HRH Princess Benedikte - our patron

HRH Princess Benedikte of Denmark is patron of WBFSH. The Princess is a horse breeder herself and has bred no less than two approved stallions and four Grand Prix dressage horses within Dansk Varmblod. One of those dressage horses figured on the WBFSH ranking list with her daughter Princess Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein for many consecutive years.

KWPN Breeder of the Year: Jan Streppel

Jan Streppel and his wife Miny became the 2020 KWPN breeder of the year for breeding successful dressage horses such as TC Athene and Governor

92 approved stallions at KWPN licensing

True to tradition, the Dutch studbook KWPN held their yearly stallion licensing in the Brabanthallen in’s-Hertogenbosch, but this year without any spectators. 48 jumping stallions and 44 dressage stallions were approved, and a total of 11 were named premium stallions

WBFSH Announce Re-Organisation to Strengthen Scientific Research and Communications

The WBFSH modernises and strengthens its organisation by creating two new departments of Scientific Research and of Marketing, Promotion and Communications, as well as enhancing the remit of the Department of Development.

UK breeders can continue on the same terms

During the Brexit transition period the WBFSH member studbooks from the UK have been facing potential challenges, but it has now been announced that the European Commission has accepted their application for third country listing of DEFRA-recognised breeding bodies under Article 34 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 which means that UK breeders can continue to trade with EU breed societies or breeding operations on the same equivalent terms as before Brexit