What stood out in particular is the great passion with which more and more young people dedicate themselves to breeding – and the impressive number of genuinely high-class horses bred and reared in South Tyrol. This enormous enthusiasm for local horse breeds, strikingly evident among so many attendees of the Haflinger Festival in Sluderno/Schluderns about a year ago, was also palpable at this year’s studbook registration in Egna/Neumarkt.

 

Breeders from all over the region can celebrate their successes together, and the fact that the entire mare cohort can be presented and assessed in one place under the same consistent, standardised conditions is unique. The Haflinger experts at the Italian national organisation ANACRHAI deserve great praise for their meticulous work.