#1. The breeding stock approval form has been
revised to remove the numerical rating and may now be completed by your own
veterinarian. The horse will simply be APPROVED or NOT APPROVED for breeding
stock with comments on strengths and weaknesses in each section. This is
similar to a pre-purchase exam and may be done at your convenience thereby
eliminating the extra cost of scheduling or attending a formal approval. A
veterinarian is an educated expert in the skeletal and muscular structure of
the horse. Soundness, movement and congenital defects are their specialty
and they are technical not subjective. They are bound by their office to
report the facts as they appear. We feel this will simply the procedure
greatly while maintaining the main purpose of ensuring our breeding stock is
of the highest quality.
#2. It is the general consensus that the
rating process should serve to reflect the actual abilities, performance
record and specific talents of any given horse therefore a point system will
be instituted to allow outstanding performers in their disciplines to obtain
ratings of Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum according to their performance.
This will better serve the intended purpose of the rating system. Horses
who have already been approved will maintain their ratings in the halter
category and may also raise them through further competition wins at halter
and add performance ratings as well.
ALL disciplines will be recognized and we
will find a way to ensure that endurance scores, dressage tests, team
penning, carriage driving and any other discipline you may participate in
will fit into in this system. Any document able points earned prior to this
procedure change may be submitted for inclusion in your horses rating.
This will be a live system for a few years, adaptable to our membership as
we grow.
