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Appaloosa
Newsletter
August 2007
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Racing News
Watch for
flipped photos
Trail ride calendar
Attention trail riders
What your ApHC membership provides
AJOX recipients: Still want your paper magazine?
Don’t wait to read the Journal!
U.S. and Canadian members: Want to subscribe
to AJOX?
Solid-bred performance permits
Aged horse special extended—register
now!
Update that tired certificate
Tell us where to send certificates
Want to frame your Appaloosa’s
pedigree?
You be the judge
2006 Yearbooks on sale now!
Hap P. Loosa coloring books on sale
Newsletter
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2006 Yearbooks on sale now
For $12.50, you can reserve your copy of the 2006 ApHC Yearbook. Yearbooks
will be mailed out two to four weeks after the 2007 National Appaloosa
Show.
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Hap P. Loosa coloring books
on sale
For only $3.95 plus shipping and handling, you can order your Hap
P. Loosa coloring and activity book, a 32-page book designed to entertain
young Appaloosa enthusiasts for a full year. Hap P. Loosa and his
bunny friend are busy each month with different horse activities and
projects including word searches, word scrambles, mazes and much more.
Contact the ApHC Youth Coordinator at 208-882-5578 ext. 264 to order.
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What
your ApHC membership provides
Annual Individual, Family or Couple—United States and Canadian
members:
• You’ll receive Appaloosa Journal shipped to your mailbox.
• You can also purchase a subscription to Appaloosa Journal
Online Xpress (AJOX)—the entire magazine in PDF format, available
online.
Annual Individual, Family or Couple—members outside
the U.S. and Canada:
• You’ll receive Appaloosa Journal Online Xpress (AJOX)—the
entire magazine in PDF format, available online.
• You can also purchase a subscription to Appaloosa Journal.
Annual Youth members:
• You’ll receive Appaloosa Journal Online Xpress (AJOX)—the
entire magazine in PDF format, available online.
• You can also purchase a subscription to Appaloosa Journal
at the special Youth Member Rate.
Lifetime Adult or One-time Youth members:
• You’ll receive a subscription to Appaloosa Journal
Online Xpress (AJOX)—the entire magazine in PDF format, available
online for the term of your membership.
• You can also purchase a subscription to Appaloosa Journal
at the special Lifetime Member rate.
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Don’t wait
to read the Journal!
“Snail” mail have you pacing by the mailbox, waiting for
your Appaloosa Journal? If you live in the United States or Canada
and aren’t a youth or lifetime member, you can get an early
glimpse of Appaloosa Journal by subscribing to Appaloosa Journal Online
Xpress! For just $25 ($35 for non-members), you can access AJOX from
your home computer or laptop.*
Sign up online at www.appaloosajournal.com (under the Merchandise
pull-down menu), or phone ext. 258. *Internet access required
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AJOX recipients:
Still want your paper magazine?
If you’re a Youth, International or Lifetime member who now
receives Appaloosa Journal Online Xpress but would also like to subscribe
to the paper magazine, you can sign up online at www.appaloosa.com
(click on Journal Subscription under the Membership pull-down menu);
or at www.appaloosajournal.com
(click on Subscribe under the Merchandise pull-down menu); or
phone 208-882-5578 ext. 258 at the ApHC. Just $25 (even less for two-year
and youth members!).
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U.S.
and Canadian members: Want to subscribe to AJOX?
If AJOX isn’t part of your membership package (that is, if you
live in the United States or Canada and aren’t a Youth or Lifetime
member), you can get a sneak peek at Appaloosa Journal! For just $25
($35 for non-members), you can access Appaloosa Journal Online Xpress
from your home computer or laptop.* Simply call 208-882-5578 ext.
258 or visit www.appaloosa.com
and click on Appaloosa Journal/AJOX under the Online Services drop-down
menu, or visit http://appaloosa.epubxpress.com/
and click on Subscribe.
*Internet access required
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| Trail ride calendar:
Whether you’re looking for an adventure or a relaxing getaway;
a ride close to home or a far-off vacation, the ApHC has a trail
ride for you.
ApHC-sponsored rides:
Sheltowee
Kentucky
September 30–October 6, 2007
For trail and distance information, visit www.appaloosa.com,
e-mail trailrides@appaloosa.com
or phone 208-882-5578 ext. 221.
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Attention trail riders
Due to changing liability insurance requirements, all participants
(riders and non-riders) on ApHC-sponsored trail rides must be current
members of the ApHC. Participants on the Apache Land, Land of Liberty
and Sheltowee Trail Rides will be affected by this change. If you’ve
already signed up for one of these rides and are not a member, please
contact the ApHC office at 208-882-5578 ext. 221 or e-mail the trail
department at trailrides@appaloosa.com.
