Reminders on foal registration

March 20, 2026

Reminders on foal registration

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If you bred your mare to a KWPN-NA activated Stallion, please don’t forget to report the pregnancy status of your mare to the stallion owner/agent to facilitate the reporting of breedings.

If you bred your mare with frozen KWPN semen (imported from Holland) OR if you bred to an outside stallion (a stallion from another registry), please remember to fill in the frozen or fresh semen insemination form and send it to the KWPN-NA office.

Once the breeding is recorded, if you are the Owner/Breeder and your membership is active you can sign on to the membership portal to register your foal online.  The office no longer automatically sends out Foal Birth declarations but can still send it electronically or by mail upon request.

Please note: only current year foals are eligible to be registered through our online member portal. All horses being registered in their yearling year or after will need to be done via the paper birth declaration.

=> Watch the webinars we did on Registration on our YouTube Channel. 

 

REGISTRATION OF FOALS BY INACTIVE STALLIONS

Everyone registering foals by un-activated KWPN stallions as well as by un-activated stallions approved with an Erkend Studbook, will be charged an outside stallion fee of $100.00. Please note that the stallion needed to be activated in the year the mare was bred. Find the activated stallions for this breeding year HERE in the Stallion Directory. 

NEW PER 2026: we lowered the inactive stallion fee to $50 for KWPN Approved stallions or KWPN stallions approved with an Erkend registry.

Register your foal within 6o days of birth and receive $50 off foal registration fee!

 

This means, if you register your foal by these unactivated stallions within 60 days of birth, you will receive $50 off, so you will pay the regular registration fee.

 

Do you want to know more about stallion activation? Click HERE

If you register your foal within 60 days of birth, you receive a $50 early bird discount!

How To Register

Each foal that is eligible for KWPN registration will be assigned a breeding direction. Within that breeding direction the foal is entered into the Foalbook, Register A or Register B. Birth declarations that are returned to the office without a breeding direction will be assigned one. If the pedigree of the foal warrants another breeding direction the office retains the right to make the appropriate change after consultation with the breeder.

 

BREEDING DIRECTION

In principle, the breeding direction of the father will determine the breeding direction of the offspring. Harness and Gelders horses may be an exception to this general rule. Traditionally there are additional requirements for these breeding directions. There are times that a breeder may choose to mix breeding directions (e. g. breed a harness mare to a dressage stallion). In these cases the breeding direction of foals will generally be determined as shown in the chart of Registration Options between KWPN Breeding Directions.

 

Go to THIS page to learn more.