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"Esperienza Hanover" è il motto che mira ad enfatizzare come il cavallo Hannover sia anche un partner perfetto per chi vive il cavallo come "piacere". Alla base di questo programma ci sono allevamenti e centri di addestramento che offrono cavalli e/o diversi servizi per i cavalieri amatori.
Questi centri si specializzano principalmente su:
Molti di questi Centri sono situati in zone di grande attrazione paesaggistica, dall'isola Foehr al Lueneburg Heat alle Harz Mountains, che prevedono , inoltre, interessanti offerte turistiche.
Per quanto riguarda "l' allevamento e l'addestramento", l' Ente Hannover si avvale della cooperazione del noto istruttore Peter Kreinberg. L'obiettivo è quello di includere nell'addestramento per il lavoro in piano il metodo del " Gentle Touch"in modo da preparare i giovani cavalli al meglio per essere utilizzati nelle diverse discipline. Molti degli allevamenti associati offrono questo metodo addestrativo.
Hanoverian breeders do not only talk about the importance of considering riding qualities when deciding to breed a mare. Rideability, character and temperament are core values when choosing mares and stallions. These features are also of tremendous influence at the stallion performance test (70-day-test) as these partial scores make up more than 50% of the final score.
Mares are also consequently chosen according to their riding qualities. Year by year, approx. 1,200 young mares are presented under the rider at mare performance tests before they start their breeding career. Apart from judging basic gaits and jumper abilities, greatest importance is attached to excellent rideability.
The Lower Saxonian farms are regarded as the cradle of the Hanoverian breed. They are surrounded by vast grasslands and offer perfect conditions for horses to grow up. Before tractors conquered agriculture, mares were not only used for breeding purposes, they also had to earn their living with hard work on the fields. And they frequently participated at smaller competitions at the weekends.
Mares that refused to work or with a bad character were of no use. This is how the modern Hanoverian horse developed: It has been shaped by the close contact with humans over generations. It has an honest character, willingly works and matches different requirements and disciplines. Due to these favourable inner qualities, the Hanoverian horse is very popular all over the world today. And it is a popular breed for trekking and endurance riding, for hunting, conventional competitions and for the different riding styles.
Hanoverian horses are as suitable for outdoor raising as many other horse breeds. It is a common practice in the Hanoverian breeding area that foals and mares leave their stables in spring to spend the following months outside until they are stabled again and weaned in autumn. Yearlings and two-year olds are frequently grown up in herds on huge pastures, so that they have no problems to spend the winter months in big stalls in herds, too.