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American Trakehner Association
1514 West Church Street, Newark, Ohio 43055
TEL: 740-344-1111    FAX: 740-344-3225
email: atahorses@alltel.net

Corporate Regulations of the
American Trakehner Association, Inc.

(a Unification of the NATA and the ATA)
(As Amended November 3, 2000)

Article I.   Breeding and Registration Goal

The Association is committed to adhere to the highly selective breeding standards practiced in Trakehnen, East Prussia, and continued in Germany by the Trakehner Verband in the breeding of the horse of Trakehner origin. By practicing these standards the Association desires to encourage the development of a performing horse of beauty and harmony, great endurance, mental and physical balance, and possessing an excellent character.

Article II.   General Registration Standards

§1. Obedience, willingness to work and elegant, flowing and elastic movements are the dominant characteristics of the Trakehner breed.

§2. Small noble heads are desirable as they show nerve and energy. The neck should be set properly and of significant length. Withers should be pronounced clearly and visible, the shoulder should be long and sloping and the back should be of medium length. The croup should be long, muscular and of oval shape. A deep and wide rib cage should be connected to a substantial frame, representing a horizontal rectangle (in contrast to the square frame of the Thoroughbred) with large joints.

§3. The recommended minimum size requirements for stallions as two and one-half-year olds are 15.3 hands in height with a heart girth of 72 inches and a cannon bone of 7.5 inches.

§4. The recommended minimum size requirements for mares are 15.1 hands in height with a heart girth of 70 inches and a cannon bone which approaches 7.5 inches.

 Article III.   Official Registry Book

§1. The Official Registry Book of the Association shall consist of five divisions:

(A) Purebred Trakehner, composed of:

Trakehner horses by an approved Trakehner stallion out of an approved, ATA or NATA registered Trakehner mare with a documented pedigree showing at least five generations of approved Trakehner horses and no more than one horse other than a Trakehner, Thoroughbred, or Arabian, or crosses thereof, in the sixth generation and issued numbered certificates by the Association. For purposes of definition of a purebred, a horse's parents are considered the first generation, its grandparents the second generation, etc.

(B) Anglo-Trakehner, composed of:

Anglo-Trakehner horses by an approved stallion of Trakehner origin and out of a Thoroughbred mare registered with the Jockey Club, or an ATA or NATA (Division 5) registered Anglo-Trakehner mare, and issued numbered certificates by the Association.

(C) Arab-Trakehner, composed of:

Arab-Trakehner horses by an approved Trakehner stallion and out of an Arabian mare registered with the Arabian Horse Registry of America, Inc., or the Canadian Arabian Horse Registry, or an Anglo-Arab mare registered as such with the International Arabian Horse Association or the Canadian Partbred Arabian Registry, or a Shagya-Arabian mare or an Anglo-Shagya mare registered in the stud book of an association that is a member of the Internationale Shagya-arber Gesellschaft e.V. (ISG = International Purebred Shagya-arab Society) an ATA or NATA (Division 6) registered Arab-Trakehner mare and issued numbered certificates by the Association.

(D) Part-Trakehner, composed of:

Part-Trakehner horses by an approved Trakehner stallion and out of a mare other than a Trakehner, Thoroughbred or Arabian mare or an ATA or NATA (Division 4 or 7) registered Part-Trakehner mare and issued numbered certificates by the Association.

(E) Imported Trakehner, consisting of:

Trakehner horses by an approved Trakehner stallion, out of an approved Trakehner mare,

  1. imported into the Western Hemisphere; and
  2. with papers establishing purity of breeding and an unbroken, properly authenticated pedigree of five generations of approved or accepted Trakehner horses 

Article IV.   Horses Eligible for Inclusion in the Official Registry Book

§1. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of Article III of these regulations, upon proper compliance with these regulations, any person may register in the numbered section of the Official Registry Book a stallion, mare or gelding that has an approved numbered Trakehner sire and a dam recognized in one of the five divisions of the Official Registry Book set forth in Article III.

§2. Any horse registered pursuant to this Article shall receive a registration number without any inspection for conformation or performance.

§3. Registration numbers shall be consecutive and assigned chronologically according to the earliest completed application for registration.

