Name: International Trakehner Stallion Market 2026
Start: 2026-11-26T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-11-29T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Holstenhallen Neumünster

Trakehner Stallion Market

About Trakehner Stallion Market

The International Trakehner Stallion Market in Neumünster is the most important event in global Trakehner horse breeding. For four days, the Trakehner Verband (Trakehner Association) gathers breeders, riders, buyers, and horse enthusiasts from all over Europe in the Holstenhallen for a packed program: the official stallion licensing (recognition of new breeding stallions), several major auctions (stallions, riding horses, mares), riding demonstrations, expert seminars, and finally the Gala Show on the festive evening. With its 64th edition in 2026, the event series continues its long tradition — since the 1960s, Neumünster has been the showcase for the East Prussian Trakehner line, which found a new home in Northern Germany after the end of the war.

Dates 26 Nov — 29 Nov 2026

Venue Neumünster (01004)

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Edition 2026

Trakehner Stallion Market — edition 2026

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The 64th International Trakehner Stallion Market 2026 is expected to take place on the last weekend of November in the Holstenhallen Neumünster. The exact date will be officially announced by the Trakehner Verband; based on experience, it will be the last weekend of November (63rd edition: 27–30 Nov 2025). Program: stallion licensing, stallion, riding horse, and mare auctions, Gala Show, expert seminars.

64th Edition in Preparation

With its 64th edition, the Trakehner Stallion Market continues its unbroken tradition since the 1960s. The organizer, Trakehner Verband, is preparing the event for the last weekend of November 2026; the exact date will be officially confirmed in the second half of the year.

Program Highlights 2026

As in previous years, the four festive days will follow the classic program: stallion licensing (presentation and recognition of new breeding stallions), auctions (stallions, riding horses, mares), Gala Show on the festive evening, and expert seminars. An international audience from Europe, America, and Australia is expected.

Highlights Trakehner Stallion Market 2026

64th edition of the International Trakehner Stallion Market
Stallion Licensing — Recognition of new breeding stallions
Auctions for stallions, riding horses, and mares
Gala Show on the festive evening
Holstenhallen Neumünster

Programme Trakehner Stallion Market 2026

Provisional Program Outline (Confirmation Pending)

Thursday — Arrival, initial presentations, opening seminar
Friday — Stallion Licensing (main event), riding horse presentations
Saturday — Auctions (stallions, riding horses), Gala Show in the evening
Sunday — Mare auction, closing festivities

Detailed program and tickets available at trakehner-verband.de.

Prices Trakehner Stallion Market 2026

Day tickets and tickets for the festive evening are available through the Trakehner Verband. Auctions are generally open to the public; catalogs are available for a fee.

Practical information

Practical information — Trakehner Stallion Market

Getting there

By car: A7 Hamburg–Flensburg, exit Neumünster-Süd or Neumünster-Mitte. By train: ICE and IC trains stop at Neumünster Hauptbahnhof (main station); from there, it's a 10-minute walk or a short city bus ride to the Holstenhallen.

Tickets

Tickets for the stallion licensing, auctions, and Gala Show are offered through the Trakehner Verband (trakehner-verband.de). Day tickets and tickets for the festive evening are available separately, as are multi-day passes.

Accommodation

The event attracts thousands of international guests — hotels in Neumünster and the surrounding area (Bad Bramstedt, Bordesholm) are heavily booked during the festival days. Early booking is recommended.

Trakehner — a German horse breed

The Trakehner horse is one of Germany's most prestigious warmblood breeds. The breed originated from 1732 onwards in the East Prussian state stud farm Trakehnen (now Yasnaya Polyana, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia) as a result of systematically breeding purebreds (English Thoroughbreds and Arabian stallions) with the robust local horses of East Prussia. After fleeing and expulsion in 1944/45, Trakehner breeders saved a small remnant population to West Germany and founded the Trakehner Verband in Neumünster — which remains the center of global Trakehner breeding to this day.

Holstenhallen Neumünster — the venue

The Holstenhallen Neumünster are one of Schleswig-Holstein's most important event venues, a complex of several halls equipped for equestrian sports. They have been the home of the Trakehner Stallion Market for decades and also host major horse shows and auctions from other associations annually.

Program highlights

Stallion Licensing — the most important recognition for new breeding stallions of the Trakehner breed. Younger stallions are presented to a jury; only the most qualitatively convincing receive recognition as breeding stallions.
Auctions — Stallion auction (licensed breeding stallions), riding horse auction (qualified riding and competition horses), mare auction (licensed breeding mares). International market.
Gala Show — the festive evening event featuring quadrilles, pas de deux, pas de trois, show performances, and the famous “Trakehner Presentation” — a choreographic staging of the breed.
Seminars and Lectures — expert topics on breeding, raising, and sport.

Neumünster — the equestrian city

Neumünster is an independent city in the heart of Schleswig-Holstein with around 80,000 inhabitants. It calls itself the equestrian city — Trakehner breeding and the Holstenhallen are the main reasons for this. Its central location between Hamburg and Kiel, with ICE high-speed train connections, makes Neumünster easily accessible for international visitors.