The aims of the Verband

The purposes of the Verband were and still are to advise the breeders in all questions of breeding, keeping and feeding horses whereby the union of the breeders is, above all, supposed to induce homogeneous breeding measure for the Hanoverian horse. Moreover the Verband supports the sale on behalf of the breeders through the auctions taking place at Verden. At these auctions riding-horses, stallions, brood mares and foals are sold. Riders and horses can be trained at the "Hannoversche Reit- und Fahrschule" (Hanoverian Riding and Driving School) which is affiliated to the Verband.

Stud-Book

In co-operation with the legal agricultural representatives the Society supports the breeding of the Hanoverian horse by suitable measures, especially by the organization and implementation of a breeding program which is fixed in the stud-book.

• registration of cover and breeding dates
• issuing of horse passports
• registration of performance information (licensing, stallion performance tests, stud-book inspections, mare performance tests)

Advisory Services

• seminars on horse breeding, -keeping, -feeding and -health

Breed Show

• performance tests
• Herwart-von-der-Decken-Schau (former Ratje-Niebuhr-Schau, central mare show)
• national shows and events 

Sales

• Auctions at Verden

Training

• training of rider and horse at the Hanoverian Riding and Driving School
• stationary mare performance tests