Since the start of 2020, every issue of PFERD+SPORT has featured the ‘Holsteiner of the Month’. These are horses with outstanding breeding or sporting achievements, whose successes promote the Holsteiner Verband all over the world. At the end of the year, the Holsteiner of the Year can be chosen from among these outstanding horses!
Which horse will be awarded the coveted title in 2023? The choice is yours, and you could win some fantastic prizes.
January: Diarado by Diamant de Semilly – Corrado I (Klaus Thingholm Kristensen/DEN)
February: Aperol by Ampère – Aljano (Heidi Blohm, Hamburg)
March: Quno by Quo Vados I – Cash and Carry (Witt Pferdezucht GbR, Wellinghusen)
April: Zuccero by Zirocco Blue – Caretino (Hanno Köhncke, Badendorf)
May: Darc de Lux by Darco out of Contender (Morten Augustinus/DEN)
June: Cristel by Diamant de Semilly out of Cento (Ronald Nowee/NED)
July: Uricas v/d Kattevennen by Uriko-Cassini I (Otto Boje Schoof, Hedwigenkoog)
August: Greece by Mylord Carthago-Quinar (Margit Petersen, Sollwitt)
September: Corsica by Connor–Corofino II (Erich Westphal, Stipsdorf)
October: Cascoblanco by Cascadello I–Sir Shostakovich xx (Manfred Johannsen, Tornesch)
November: Elysium by Zirocco Blue-Coronado I (Manfred Tummes, Mühlheim)
December: Nickel by Numero Uno-Lorentin I (Hindrick Stüvel, Rosengarten)
Take part and win great prizes!
Here’s how to take part: simply send an email by 3 January 2024 to tassius@rathmann-verlag.de stating your favourite for the title of Holsteiner of the Year, your postal address and your date of birth (you must be aged 18 or over to enter). The horse with the most votes wins, and prizes will be raffled amongst all correct entries.
1. Voucher from Holsteiner Verband Hengsthaltungs GmbH for one covering by a three- or four-year-old stallion
2. Holstein Global hooded jumper, size M (unisex)
3. Eskadron saddle pad, VS/SPR
Photo: Malte Babion
