Pax Asgard af Pegasus

Pax is quickly becoming one of the most prolific sires of high quality Knabstrupper offspring in North America. Pax is incredibly versatile, standing at 16.3 hh, he is ridden under saddle in dressage as well as driven in harness. Pax has recently begun jumping and is proving to have wonderful form and easily clears 1.20m.

Pax's sire, Pegasus Vom Niehaus-Hof, is a licensed KNN 1st Premium Stallion that was imported from Germany in 2006. In 2004, he was awarded the Verband's Premium stallion title by ZfDP. Pax’s dam, Firefly de Bec, is by Ambrosius af Asgard (aka Atlantis). Atlantis was imported from Germany and sired several exceptional offspring. Atlantis had a wonderful temperament and scored a perfect 10 for temperament during his licensing. Pax is 6/8 purebred Knabstrupper in the 3rd generation. Pax’s offspring are eligible for Westfalen's Knabstrupper Book registration. To understand the registration eligibility depending on the mare’s pedigree and status, please read our Knabstrupper Registration document. Pax is also licensed and fully approved by the Warmblood registry AES. His foals are also eligible for AES registration and additional registration possibilities such as KWPN.

In 2021, Pax competed in the Get of Sire class at the world-renowned Dressage at Devon earning a Bronze with a collective mark of 77.15 points to finish behind serial winner KWPN sire Sir Sinclair and the 7-year-old Oldenburg stallion Davos CF and beating out several traditional Warmblood stallions. This was a huge accomplishment for a rare breed and non-traditional Warmblood.

What to Expect When Breeding to Pax Asgard af Pegasus

We are universally hearing praise from breeders on the outstanding type and temperament of their Pax offspring. Pax has produced more Premium foals than any other Knabstrupper stallion in North America. He has consistently produced correct and quality type with lovely gaits and long legs.

Pax is unique to the North American Knabstrupper breeding pool. Pax is a homozygous fewspot, meaning Pax is homozygous for LP and PATN1 (LP/LP, PATN1/PATN1). Pax offers mare owners the unique ability to genetically produce leopard offspring when bred to a solid-colored mare.

The approved outcross list for Westaflen's Knabstrupper book is extensive. To understand the various registration options depending on the mare’s pedigree and status, please read our Knabstrupper Registration document.

Pax has incredible fertility with over 85% of his book settling on the first breeding attempt. In 2020, he had an 80% first breeding attempt rate with over half of the mares being older maiden mares or mares that had prior difficulty conceiving.

Pax is collected for fresh or frozen semen with Select Breeder Services in Maryland and is also collected with University of Pennsylvania's Hoffman Center. Frozen semen is also stored at Gene Movers in Australia and is available for New Zealand as well. Pax has produced multiple first attempt frozen pregnancies in both the USA and Australia. Each frozen dose comes with 8 .5 ml straws with 560 million progressively motile sperm per dose post-thaw. His semen quality post-thaw is 84% motility (initial evaluation was 95%) and 70% progressive motility (initial evaluation was 76%). All frozen or fresh doses come with full quality reporting.

2023 Breeding Fees:

2023 North America Breeding Fee: $1,4500.00 USD

2023 North America Frozen Per Dose: $650.00 USD

2023 Australia Frozen Per Dose: $700.00 AUD

2022 Breeding Contracts:

2022 North America Breeding Contract

2022 Australia Frozen Per Dose Contract

Height: 16.3 hh

Birth Year: 2016

Registry: Knabstrupperforeningen for Danmark (KNN - Knabstrupper)

Approvals: Westfalen's Knabstrupper Book, Anglo European Studbook (AES)

Fresh Semen Availability: North America