By decree of Georg II, Elector of Hanover and King of Great Britain, too, the Celle National State Stud was founded on July 27, 1735.
In 1800, approx. 100 stallions were available to the breeders, sent out to roughly 50 service stations every year. Today, the stallion stock includes 140 stud stallions, among them 10 thoroughbreds and 2 Anglo-Arabians. And there are 40 three-year-old young stallions at the Stallion Performance Testing Station Adelheidsdorf, completing their 11 months lasting training and passing their stallion performance test at the age of 3 ½.
Already in 1927 a stallion performance test was established at Celle one year before the stallion testing center at Zwion in East-Prussia was founded. Over the years the performance test was always adapted to the breeding goal. Since 1974 the test was totally renewed and now scores for character, temperament as well as the basic movements, the jumping talent and cross-country are given. Besides the 11 month test of the state owned stallions the State Stud offers 70-days-tests as well as 30-days-tests. Also the testing of the draught horses takes place at Adelheidsdorf.
Contact
Niedersächsisches Landgestüt Celle
Spörckenstraße 10, 29221 Celle
Tel: COUNTRY CODE 49 0 51 41 / 92 94 – 0
Fax: 0 51 41 / 92 94 – 31
e-mail: poststelle@lgst-celle.niedersachsen.de
Leitung: Dr. Axel Brockmann
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