Article V.   Preliminary Stud Book

§1. The Preliminary Stud Book of the American Trakehner Association, Inc., shall consist of two divisions:

  1. Anglo-Trakehner mares:
  2. Arab-Trakehner mares.

§2. Anglo-Trakehner or Arab-Trakehner mares registered in Division B or C of the Official Registry Book or Division B or C of the Official Appendix Book of the ATA, or Division 5 or 6 of the General Registry Book of the NATA, pursuant to Part II, Article Ill, §1(B) or (C), or Article VIII §1(B) or (C), respectively, of these regulations, in the year in which they turn three, or later, may be eligible for transfer to the Preliminary Stud Book upon application to the Registration Committee and personal inspection by the Inspection Committee.

§3. First generation offspring of mares registered in the Preliminary Stud Book pursuant to §2 of this Article by approved Trakehner stallions may be eligible for transfer to the Official Stud Book upon application to the Registration Committee and personal inspection by the Inspection Committee.

§4. Registration numbers shall be consecutive and assigned chronologically according to the earliest completed application for registration. 

Article VI.   Official Stud Book

The Official Stud Book of the Association shall consist of two divisions:

  1. Trakehners foaled in the Western Hemisphere;
  2. Imported Trakehners.

Article VII.  Horses Eligible for Inclusion in The Official Stud Book

§1.

(a) In the year in which they turn three, or later, all purebred Trakehner fillies registered with the Association in accordance with Articles Ill and IV of Part II of these regulations or in Division 1 of the General Registry Book of the NATA shall be granted approval as broodmares and included in the Official Stud Book of the Association upon application to and the recommendation of the Registration Committee and upon personal inspection by a member or members of the Inspection Committee.

(b) If a purebred Trakehner mare dies before the mare is inspected for the Official Stud Book, the mare may be entered posthumously if the mare's identity has been confirmed by genetic typing. However, this breeding approval is applicable only for the mare's last-born foal. ($200 fee)

(Comment: This is applicable mainly for colts. Under the existing regulations, the foal of a purebred mare not registered in the OSB can only be registered in Division A of the Official Appendix Book. Only fillies are eligible to move up from Division A of the Official Appendix Book to the OSB - See Part II, Article VIII.1.A.1.a and b.)

 

§2.

(a) Two-year-old and older third generation Anglo-Trakehner and Arab-Trakehner colts (7/8 Trakehner) may apply to the Registration Committee for transfer to the Official Stud Book under the same conditions as stated in §4 of this Article.

(b) In the year in which they turn three, or later, third generation Anglo-Trakehner fillies (7/8 Trakehner) registered in Division B of the Official Registry Book or the Official Appendix Book or in Division 5 of the General Registry Book of the NATA, third generation Arab-Trakehner fillies (including Anglo-Arab and Trakehner crosses) registered in Division C of the Official Registry Book or the Official Appendix Book or in Division 6 of the General Registry Book of the NATA may apply to the Registration Committee for transfer to the Official Stud Book. Eligibility for such transfer will be determined upon personal inspection by a member or members of the Inspection Committee.

(c) In the year in which they turn three, or later, fourth generation (15/16 Trakehner) part-Trakehner fillies registered in Division D of the Official Registry Book and tracing back without a break to a mare registered with the ATA in 1983 or earlier are eligible for transfer to the Official Stud Book if deemed acceptable after personal inspection by a member or members of the Inspection Committee.

(d)

  1. First generation Anglo-Trakehner or Arab-Trakehner colts and fillies, registered in Division B or C of the Official Registry Book or in Division 5 or 6 of the General Registry Book of the NATA, whose dam has demonstrated success as a performance horse in North America or is a proven performance horse producer under the guidelines specified herein, may be eligible for inclusion in the Official Stud Book if presented to the Inspection Committee for personal inspection as specified in §4 of this Article. Fillies are exempt from the provisions of §4 (c) requiring the completion of a performance test for colts.
  2. The minimum performance standards to be met by the dams of the first generation Anglo-Trakehner or Arab-Trakehner foals of (1) above are the following:

    1. Combined Training

      — completed two full USCTA or CEF recognized 3-day events at the Preliminary level in which there were at least 10 entries and received a final score no higher than the median dressage score of the division, in penalties, plus 20; or

      — completed at least one full USCTA or CEF recognized 3-day event at the Intermediate level with a final score no higher than the median dressage score of the division, in penalties, plus 20.

