A german based Registry that works for its members
registry continues to offer experienced guidance to breeders, along with innovative programs designed to help breeders market their North American horses. Te RPSI registers foals and young horses and ac-
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cepts mares and stallions from all of the recognized Eu- ropean Warmblood organizations into their books, as well as registered Toroughbreds, Arabians and Anglo- Arabians. Tey also have books for sport ponies, and both American and German ponies are branded with a special oak-leaf pony brand. 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 the RPSI follows German rules and foals born here are issued German passports, just like foals born in Germany. So North American horses registered with the RPSI are eligible to compete and breed in Germany, under the same rules as horses born there. Why choose to register with the RPSI? Whether you
have a promising foal, an upcoming young stallion to be inspected or a performance horse who needs a micro- chip and permanent ID for USEF breed/age/experience classes, the RPSI can help. Te RPSI offers support for breeders and owners through pedigree verification and research, feedback and guidance from experienced staff, superb awards programs, annual stallion service auc- tion and futurity, select online foal auctions, an annual
Just as the most successful Warmblood stallions
from every region and country in Europe are showing up in nearly all of the major Warmblood breeding orga- nizations, the common goal in the twenty-first century has become to produce top sport horses, not just horses
The RPSI offers 3 different kinds of passports:
Full pink papered Passport with brand and/or microchip – for foals with Stud Book 1 sire and Mare Book 1 or 2 dam. Fully eligible for breeding under German regulations.
Certificate of Pedigree (COP) a white-papered passport with the foal’s pedigree and registration information listed inside, and a ½ brand and/or microchip – for foals sired by recorded stallions and/or out of Pre-Mare Book mares. Limited breeding status.
Horse Identification Document (HID), a white-papered passport (not a breeding document) with description and registration number listed inside, a microchip and no brand – for horses with unknown pedigree, or sired by stallions ineligible by pedigree/breed for any of our stallion books or out of a mare not of sport type and/or ineligible for any of the mare books. May be used for USEF horse identifica- tion under the upcoming rule changes.
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t a time when the path for sport horse breeding in North America seems to be a winding one, the Rheinland Pfalz-Saar International (RPSI)
breeder’s tour to the South German Stallion Approvals and much more.
What’s in a Name?
For centuries Zweibrücker was the Rheinland Pfalz-Saar breed name. Starting in 2014, foals born in both North America and Germany from the six member organiza- tions of the South German Breeding Association, which includes the RPSI and makes up over half of Germany, will be Deutsches Sportpferd (DSP).
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