheid Rohlfs in 2015, the farm breeds stallions, mares, and foals registered with the Swiss RRFB studbook. The farm also offers horse training grounded in species-appropriate husbandry and sensitive horsemanship. Adelheid has worked with horses professionally since 1982 and is passionate about keeping this heritage breed alive.

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KNABSTRUPPERZUCHT “OF INDEPENDENCE“

Appel, Germany

Knabstrupperzucht "Of Independence" is a stud farm in Appel, Lower Saxony, Germany, dedicated to breeding Knabstrupper horses, the distinctively spotted Danish breed prized for its calm temperament and versatility. The farm focuses on careful, selective breeding to preserve the Knabstrupper's characteristic coat patterns and sound conformation. Alongside breeding, the operation supports owners and prospective buyers with guidance on the breed's care and training. Located in the countryside near Buxtehude, the farm offers a dedicated home for this rare and eye-catching breed in Germany.

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Islandpferdegestüt Minkens-Hoff

Appel, Germany

Islandpferdegestuet Minkens-Hoff is a family-run Icelandic horse stud, boarding yard and riding school in Appel, Lower Saxony, Germany. For over twenty years and across two generations the Luehr family has taught riding and horsemanship on Nordic horses. The business offers horse boarding, riding instruction, a small breeding programme and Icelandic horses for sale. It also runs Nordic-walking classes and health-oriented sport sessions.

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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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