    2. Dressage

      — with at least one FEI Judge judging the class, received, at five different AHSA or CEF recognized shows, an average of 65% or higher at Fourth Level (Canadian Medium 3) or an average of 60% or higher at Prix St. Georges.
    3. Show hunter

      — won five championships or reserves in AHSA or CEF A-rated Divisions where the fences are at least 3'6" in height.
    4. Jumper

      — placed third or higher in three Intermediate Jumper classes at A-rated AHSA or CEF recognized shows having at least 10 entries, or

      — incurred no more than an average of 8 penalties in a minimum of three Intermediate Jumper Classes at A rated AHSA or CEF recognized shows having at least 10 entries.
  3. The guidelines specified in (2) above shall be reviewed from time to time by the Board of Trustees and amendments proposed to the membership if warranted in the interest of the breed.
  4. Thoroughbred, Arabian, Anglo-Arab, Anglo-Trakehner or Arab-Trakehner mares who have produced two horses of either sex that have met any of the performance standards specified in (2) above are themselves considered to have met the above requirements.
  5. Other disciplines and special cases, for example, mares that have performed overseas, are to be considered by the Board of Trustees on an individual basis in conformity with the provisions of §6 of this Article.

§3. Qualification for entry into the Official Stud Book under §§1 and 2 of this Article must be verified based upon the horse's original registration certificate, veterinarian certificates in the case of colts, and personal inspection by a member or members of the Inspection Committee.

§4. (a) All Trakehner colts registered with the Association in accordance with Articles III and IV of Part II of these regulations by an approved Trakehner stallion out of an approved Trakehner mare, if intended as a breeding stallion, must be presented at the minimum age of two years, to an inspection team selected by the Board of Trustees for the inspection and approval of the colt as a breeding stallion. Upon approval thereof, the colt, if owned by an active member of the Association, shall be eligible for transfer to the Official Stud Book of the Association and an appropriate certificate of registration will be issued certifying the stallion as an approved breeding stallion of the Association.

(b) Stallions to be presented for approval as breeding stallions under this section shall be presented to the inspection team at a central location to be determined at the discretion of the Board of Trustees. However, in the case of obvious hardship the inspection may, upon approval by a majority of the Board of Trustees, be conducted at a location convenient to the stallion owner and at the stallion owner's expense.

(c) Within two years from the approval, or by the end of the competition year in which he reaches his sixth birthday, whichever is later, the stallion must complete a USCTA or CEF sanctioned three-phase combined training event at Novice (USCTA) or Pre-Training (CEF) level if the test is taken before he is six years old; or a USCTA or CEF sanctioned three-phase combined training event at the Training level or above for stallions six years old and older, with a statement to that effect signed by the event secretary or chief judge to be furnished to the Association on a form provided for that purpose by the Association. Upon completion of this requirement, the approval is final. However, if the foals of the stallion indicate that the stallion is passing serious genetic defects, the Registration Committee may recommend to the Board of Trustees that the stallion be disapproved as a breeding stallion at which time the Board of Trustees may then withdraw the previously granted approved breeding status upon a two-thirds vote. Foals from stallions not meeting final approval conceived before approval is withdrawn shall remain, or be, eligible under these regulations for registration in the Official Registry Book.

§5. Stallions or mares presented to the Inspection Committee for transfer to the Official Stud Book or the Preliminary Stud Book and not approved may be re-inspected at a future inspection upon application and payment of the required fee by the then owner of the stallion or mare.

§6. Any exceptions to the foregoing rules governing registration in the Official Stud and Registry Books may be made only if it is in the interest of the Trakehner breed and then only upon a two-thirds vote of the Trustees of the Association.

§7. Registration numbers shall be consecutive and assigned to approved breeding horses chronologically according to the earliest completed application for registration.

Article VIII.  Official Appendix Book

§1. The Official Appendix Book of the Association shall consist of five divisions:

(A) Purebred Trakehner Horses composed of:

(1) Horses by an approved Trakehner stallion out of a purebred Trakehner mare registered in Division A or E of the Official Registry Book of the ATA or in Division 1 of the General Registry Book of the NATA as well as their offspring by approved Trakehner stallions.

