The Committee has also adopted similar criteria to that used by the PHS for selecting the mares for the Program. In addition to an appropriate jumping pedigree, mares selected for the Program must meet one or more of the following criteria:  i) a jumping score of at least 8.0 in a performance test; ii) a successful competition record in show jumping or eventing; iii) offspring with successful competition records; iv) relatives (full siblings or offspring from the same dam) with successful competition records; or v) other criteria. A  breeding value for jumping may be considered as well. Again, successes in hunter competitions will not be considered. 

Because the Committee does not have access to competition records of many of these mares or their offspring, we relied primarily on the mare performance test data and competition records previously submitted to the Office. The Committee recognizes that there may be mares not on this initial list that have successful competition records, offspring with successful competition records, or other factors that we have overlooked or not considered. Owners of mares not otherwise included in this initial list are encouraged to provide the Committee with the appropriate additional information so that the mare may be considered for the Program.

Going Forward

The Committee will publish the list of stallions and mares selected for the Program, and other details of the Program, on the AHS website. The Committee will update these lists as additional mares and stallions are added to the Program.

The Committee recognizes that, in North America, Hanoverians are primarily associated with “ dressage horses” rather than “jumping horses.”  One of our goals is to change that perception over the coming years. We suspect that many of the mares on this list have historically been breed to dressage stallions (with the resulting offspring being exceptional horses, of course!).  However, in order to make this Program successful, the Committee encourages owners of these mares to breed them to stallions also selected for the Program with the hopes of producing some successful jumping horses!