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Solid-bred
performance permits:
As part of a plan to set the Appaloosa Horse Club apart from other
color registries, the ApHC is now issuing performance permits
to non-characteristic (solid) Appaloosas. These permits verify
pedigree, establish a horse’s right to show in all ApHC-approved
events and to earn ApHC race awards. They are part of the Performance
Permit Program (PPP), approved last year by the ApHC board of
directors and enacted on January 1, 2007.
All non-characteristic Appaloosas are eligible, whether the result
of an Appaloosa-to-Appaloosa breeding or Appaloosa-to-approved-outcross
breeding. ApHC approves outcrosses to Quarter Horses, Thoroughbreds
and Arabians. PPP replaces the Certified Pedigree Option (CPO),
which since 2002 had been available only to foals with two registered
Appaloosa parents.
Shonda Nelson, ApHC registrar, reports that 231 permits were issued
through May 31, 2007. Of the permits issued, 71 percent were to
horses with two Appaloosa parents. The remaining 29 percent went
to horses with an approved-outcross parent.
Permits have a one-time fee and are good for the horse’s
lifetime. Fees range from $150 to $315, depending on the owner’s
ApHC membership status and the horse’s parentage. Fees are
highest for non-members and horses with an approved-outcross parent.
The fee schedule is set to increase on January 1, 2008, as an
incentive for owners to acquire permits prior to that date.
Further details about PPP are available at www.appaloosa.com,
under the Registration category on the main menu. Or, call the
ApHC Registration Department at (208) 882-5578, ext. 300, or e-mail
registration@appaloosa.com.
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Watch
for flipped photos:
Because of the acceptable and popular use of digital photography,
photographs required for registration purposes are often “flipped”
or reversed. For example, a white stocking on the left hind leg
will show in the photograph as a white stocking on the right hind
leg. Please double-check your digital photographs to make certain
that your photographs haven’t been “flipped.”
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Update that tired certificate
Tired of those old, difficult to see, black-and-white images
on the back of your horse’s certificate of registration?
Update them with current, full-color photographs for only $20!
Send us your horse’s original certificate of registration,
updated, full-color photographs clearly showing the direct face,
complete left and right sides of horse and the proper fee and
the ApHC will update your certificate with photographs that
show off your beloved Appaloosa!
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Tell
us where to send certificates
Certificates of registration are sent from the ApHC to the current
owner of the horse unless a statement signed by the current owner
is submitted with instructions to send the certificate to someone
other than the owner.
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Want
to frame your Appaloosa’s pedigree?
The ApHC offers four kinds of Appaloosa pedigrees to further promote
and preserve the breed:
• Five-generation pedigree — includes
horses’ names and numbers, $15.
• Four-generation color pedigree — includes horses’
names, numbers, foaling years, Appaloosa base colors and coat
patterns, $20.
• Four-generation show/race pedigree — includes
horses’ names, numbers, foaling years, Appaloosa show
and race histories, $25.
• Three-generation color show/race pedigree — includes
horses’ names, numbers, foaling years, Appaloosa base
colors, coat patterns and show/race histories, $25.
To order your Appaloosa’s pedigree,contact
the registration department at 208-882-5578 ext. 300 or visit
www.appaloosa.com
and click on Order
Pedigrees under the Registration link.
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Aged
horse special extended -- register now!
The ApHC is offering members the opportunity to register eligible
Appaloosas over 2 years of age for the reduced rate of only
$150! ApHC regional clubs are eligible for monetary incentive
by recruiting members to take advantage of this special opportunity.
Eligibility requirements: (Applications must be postmarked
by December 31, 2007)
• ApHC members only (you may purchase a membership at
the time of registration)
• Applicant horse may be eligible for Regular (#) or Non-characteristic
(N) classification
• Applicant horse must be 2 years old or older
• Applicant horse must meet all ApHC registration requirements
• Applicant horse must meet ApHC bloodline requirements:
at least one parent must be ApHC-registered with Regular (#)
classification; non-Appaloosa parents must be registered with
an approved breed association (AQHA, JC or AHA)
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You be the judge
Are you involved in youth judging contests? Whether you’re a
youth leader, an active youth judging contestant, or just want to
learn more about what the judges are looking for, this guide has your
answer. The ApHC’s Youth Judging Guide explains how to judge
a conformation class or any one of the typical performance classes
offered. It provides you with step-by-step instructions for competing
in a judging contest including how to determine your score against
the official judges’ placings. For more information or to request
your free guide, contact the Appaloosa Youth Coordinator at 208-882-5578
ext. 264 or e-mail mknapp@appaloosa.com.
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| Racing News
The Racing Department & Marketing Department has been working
hard to make sure you have the most recent press releases of races
that appaloosas have won. Please check out the website periodically
and click on Race then go to “Hot off the Tracks” for
current press releases and exciting race news!
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