  1. Fillies and mares registered in Division A of the Official Appendix Book, if they meet the general standards of the breed as defined in Part II, Article II, of these regulations, and have at least five generations of Trakehners on the dam's side, may, in the year in which they turn three, or later, apply to the Registration Committee for transfer to the Official Stud Book of the Association.
  2. Colts registered in Division A of the Official Appendix Book are ineligible for transfer to the Official Stud Book of the Association.

(B) Anglo-Trakehner Horses composed of:

(1) Horses by a Jockey Club registered stallion out of a Trakehner mare registered in the Official Stud Book of the ATA or the NATA and their first, second and third generation offspring by approved Trakehner stallions.

  1. Third generation, or later, fillies and mares registered in Division B of the Official Appendix Book, if they meet the general standards of the breed as defined in Part II, Article II, of these regulations, may, in the year in which they turn three, or later, apply to the Registration Committee for transfer to the Official Stud Book of the Association under the same conditions as fillies registered in Division B of the Official Registry Book.
  2. Colts registered in Division B of the Official Appendix Book are ineligible for transfer to the Official Stud Book of the Association.

(C) Arab-Trakehner Horses composed of:

(1) Arab-Trakehner horses by an Arabian stallion registered with the Arabian Horse Registry of America, Inc., or the Canadian Arabian Horse Registry, or by an Anglo-Arabian stallion registered as such with the International Arabian Horse Association or the Canadian Partbred Arabian Registry, or by a Shagya-Arabian stallion or an approved Anglo-Shagya stallion registered with an association that is a member of the Internationale Shagya-arber Gesellschaft e.V. (ISG = International Purebred Shagya-arab Society) and out of a Trakehner mare registered in the Offical Stud Book of the ATA or the NATA and their first, second and third generation offspring by approved Trakehner stallions.

  1. Third generation, or later, fillies and mares registered in Division C of the Official Appendix Book, if they meet the general standards of the breed as defined in Part II, Article II, of these regulations, may, in the year in which they turn three, or later, apply to the Registration Committee for transfer to the Official Stud Book of the Association under the same conditions as fillies registered in Division C of the Official Registry Book.
  2. Colts registered in Division C of the Official Appendix Book are ineligible for transfer to the Official Stud Book of the Association.

(D)

(1) Horses ineligible for registration in any other division of any of the Official Stud Book, Registry Book or Appendix Book of the Association which possess a five-generation Trakehner pedigree on either the sire's or the dam's side.

  1. No horse registered in Division D of the Official Appendix Book is eligible for transfer to the Official Stud Book of the Association.

(E) Imported Trakehners composed of:

(1) Horses registered in the Stutbuch (Stammbuch) of the Trakehner Verband or in a corresponding book of an association affiliated with the Trakehner Verband and branded with the single moose antler brand with loop or its equivalent from the affiliated association.

  1. Fillies and mares registered in Division E of the Official Appendix Book, if they meet the general standards of the breed as defined in Part II, Article II, of these regulations, and have at least five generations of Trakehners on the dam's side, may, in the year in which they turn three, or later, apply to the Registration Committee for transfer to the Official Stud Book of the Association.
  2. Colts registered in Division E of the Official Appendix Book are ineligible for transfer to the Official Stud Book of the Association.  

Article IX.  Registration of Imported Horses

§ 1. Before any imported horse eligible for registration under the provisions of Articles III to VIII shall be registered with the Association, the owner of such horse at the time of importation shall make application therefor on a form supplied by the Association which application shall include the name, sex, color and markings of the horse to be registered. Said application shall be accompanied by the necessary fee, the import form showing the date of importation, the registration certificate and/or a certified pedigree as required in Article Ill. The existing certificate of registration or certificate of pedigree must bear the markings of said horse.

§2. Before any foal imported in utero and born in the Western Hemisphere shall be registered in the records of the Association, the owner of the mare at the time of foaling must first have obtained registration of the mare in his/her name, and thereafter shall make application for registration of the foal upon the form supplied by the Association. Said application shall include the name, sex, color, markings, foaling date and name, color and registration number of the dam. There shall also be filed with the said application the required fee and satisfactory evidence, either by affidavit of the owner of the sire at the date of service, or otherwise as the Registration Committee shall determine, to establish the date of breeding, and that the sire was of pure Trakehner origin.

