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"A Purebred Arabian horse is one which appears in any purebred Arabian Stud Book or Register listed by WAHO as acceptable."
From the inception of WAHO it was apparent that one of the most important and needed objects as stated in the WAHO Constitution was to "maintain throughout the world the purity of the blood of the horses of the Arabian breed."
WAHO has entertained a continuing flow of questions and requests concerning the registration of purebred Arabian horses. Countries without registries have asked for help in establishing new registries and countries with existing registries, not acceptable to most other registering countries, have asked for help in making their stud books acceptable to other WAHO Members.
Soon after WAHO was established the Executive Committee began setting up the mechanism to help determine the validity of horses proposed as initial entries in new stud books, as well as the purity of horses registered in stud books not yet totally acceptable to all WAHO Members.
Inspection & Investigation Committee teams, representing WAHO, were established and sent to various nations in an effort to clarify, for the recording authorities, the requirements needed for a horse to be declared a "Purebred Arabian Horse." WAHO was able to aid several aspiring registries, but it soon became evident that the registering authorities of the world could no longer work with the old terminologies used to establish purity. They were truly non-defining and every existing book appeared to have horses that did not fit the accepted phraseology that has historically been used to establish Arabian horse purity. An example of these somewhat misleading terms might be "a horse coming from the primary source" or "a horse whose pedigree traces to the Middle East."
It was obvious to the Executive Committee that there were many horses whose origin could be traced to the Middle East that were not purebred Arabians. "Primary Source" is a term that also has no real meaning.
Following a three-year study period, it was determined that over 95% of the known purebred Arabian horses were registered in stud books acceptable to WAHO. With this fact in mind WAHO decided to present to the registries of the world a definition of the Arabian horse, understandable and workable, for their consideration.
A nucleus of registries, that had historically been acceptable to each other due to longevity and proven performance, was used to form a beginning for our definition. To this list was added several other existing stud books that had subjected themselves to the scrutiny of the WAHO Inspection & Investigating Committee and had complied with the recommendations set forth by the Executive Committee of WAHO.
In addition to the definition the Executive Committee agreed that any new or unknown source of purebred Arabian horses would have to make itself known to the world community at an early date or forfeit future acceptance.
Following the study period and after much deliberation the Definition was agreed upon by the Executive Committee. It was presented with applicable conditions and unanimously accepted by the delegates at the WAHO conference held in Malmö, Sweden, in 1974, and reconfirmed in San Francisco, U.S.A., in 1976, and again in Bahrain in 1998 when the acceptance of the Definition was unanimously made mandatory. The date of acceptance of the stud books shown in the official Definition will be updated to coincide with each official WAHO Conference. This will occur approximately every two years and will be dated from January 1, of the year approved. Approved nations applying the principles of the Definition in their registering policies will be automatically updated.
Registries on the accepted list that register horses from a source other than those listed in the Definition may put their stud book in jeopardy of being eliminated from the accepted list and Definition.
"OFFICIAL DEFINITION"
"A pure-bred Arabian horse is one which appears in any pure-bred Arabian Stud Book or Register listed by WAHO as acceptable."
As of January 1, 1999 the following Stud Books are considered acceptable:
Algeria Morocco
(includes Libya)
Argentina Netherlands
Australia New Zealand
Austria Norway
Bahrain Oman
Belgium Pakistan
Belize Poland
Brazil
(includes Paraguay) Portugal
Bulgaria Qatar
Canada Romania
Chile Russia
Colombia Saudi Arabia
Costa Rica Slovakia
Czech Republic South Africa
(includes Namibia)
Denmark Spain
Egypt Sweden
Finland Switzerland
France Syria
Germany
(includes Luxembourg) Tunisia
Hungary Turkey
Iran United Arab Emirates
Iraq United Kingdom
(includes Ireland and Malta)
Israel U.S.A.
(includes Mexico)
Italy Uruguay
Jordan Venezuela
Kuwait Zimbabwe
Lebanon
Lithuania
Additional conditions also passed in the original and subsequent motions:
1. Present members may apply to WAHO for Registry acceptance. Upon the approval of the Executive Committee they will be added to the above list of Registries following proper inspection and investigation and without further action from the General Meeting.
2. As from 1/1/80 no new applicant will be accepted as a Member unless either "A" all those horses submitted for inclusion in its Stud Book are already registered in Stud Books listed under the Definition: or "B" a special resolution to accept them is passed by a 2/3 majority vote of the General Meeting.
3. The following procedure to assist registries in determining purity in accordance with the above definition is used: whenever a horse is submitted to a registry for registration as a pure-bred Arabian, and when it does not trace immediately to a WAHO-accepted Stud Book, the registry should submit the registration application to WAHO together with all available information. WAHO would then undertake to look into the authenticity of the applicant and the bona fides of the horse concerned and make a ruling to the applying Stud Book.
4. A newly accepted Member should be granted a period of five years during which it would be represented by only one Voting Delegate at General Meetings and in which it could open its Stud Book and present the horses in it to WAHO for investigation. Any such new Member, having satisfied WAHO in all the tests to which it had submitted that Member, would be considered on a par with all other Members and be represented at General Meetings by two Voting Delegates.
