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Rheinland Pfalz- Saar International


New Developments and Progressive Support for Members By Ann Daum Kustar


T


hink you’ve heard it all when it comes to Warm- blood registries? Te Rheinland Pfalz-Saar In- ternational (RPSI) hopes to change your mind.


Imagine a traditional German-parented North Ameri- can Warmblood registry hosting an online foal auction, complete with iPhone-compatible bidding and Face- book updates…why not? And online auctions are just one of the ways the RPSI is working to innovate the tra- ditional role of North American Warmblood registries. Te RPSI is one of the few registries operating in


North America as a direct extension of its German counterpart—the PRPS (Pferdezuchtverband Rhein- land-Pfalz-Saar). Tis means that the RPSI follows German rules and eligible foals born here are issued German PRPS passports, just like foals born in there. So North American horses registered with the RPSI are eligible to compete and breed in Germany, under the same rules as horses born there, and breeders here get input and advice from the same judges and officials who oversee the direction of sport horse breeding in Germany. Now here’s a first too—RPSI branded horses and


ponies born in North America are succeeding in sport and breeding both in North America and around the world. A perfect example is Silver Creek’s Validation, a Zweibrücker stallion born and bred in the U.S., who was champion of the 2009 N.A. 70-day Stallion Test, showed successfully at the 2013 FEI World Breeding Jumping Championships in Belgium and now stands at stud and competes in Germany! Te RPSI brands foals and accepts mares and stal-


lions from all recognized Warmblood organizations into their books, as well as registered Toroughbreds, Arabians and Anglo-Arabians. Tey also have books for Haflingers, Knabstruppers, Kleines Deutsches Reit- pferd (Small German Riding Horses) and German Rid- ing Ponies, and both American and German ponies are branded with a special oak-leaf pony brand.


New Name & Acronym Now, how about an update of a real tongue-twister of a breed-name? For centuries Zweibrücker has been the


Rheinland Pfalz-Saar breed name. Starting in 2014, foals born in North America and Germany from the six member organizations of the South German Breeding Association, which includes the PRPS/RPSI and makes


up more than half of Germany, are called Deutsches Sportpferd (DSP) which translates to German Sport- horse. All of the member registries voted to adapt a single breed name, which better represents the broad vision of their sport horse breeding goals. With the most successful Warmblood stallions


from every region and country in Europe showing up in nearly all of the major Warmblood breeding organi- zations, the common goal in the twenty-first century has become to produce top sport horses, not just hors- es limited to a particular breed. Te term Deutsches Sportpferd/German Sporthorse better represents the breeding goals of this German-based organization than does a specific breed-name. With many helping hands, hardworking staff and the rising tide of success come greater marketing opportunities. Te RPSI is proud to be a member of this forward-thinking and modern sport horse breeding alliance. Te Deutsches Sportpferd may be more familiar than you think. DSP currently has one of the largest


TOP: Marabet Farm’s Beretta M and Pistol Envy TFH. BELOW: Silver Creek’s stallion Validation competing in Europe.


SPECIAL RPSI SECTION Warmbloods Today 53


Rheinland Pfalz-Saar International Courtesy Silver Creek


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