§3. Any imported Trakehner mare or stallion previously approved for breeding by the Trakehner Verband or an association affiliated with the Trakehner Verband shall be approved for inclusion in the Official Stud Book providing the regulations governing registration in this Article are observed. 

Article X.  Personal Inspection

§1. A personal inspection of any horse may be made by the Inspection Committee as a whole, by a member of the committee selected by the committee or some other person recommended by the committee, and approved by the Board of Trustees.

Article XI.  Breeding Requirements

§1. To make a foal eligible for registration:

  1. the sire, if standing on the North American continent, must be registered in the Official Stud Book of the ATA or the NATA and the owner, or lessee, if applicable, of the stallion must be an active member in good standing, of the Association;
  2. the sire, if he is deceased at the time his frozen semen is used, must have been duly registered and approved or accepted by the ATA or the NATA, the Trakehner Verband, or one of its affiliated organizations at the time the semen was collected and frozen. The use of frozen semen of an approved stallion that has been gelded requires the approval of two-thirds of the Board of Trustees.
  3. the foal must be begotten and gestated under one of the conditions outlined in §§ 2 to 6 of this Article.

§2. Natural Cover. If a mare is pasture bred, it must be ensured that only one stallion has access to her during any one heat period.

§3. On-Premise Artificial Insemination With Fresh Semen.

  1. If two or more stallions of breeding age are on the premises, all semen shall be properly identified between collection and insemination.

§4. Transported Fresh Semen.

  1. Prior to foaling, any mare covered by transported semen must be genetically typed, at the mare owner's expense, by an approved laboratory under contract to the Association. The resulting foal must also be genetically typed at the owner's expense and is eligible for registration only if it unquestionably qualifies as the offspring of its alleged sire and dam.
  2. All semen shipments must be accompanied by a certificate from the stallion owner/agent as specified in Part II, Article XIII, of these Corporate Regulations.

§5. Frozen Semen.

  1. Prior to foaling, any mare covered by frozen semen must be genetically typed, at the mare owner's expense, by an approved laboratory under contract to the Association. The resulting foal must also be genetically typed at the owner's expense and is eligible for registration only if it unquestionably qualifies as the offspring of its alleged sire and dam.
  2. All shipments of frozen semen must be accompanied by a certificate from the stallion owner/agent or the owner of the semen, as specified in Part II, Article XIII, of these Corporate Regulations.
  3. Frozen semen breedings are subject to all of the requirements made for transported fresh semen in §4 (a), (b), and (c) of this Article XI regardless of where the frozen semen is dispensed.
  4. If the owner of an approved or accepted stallion not standing, or never having stood, in North America desires, he may register his stallion in the Official Stud Book of the Association. In that case, the owner, or his North American agent, must be a member in good standing of the Association. The owner or agent must pay the same fees for the stallion and issue the same reports and certificates as the owners of stallions standing in North America.
  5. Foals produced by frozen semen from approved or accepted stallions not standing in North America, or never having stood in North America during their lifetime, and not registered in the Official Stud Book of the Association are assessed the registration fees normally levied for imported horses.
  6. Owners of foals produced by imported frozen semen should contact the Association to determine whether the foal's sire is an ATA registered stallion, in which case their registration fee will be the same as for any other domestic horse, or whether he is not an ATA registered stallion, in which case their registration fee will be the same as that for an imported horse.

§6. Embryo Transfer

(a) Foals produced by transfer of the embryo to a recipient mare, otherwise meeting registration requirements, will be registered if the following conditions are met:

  1. the donor mare's genetic type must be on file with the Association before the mare is bred.
  2. the resulting foal must be genetically typed and, if there is a question about its parentage, the genetic type of the recipient mare shall also be considered:
  3. all breeding and embryo transfer dates must be properly documented:

§7. Regardless of the method employed, a mare may not be covered by more than one stallion during any one heat period. If a mare is covered by more than one stallion within 45 days, genetic typing of the resulting foal and its dam shall be mandatory to determine the correct parentage. The genetic typing costs shall be borne by the owner of the foal applying for registration.

