On the road to breeding success
Founded in 1904 as an umbrella organisation for Westphalian breeding families, breeding facilities and stud farms, the association has developed from small beginnings into a modern breeding association that today embodies the Westphalian idea of horse breeding with over 8,500 members.
With a continuous focus on diversity and the endeavour to constantly improve the health and quality of horse breeding, we have continued to develop: Whether riding horse, cold blood, riding pony, Haflinger, Shetland, Welsh or more exotic breeds such as Dülmener or Camargues. Today we register horses and ponies of various breeds in Germany and far beyond the country's borders.
All about breeding
On these pages you will find further specifically relevant content on the three main breeding topics.
Our breeding database
Contact person
Thomas Münch
Head of Breeding, Head of the Equine Centre
+49 170 - 564 90 51
+49 251 - 32 809 59
muench(ät)westfalenpferde.de
Katrin Tosberg
Head of breeding, head of stud book, breeding consulting, contact person breeding judges
Dietmar Reher
deputy head of stud book, covers, lineage validation, breed surveys
Studs, Preselection, Breed Surveys, DNA
Christina Berger
Stud book - Mare inspections, Mare inspections catalogues, online foal reporting, foal registration Belgien
Elena Bröckmann
Stud Book - Lineage description, second copies
Office houers Mo - Thu 8:00 - 16:00
Hubertus Große-Lümern
Yard and registration dates
Yvonne Krevert
telephone exchange, Member Management, General Stud Book Operations
Lena Reiher
Contact Islandic horses, second copies
Office hours Mon, Wed - Fri, 8:30 - 13:30
Gabriele Ridder
stud book - coordination on-site appointments
Office hours Tue & Thu 10:00 - 13:00
Mark-André Ridder
Stud inspections, on-site & registratin appointments
Otto Schalter
Yard and registration dates southern Germany / North America
+49 179 75 39 241
+49 6361 - 99 42 83
schalter(ät)westfalenpferde.de
Larina Schimannek
Stud book - foals for auction, change of ownership
Sylvia Versmold
Stud book - horse research, emergency transponder, contact person Dülmener, foal registration Austria & Switzerland
Office hours Mon & Tue 8:00 - 15:00
Carla Wagner
Stud book - mare performance tests, elite shows, Westfalian main awards
Katrin Wolf
Stud book - coordination on-site appointments, online foal reporting
Office hours Tue - Fri, 8:00 - 12:30
