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How Does The Program
Work?
The Appaloosa Breeder's Trust is an investment and incentive
program offered by the ApHC for all owners of Appaloosa
stallions and their foals. Breeders must be ApHC members
in good standing.
For an annual fee a stallion is enrolled in
the program.
Stallion nomination fees are:
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Prior to the breeding season
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$200.00
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During the breeding season
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$300.00
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Until August 1st of the year after the breeding season.
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$600.00
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The get of those stallions become eligible for nomination to the 5-year incentive program. All funds (minus a 5 percent administrative charge) are maintained in a separate account and subsequently distributed back to the horse owners, in direct proportion to ApHC sanctioned points earned by the foals.
What Are The Advantages?
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-Direct cash return to foal owners for points earned.
-Increase value of individual stallions and foals.
-Defrays the cost of showing the foal.
-Offers the foal owner an additional value system other than halter and performance
points.
-Provides foal owners a cash incentive to show their foals.
-85% of monies paid out by the Trust will go to foal owners.
-The one-time nomination fee, if done prior to December 31 of its birth year, enrolls
the foal in the program for all five years.
-Upgrades the overall value and prestige of the Appaloosa Breed.
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Additional Information:
Foal nomination carries a one-time $100 fee if the foal is produced by an Appaloosa mare. If the foal is from a non-Appaloosa mare, the fee is $150. To qualify for these rates, a foal owner must nominate the foal prior to December 31 of its birth year or the appropriate schedule will apply:
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-Yearlings: $200
-Two-Year-Olds: $400
-Three-Year-Olds: $800
-Four and Five-Year-Olds: $1,000
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Although the earnings from the trust
are taxable, according to current IRS rules and regulations,
the enrollment or nomination fee is deductible. Appaloosa
Journal will publish, from January to June, a Breeder's
Trust Directory of nominated stallions. All enrolled
stallions will be listed with the owner's address and
phone number.
Getting Involved:
Simply select a stallion from the Appaloosa Breeder's
Trust Directory to breed to your mare. Then nominate
the resulting foal to the program and begin competing
for sanctioned ApHC show points.
How
Is The Money In The Trust Distributed?
One hundred percent of all funds received
from stallion enrollments and foal nominations is maintained
in an interest bearing account. Five percent is retained
by the ApHC to help defray the cost of administering
the Trust. The remaining 95% is divided into 5 equal
parts. The five age categories receiving these funds
are Yearlings, Two-Year-Olds, Three-Year-Olds, Four-Year-Olds
and Five-Year-Olds. The total amount of funds in each
age category is divided by the total number of show
points earned by enrolled horses in that age category.
This determines the cash value of each point. All funds
in each category are then distributed in accordance
with the following flow chart:
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