By Jean Llewellyn / press release
Photography: Kiki Beelitz; FEI/Sportfot
The Oldenburger Future Sire Award was introduced to direct breeding focus toward stallions with offspring achieving success in sport. This accolade is aimed at young stallions listed in the Oldenburg Stallion Directory.
In contrast to the Oldenburg Main Premium, which honors stallions for impressive individual performance and an outstanding first foal crop, the Oldenburger Future Sire Award focuses on recognizing young stallions whose offspring already demonstrate age-appropriate success in sport. Criteria include competition breeding values issued by the FN (German Equestrian Federation). Dressage stallions must rank in the top 10% for dressage, while showjumping stallions must meet HEK breeding values for sport.
The value of this award
The evaluation is based on FN breeding value assessments. Criteria include a minimum number of offspring registered with OL (Oldenburg Dressage) or OS (Oldenburg Showjumping). Offspring aged two-and-a-half years or older are presented to the Oldenburg evaluation committee during official events, where linear descriptions of conformation and movement/jumping traits are recorded. The focus is on first offspring under saddle, with a maximum age limit of nine years for the oldest offspring. A specific percentage of competition-age offspring must already be successful in competitions.
The value of this award? This award highlights stallions at a relatively young age for their successful offspring and establishes a hallmark of quality for breeders.
At the Oldenburg Stallion Days, each owner of a Future Sire received a €100 feed voucher presented by Equovis representative Nina Fischer.

Awarded dressage stallions:
• Asgard’s Ibiza, born in 2013, by Desperado x Jazz xContango, was the Ia-Main Premium Winner in 2017. He placed in the final of the World Championships for five-year-old dressage horses in 2018 and was successful up to Intermediaire I under Emmelie Scholtens (NED). He has nearly 30 licensed sons... To read the complete article you need to be a subscriber
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