From the inception of WAHO it was apparent that one of the most important and needed objects as stated in the WAHO Constitution was to "maintain throughout the world the purity of the blood of the horses of the Arabian breed."
WAHO has entertained a continuing flow of questions and requests concerning the registration of purebred Arabian horses. Countries without registries have asked for help in establishing new registries and countries with existing registries, not acceptable to most other registering countries, have asked for help in making their stud books acceptable to other WAHO Members.
Soon after WAHO was established the Executive Committee began setting up the mechanism to help determine the validity of horses proposed as initial entries in new stud books, as well as the purity of horses registered in stud books not yet totally acceptable to all WAHO Members.
Inspection & Investigation Committee teams, representing WAHO, were established and sent to various nations in an effort to clarify, for the recording authorities, the requirements needed for a horse to be declared a "Purebred Arabian Horse." WAHO was able to aid several aspiring registries, but it soon became evident that the registering authorities of the world could no longer work with the old terminologies used to establish purity. They were truly non-defining and every existing book appeared to have horses that did not fit the accepted phraseology that has historically been used to establish Arabian horse purity. An example of these somewhat misleading terms might be "a horse coming from the primary source" or "a horse whose pedigree traces to the Middle East."
It was obvious to the Executive Committee that there were many horses whose origin could be traced to the Middle East that were not purebred Arabians. "Primary Source" is a term that also has no real meaning.
Following a three-year study period, it was determined that over 95% of the known purebred Arabian horses were registered in stud books acceptable to WAHO. With this fact in mind WAHO decided to present to the registries of the world a definition of the Arabian horse, understandable and workable, for their consideration.
A nucleus of registries, that had historically been acceptable to each other due to longevity and proven performance, was used to form a beginning for our definition. To this list was added several other existing stud books that had subjected themselves to the scrutiny of the WAHO Inspection & Investigating Committee and had complied with the recommendations set forth by the Executive Committee of WAHO.
In addition to the definition the Executive Committee agreed that any new or unknown source of purebred Arabian horses would have to make itself known to the world community at an early date or forfeit future acceptance.
Following the study period and after much deliberation the Definition was agreed upon by the Executive Committee. It was presented with applicable conditions and unanimously accepted by the delegates at the WAHO conference held in Malmö, Sweden, in 1974, and reconfirmed in San Francisco, U.S.A., in 1976, and again in Bahrain in 1998 when the acceptance of the Definition was unanimously made mandatory. The date of acceptance of the stud books shown in the official Definition will be updated to coincide with each official WAHO Conference. This will occur approximately every two years and will be dated from January 1, of the year approved. Approved nations applying the principles of the Definition in their registering policies will be automatically updated.
Registries on the accepted list that register horses from a source other than those listed in the Definition may put their stud book in jeopardy of being eliminated from the accepted list and Definition.
"OFFICIAL DEFINITION"
"A pure-bred Arabian horse is one which appears in any pure-bred Arabian Stud Book or Register listed by WAHO as acceptable."
As of January 1, 1999 the following Stud Books are considered acceptable:
Algeria Morocco
(includes Libya)
Argentina Netherlands
Australia New Zealand
Austria Norway
Bahrain Oman
Belgium Pakistan
Belize Poland
Brazil
(includes Paraguay) Portugal
Bulgaria Qatar
Canada Romania
Chile Russia
Colombia Saudi Arabia
Costa Rica Slovakia
Czech Republic South Africa
(includes Namibia)
Denmark Spain
Egypt Sweden
Finland Switzerland
France Syria
Germany
(includes Luxembourg) Tunisia
Hungary Turkey
Iran United Arab Emirates
Iraq United Kingdom
(includes Ireland and Malta)
Israel U.S.A.
(includes Mexico)
Italy Uruguay
Jordan Venezuela
Kuwait Zimbabwe
Lebanon
Lithuania
Additional conditions also passed in the original and subsequent motions:
1. Present members may apply to WAHO for Registry acceptance. Upon the approval of the Executive Committee they will be added to the above list of Registries following proper inspection and investigation and without further action from the General Meeting.
2. As from 1/1/80 no new applicant will be accepted as a Member unless either "A" all those horses submitted for inclusion in its Stud Book are already registered in Stud Books listed under the Definition: or "B" a special resolution to accept them is passed by a 2/3 majority vote of the General Meeting.
3. The following procedure to assist registries in determining purity in accordance with the above definition is used: whenever a horse is submitted to a registry for registration as a pure-bred Arabian, and when it does not trace immediately to a WAHO-accepted Stud Book, the registry should submit the registration application to WAHO together with all available information. WAHO would then undertake to look into the authenticity of the applicant and the bona fides of the horse concerned and make a ruling to the applying Stud Book.
4. A newly accepted Member should be granted a period of five years during which it would be represented by only one Voting Delegate at General Meetings and in which it could open its Stud Book and present the horses in it to WAHO for investigation. Any such new Member, having satisfied WAHO in all the tests to which it had submitted that Member, would be considered on a par with all other Members and be represented at General Meetings by two Voting Delegates.