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ATA Fee Schedule

(Effective January 1, 2019)

ATA Fees may be paid by:

  • Requesting an invoice and paying by credit card securely online (added $5 fee)
  • Calling your credit card # into the ATA Office (added $5 fee)
  • Mailing a check to the office

Note: On Inspection Fees, Member Early Discounts are only available if all paperwork is submitted and the fee(s) paid in full at least 4 weeks prior to the inspection date.

Note: Foals by inactive ATA stallions (in year conception occurred) will have their registration fees increased by $100 higher in each category. Mare owners that use frozen semen of inactive ATA stallions need to be aware of the increased registration fees that must accompany their registration applications.

ATA MEMBERSHIPMEMBER FEENON-MEMBER FEE
Active Membership (Annual Fee)$95$95
Junior/Youth (under 22) Membership (Annual Fee)$35$35
Lifetime Membership (one-time fee)$950$950
Junior Lifetime Membership (one-time fee)
(Good until the year you turn 22, can be upgraded to Full Life Membership at anytime after turning 22 with a $350 discount)
$350$350

(All Registration Fees include DNA Test Charges for the horse being registered and a USEF lifetime #, if registered by 12/31 of birth year)

(Please see note below if registering offspring of an inactive, non-approved, deceased, or retired ATA stallion)

Foals from Inactive Approved ATA Stallions or Foreign Trakehner Studbook Stallions
(including in utero and frozen) incur an additional $100 fee.

REGISTRATION TYPEMEMBER FEENON-MEMBER FEE
ORB – A, B, C, D, OAB-A, B, C (Domestic by an approved ATA stallion active in the year of conception)
Birth Year (Before Dec 31)$225$400
Yearling Year (Before Dec 31)$250$500
2 Years of Age (Before Dec 31)$300$600
3 Years of Age (Before Dec 31)$350$700
4 Years & Older (Before Dec 31)$400$800
Gelding – Any Age$200$400
OAB – D (Appendix)$200$400
IMPORTED HORSES REGISTRATION TYPEMEMBER FEENON-MEMBER FEE
Recording Imported Horses$200$400
CERTIFICATE OF PEDIGREEMEMBER FEENON-MEMBER FEE
Any Age$175$350
TYPE OF INSPECTION MEMBER FEE (Early Discount) MEMBER FEE NON-MEMBER FEE
Stallion Inspection
Prenominate Colt (By Dec. 31 of foaling year) $100 $100 $200
Stallion Inspection $650 $750 $1,500
Stallion Inspection – Pre-Nominated (as a foal) $350 $450 $900
Mare/Young Horse Inspection
Mare Inspection for OSB $200 $250 $500
Preliminary Stud Book Inspection (for Thoroughbred & Arabian mares) $200 $250 $500
Voluntary Mare, Gelding & Young Horse Inspection & Grading $125 $175 $350
Voluntary Weanling/Foal/Yearling Inspection & Grading $125 $175 $350
Performance Test
Mare Performance Test (at time of Mare Inspection) $150 $200 $400
Mare/Riding Horse Performance Test $200 $250 $500
* Member Early Discounts apply only if all paperwork is submitted and fee(s) paid in full at least 4 weeks prior to inspection
DNA RESEARCH FEEMEMBER FEENON-MEMBER FEE
DNA Research Fee for horses of unknown breeding$100$200
BRANDING FEEMEMBER FEENON-MEMBER FEE
Branding License (Purebred brand only – One-time per applicant)$50$100
Branding fee (per horse charge) – NOTE: complimentary if at time of inspection$60$120
STALLION BREEDING FEESMEMBER FEENON-MEMBER FEE
Annual Fee – Due by January 1 for ensuing year
(waived if stallion participates & receives bid in an ATA stallion service auction)
Paid by January 1$250$500
Paid January 2 – June 30$350$700
Paid July 1 – August 31$400$800
Paid September 1 or later$450$900
Lifetime Fee (If sold the lifetime activation remains with the stallion; it cannot be transferred to another stallion. Upon a stallion’s death or unavailability of frozen semen, lifetime activation ceases. For details or questions, contact the ATA Office)$2,500$5,000
OTHER FEESMEMBER FEENON-MEMBER FEE
Ownership Transfer$30$60
Name Change of Registered Horse$250$500
Duplicate Registration Certificate (Submission of notarized affidavit of loss and promise to return original, if and when found by recorded owner.)$100$200
Marking/Color Change/Castration (gelding) notationn/cn/c
Corrected Certificate – (addition of pedigree, etc.)$75$150
Re-Open Closed/Suspended File$75$150
NSF check$30$30

Figure 2

Figure 2

a – 1st and 2nd cervical vertebrae
b – thoraco-lumbar joint (T18 connection of last rib)
c – last rib
d – lumbo-sacral joint
e – hip joint (pelvis/femur)

Figure 1

Horse Figure 1

a – the back (withers to peak of croup)
b – the body (point of shoulder to point of buttock)
c – the pelvis (point of hip to point of buttock)
d – the rib length (withers to last rib)
e – the shoulder (withers to point of shoulder)
f – the arm (point of shoulder to point of elbow)
g – the elbow to the stifle
h – the knee to the hock

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