Today we visited the Landgestute where some 150 Westfalian stallions stand at stud. About 50 of the stallions move to breeding stations throughout the region during the breeding season.
It is getting close to the end of the German breeding season and most of the stallions have now returned although during our visit there were quite a few mares waiting to be inseminated.
Wesfalia has the largest number of cold blood stallions in Germany and we wish we could be here to see them in a quadrille or in harness at the stallion show in September but we will have to wait until we can visit again.
Paradox has been immortalised in the statue shown as he was the first Westfalian stallion whose progeny have earned a million DM.
Off to Siegen and Freudenberg tomorrow to see the European Pony Championships.
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