Bavarian State Police
Fegelein won the ' international tournament in 1937, as did his brother Waldemar, in 1939. He was promoted to the rank of "SS-Obersturmbannführer" on 30 January. On 25 July 1937, "Reichsführer-SS" Himmler, by special order of the "SS-Oberabschnitt Süd", created the "Haupt-Reitschule München" (SS Main Riding School) in Munich. The school was started from his father's stud farm. Fegelein was named its commander and promoted to "SS-Standartenführer" the same day. Funding for the very expensive horses came in part from then "SS-Brigadeführer" Weber, who supported the school with more than 100,000 Reichsmarks annually. Fegelein won the "'" (Brown Ribbon of Germany), an annual horse race which in 1938 was held on the premises of the riding school in Munich. Fegelein at the time had strong ambitions to participate in the 1940 Summer Olympics. With the help of his friend (HSSPF; Higher SS and Police Leader) Karl von Eberstein, he arranged the transfer of all the Bavarian State Police horses to the SS riding school in case of mobilization. His fear was that the horses would be handed to the Wehrmacht.