With effect from 15th Oktober 2015, The National Stud Farm Topoľčianky sets the new veterinary requirements for horses transportation and equestrian events at the National Stud Farm Topoľčianky.
- all horses must be serologically tested for Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) with negative result. This test must have been carried out within last 6 months. The certificate or confirmation must be recorded/embed in horse´s passport and must be presented for veterinary control prior the horse will enter the grounds of the National stud Farm Topoľčianky.
Horses that have not presented all required documents, will not be allowed to enter the grounds of the National Stud Farm Topoľčianky. Passport must always go with the horse!
All horses must be serologically tested (Coggins test) for infectious anaemia of horses (IAE). The test cannot be older than 6 months. The negative result of the test must be written in the passport of the horse, or there must be added a protocol about the negative result of the test in the passport. This will be checked before the horse is unloaded from a vehicle and stabled at the National Stud Farm Topoľčianky
If the requested documents will not be available, the horse will not be allowed to enter the premises of the National Stud Farm Topoľčianky. The passport must always accompany the horse!
It is already a tradition that the National Stud and the Slovak Equestrian Federation, with the participation of many equestrian clubs, end the sports season with a ceremonial Hubert ride. This year's participants were accompanied by wonderful weather with unusually high temperatures and the romantic autumn colours of surrounded woods.
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Selection committee
Ing. Juraj Kovalčík – acting chairman
Ing. Eugen Feherváry
Ing. Lenka Capeková, PhD.
Ing. Lenka Polyaková
This year, the top national event in vaulting - the Championship of the Slovak Republic - was held at the Masarykov dvor complex in Vígľaš. The event was also the final of the year-long vaulting series "Slovak Vaulting Cup 2023" (SVP 2023). Trainees had the last opportunity to gain valuable points for the national ranking and thus influence the overall ranking in the individual, pair, group and best horse categories.
From September 27 to October 1, 2023, the city of Le Pin au Haras in France became the venue for the top driving event. 94 competitors with 273 horses from 23 countries of the world met the qualification criteria. The organizer was the oldest French national stud farm, Haras national du Pin, which has newly built facilities for organizing large international events in various equestrian disciplines.
Authors: National Stud "Topoľčianky" š.p.; Dalibor Gregor
Pocket Edition
First edition, 2023
Number of pages: 72
Description: a small bilingual (Slovak, English) book publication from the National Stud Farm, published on the occasion of the entry of the Lipizzaner breed into the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity UNESCO
From September 22 to 24, 2023, the 30th anniversary equestrian fair connected with the horse exhibition - HORSE 2023 was held at the exhibition centre in Lysa nad Labem. Visitors had the opportunity to see 120 horses of various breeds and visit more than 60 sellers of equestrian and related assortment. Of course, the event included a rich all-day program, which started at 10:00 a.m. with a breeder's presentation of individual horse breeds, continued with an afternoon program in which these individual breeds were shown in riding demonstrations, and the culmination of the day was a night show, where the high-quality lighting and sound system enhanced the impressive atmosphere. Part of this jubilee year was live music performed by a violin quartet.
On September 26, 2023, the Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia Mr. Dr. Stanislav Raščan visited the National Stud in Topoľčianky. He was welcomed by the director of the National Stud, Michal Horný, in the courtyard of the training centre. The special guest viewed the historic stables and the performance of the riders with Lipizzaner horses. He also visited the hippological exhibition and signed the memorial book of the National Stud Farm Topoľčianky.
During 9-10 September 2023, the premises of the National Stud became a place of a driving national competition at the level of two stars in the category of singles and pairs, which were also the Championships of the Slovak Republic and the qualifying round for the Golden Horseshoe driving series in 2024.
On August 26, eight vaulting clubs from Slovakia gathered in the grounds of the National Stud. The reason was the penultimate round of the Slovakian national ranking, the Slovak Vaulting Cup 2023. For all vaulters, loungers and their horses, it was an opportunity to improve their previous scores in their category. At the same time, it was the last competition before the Slovak Championships, which will be held on 15-17 September 2023 at Masaryk's yard in Vígľaš.
The first weekend of August in the premises of the National stud farm Topoľčianky racetrack, held endurance sport event. In addition to national competitions at 40, 60 and 80 km, there were also international competitions CEI*100 km, CEIYJ*100 km and CEI2*140 (2x70) km, which were also championships for seniors and juniors/young riders.
In the past few days, Michal Horný, director of the National Stud Farm "Topoľčianky", commemorated his life jubilee in the circle of family, friends, colleagues and acquaintances. He was born on July 27, 1963 in the picturesque village of Topoľčianky.
Pavol Gašpar was a long-time employee of the Topoľčianky National Stud, where he worked for 45 years, 23 of them as the head of the Breziny breeding facility. During his riding career, he devoted himself to almost all riding disciplines - dressage, show jumping, eventing and driving. He was also involved as an official of the Slovak Equestrian Federation. He was a national judge, course designer and holder of a coaching license. In 2018, he was awarded with the SJF gold badge for his contributions to the development of equestrian sports.
On the 22nd-23rd July 2023, the Open Slovak Dressage Championships were held in the premises of the Topoľčianky National Stud. Precious metals were fought for in the categories of young horses, pony riders and seniors.
In the days 8.-9. July 2023, the second dressage race of the year took place on the premises of the National Stud. Riders competed at levels from 'A' to 'T', including tests for young horses and for pony riders.
On June 24-25, 2023, the first of three planned dressage events took place in the premises of the National Stud. Competed at levels from "Z" to "Grand Prix", including tasks for young horses.
On June 1, it was International Children's Day at the stud. Children from kindergartens and primary schools from all over Slovakia visited National stud farm "Topoľčianky" š.p. From 9.00 a.m. a program for children was prepared, which began with a tour of the historic riding school, where they had the opportunity to see the royal breed Lipizzaner, registered in UNESCO. Subsequently, they had the opportunity to see the demonstration of all the breeds of horses bred in the stud farm in freedom in the indoor riding hall. In the outdoor areas, educational boards, an exhibition of carriages and carriages and training of the vaulting department were waiting for them.
On the last weekend of May, the first of this year's sports events took place in the grounds of the National Stud - the May Prize of the Topoľčianky National Stud. More than 80 riding pairs came to test their strength. Competitions were announced from the ZM level (90 cm) to M - 130 cm. As part of this event, one of the six rounds of the Young Horse Criteria, which is covered by the Association of Horse Breeders in Slovakia, was held.