3 INTERNATIONAL JUDGES COME ONCE A YEAR TO CLASSIFY AND APPROVE HORSES FOR REPRO. CLASSIFICATION IS ON A VOLUNTEER BASE IN NORTH AMERICA. IN AUSTRIA, IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.(this is why Austrian produce such good animals.)
Under 69%, your horse is not good for reproduction, and you should avoid breeding it.
Over 68%, your mares are approved for breeding. This is a bad quality horse.
From 96% to 71%, your horse is WHITE and is a fair quality.
From 72% to 74%, your horse is PURPLE. Most of the horses stand here. This is a good quality horse.
Under 75%, your stallion is not approved for breeding .
From 75% to 80%, your horse is Silver. This is an Elite division. Your horse is a very good horse. Only 10% of the horses in NorthAmerica are in this category.
From 81% and up, your horse is GOLD. Only 1% of the classified horses are Gold. These are very special animals.
The
highest classified horse in the world was AMADEUS qith 85,2%.
LILLIE GOLD ILH (sire is gold)---Lillie is silver
She also produced 2 purple fillies. The others were not classified yet.

ZALIA (Dam is gold, sire is silver)-----Zalia is silver
STYLESCHUTZ (Sire is gold classified, dam is high purple)---Style is silver

ZARA (She is an interesting case : her dam, both grand-dams, and maternal grand-sire are all gold. Her sire and paternal grandsire are silver. Zara is not classified yet)
HORSES OUT OF GERVAL FARM, OR OUT OF OUR MARES OR STUDS THAT WERE CLASSIFIED.
MamaMiaGF,out of Meister Brau, is silver.
Toulouse GF, out of Meister Brau, is silver.
Loanna Gold de Gerval, out of Nobelius and Lillie Gold is purple.
Lhassa Gold de Gerval, out of Meister Brau and Lillie Gold, is purple.
Madrid de Gerval, a gelding, out of Meister Brau, is purple.