§8. Separation of fillies and colts at the age of eleven months is mandatory.

§9. All stallions must be genetically typed by an approved laboratory under contract to the Association prior to being used for breeding purposes and an official copy of the official genetic type report shall be filed with the Association.

§10. If, in the opinion of the Registration Committee, there is justifiable cause to question the parentage of a foal, the Committee may require the foal, sire and dam to be genetically typed. The results of this test, together with such other information as may be available, may be taken into consideration by the Committee in its determination of the foal's parentage and registration.

Article XII.  Stallion Breeding Report

§1. On or before January 31 of each year, the owner or lessee of each approved stallion registered with the Association, or the owner of frozen semen from an approved stallion registered with the Association, as the case might be, must submit a stallion breeding report on a form provided by the Association, together with the required fee, listing all mares bred to the stallion or with the stallion's semen, during the preceding calendar year, whether such mares were determined in foal or not.

§2. The stallion breeding report shall include the mare's registration number, the mare's registered name, the name and address of the owner, or lessee if applicable, at the time of service, and all breeding or shipment dates or dates of exposure as well as the method of breeding employed as specified in Article XI, §2 to 6 of this Part II. A separate report must be submitted for mares bred by transported fresh or frozen semen.

§3. Each stallion breeding report shall be signed by the record owner, or the lessee if applicable, of each stallion at the time of service, or by the owner of the dispensed frozen semen, as the case might be. Failure to file a complete stallion breeding report as specified in §§l and 2 of this Article shall subject the owner to a late fee.

§4. No foal application will be considered unless the stallion report covering that foal has been received by the Association.

§5. The stallion owner shall advise the Association of any leasing arrangements made for the stallion and of any change in the person(s) responsible for the stallion.

§6. If a stallion has not covered any mares during a particular year, the owner shall so advise the Association.

§7. Stallion owners shall keep accurate and complete records of all mares bred and shall give the Registration Committee access to such records when requested.

Article XIII.  Breeding Certificate

§1. (a) In addition to the preparation and filing of an annual stallion breeding report as provided in Article XII, a breeding certificate shall be executed by the record owner, or the lessee, if applicable, of the stallion and countersigned by the owner of the dam on a form provided without cost by the Association.

(b) In the case of mares bred by transported fresh or frozen semen, the person performing the insemination shall verify the information regarding the mare as given on the certificate and on any accompanying documents required by the Association or the stallion owner, enter the date of the insemination and sign the certificate, where indicated, verifying that that person has inseminated only the mare specified on the certificate and has destroyed all unused or excess semen.

§2. The breeding certificate shall contain the name and description of the mare, her registration number, if any, the name of the stallion, his registration number and the date or dates of service.

§3. (a) The breeding certificate shall be delivered only to the owner/agent of the mare. The owner/agent of the mare shall enter the foaling date, color, sex and markings of the resulting foal and then forward the original of the certificate to the Registration Committee within four weeks after foaling.

(b) In the case of a mare bred by transported fresh or frozen semen, the mare owner shall enter the information regarding the resulting foal on the certificate that accompanied the shipment resulting in the foal being registered.

(c) No foal registration will be issued unless a signed breeding certificate is on file.

Article XIV.  Age of Horse

The age of a horse shall be on the basis of the month, day and year of foaling.

Article XV.  Naming of Horse

§1. No horse will be registered in the records of the Association by any name which is a duplicate of the name of a horse, living or dead, already registered with the Association.

§2. The name of the horse shall not exceed twenty-five (25) characters including blank spaces. In the case of horses eligible for future transfer to the Official Stud Book, the first letter of the name shall be the same as the first letter of the dam line. Otherwise, if the dam line is not a Trakehner, the name may start with the first letter of the sire's name.

§3. Names ending in numbers, such as "One Six", or the words 'filly" or "colt" as part of a name are not permitted.

§4. Punctuation marks are not permitted.

§5. The horse must be named prior to being used for breeding purposes. Thereafter, the name of the horse cannot be changed.

