“Approach the new year with the determination to discover the opportunities hidden in every single day.” – Michael Josephson

Opportunities are meant to be seized. And not only thanks to good resolutions at the beginning of a new year, but every single day. That is not always easy, because opportunities alone are not enough for successful action. After all, it also takes determination, courage, foresight, and not least a good measure of luck to achieve this.

We wish all of this to you, dear breeders, customers, and friends of the Holsteiner horse, from the bottom of our hearts for the new year. We look back on an eventful year 2024. A year with new and familiar challenges, but also several opportunities that were seized. Memories of the phenomenal "Tomorrow's Champions" foal auction during the Bundeschampionate in Warendorf remain particularly prominent in our minds. Or also the numerous successes achieved by the stallion holding company's team at competitions. And the Olympic Games in Paris, where Verband stallion Zuccero HV (Hanno Köhncke) represented Holstein's colours and London (Ocke Riewerts) as well as JL Dublin (Volker Göttsche-Götze) contributed to team gold, London additionally to individual bronze, and Jefferson (Udo Wagner) to team bronze.

Moments like these are the driving force to muster the necessary determination for the coming year – to discover new opportunities.

We wish you all and your families a peaceful festive season and a Happy New Year for 2025.

Please note that the offices in Kiel and Elmshorn will be closed between the holidays (27 to 31 December). We will be reachable for you again as usual from Thursday, 2 January 2025!