§6. Horses registered in the Stud Book of the Trakehner Verband or an association affiliated with the Trakehner Verband will be registered in the ATA Stud Books with the same name. If such name is already in use in the ATA registry, the appropriate Roman numeral will be added to the horse's name.

§7. The Association may refuse to register a horse by any name that appears inappropriate, misleading or obscene.

Article XVI.  Registration Procedure

§1. Before any horse eligible for registration shall be registered all transfers of the sire and dam must be completed.

§2. The owner of the horse to be registered shall execute an application for registration of the horse on a form provided without cost by the Association which shall be identified as "Application for Registration." The said application shall be accompanied by the required fee, and shall include the name, sex, color, markings, pictures and foaling date and the name, registration number and color of the sire and dam. Upon approval of the application by the Registration Committee an original certificate of registration shall be issued to the owner in either the Official Appendix Book, the Official Registry Book, the Preliminary Stud Book or the Official Stud Book. The certificate shall contain the same description of the animal as contained in the application form, appropriately identify the horse as registered in the Official Appendix Book, the Official Registry Book, the Preliminary Stud Book, or the Official Stud Book of the Association, and specify the registration number with the prefix "OAB," "ORB," "PSB," or "OSB" as the case may be.

§3. The owner of a horse which qualifies by breeding for registration in the Official Stud Book of the Association may make preliminary application for approval of the horse as a broodmare or breeding stallion on a form provided without cost by the Association which shall be identified as "Application for Breeding Approval" or "Nomination for Inspection." The application shall contain the same minimal information as required for the application for registration and be accompanied by the required fee and the original certificate of registration. Upon completion of processing of the application by the Registration Committee and approval after personal inspection by a member or members of the Inspection Committee, the Association shall issue to the owner of the horse a certificate of registration in the Official Stud Book. If transfer to the Official Stud Book is disapproved, the original certificate of registration in the Official Registry Book will be returned to the horse's owner with the appropriate endorsement.

§4. When the horse which is the subject of the application has been accepted for registration in either the Official Appendix Book, Official Registry Book, Preliminary Stud Book, or Official Stud Book and the completed certificate issued therefor, such registration shall be binding upon the Association and the person to whom issued may be deemed the owner unless and until clear and convincing evidence is adduced showing fraud or mistake in the application or issuance of the certificate of registration, or the ownership is properly transferred.

§5. The Association and its officers shall use diligence in securing true information in connection with the registration of any and all animals registered, but neither the Association nor its officers shall be answerable in damages for the issuance of any certificate of registration made in conformity with information supplied by the application for registration.

§6. A duplicate certificate of registration will be issued to the owner of record upon an application therefor accompanied by the required fee and affidavit explaining the loss of the original.

Article XVII.  Transfers

§1. When an animal is sold, the seller shall endorse in full and deliver to the buyer its certificate of registration and the buyer shall promptly forward said certificate and required fee to the Association. Transfer of registration must be made to each subsequent owner upon receipt by the Association of the registration certificate fully endorsed on the back thereof by the person(s) to whom issued.

§2. In order that the progeny of any animal may be registered, all transfers of ownership of such animal and dates of sales must be duly recorded.

§3. Whenever title to a registered animal passes to another by reason of incapacity of the owner, the Association may transfer the registration of such animal to the new owner upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction or other satisfactory proof of transfer of title.

Article XVIII.  Geldings

When a previously registered stallion is castrated, the certificate of registration, with the date of castration noted thereon, must be surrendered to the Association. An endorsement that the change has been noted in the records of the Association shall be placed upon the certificate of registration and the certificate, so endorsed, shall be returned to the owner of the horse.

Article XIX.  Death of a Registered Animal

Upon the death of an animal its certificate of registration with the date of death noted thereon, must be surrendered for recording and cancellation. Canceled certificates will be returned to the owner, if requested.

 

 

 

Pictured above is the approved 1992 stallion Horalas *Pg* and 2003 ATA Open Jumper HOY (by Veimaras, out of Hipogeja by Gret).  Bred by SP AB Nemuno Zirgynas, Lithuania and owned by Jim & Diane Rushing, ridden by Hap Hansen.  Photo by "Cansport at Spruce Meadows" taken at the CN International at Spruce Meadows, Calgary, Canada, September 2003

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