President/Registrar/Editor: Brenda Suiter, 168 Lois Lane, Nicholasville, KY 40356-9320

Pointkeeper: Lori Williams, 6719 Wilderness Rd., Dublin, VA 24084

REGISTRATION: Submit the following information on a 3 x 5 card along with 5¢ fee per horse and a SASE with sufficient postage for return of certificate. Only Appaloosa horses will be eligible for registration. No POAs, Pinto or Draft Breeds Please. Any half-breeds will have to be approved by the registrar. No yearly membership fee. If you own an App that is registered in MAHR you are a member. To register a horse, submit the following information:

1) Name of Horse, 2) Sex, 3) Age or date foaled, 4) Color(please include pattern, see descriptions below), 5) Sire and Dam, 6) Mold of horse & if O.F. or CM, 7) Owner's name and address. New members: please submit your name and address on a 3 x 5 card for our member file.

CHANGES IN OWNERSHIP OR SEX OF HORSE: MAHR registered horses remain registered for life. If you sell a horse registered with us, please advise us of its new owner and address. If a registered horse's sex is altered(stallion being gelded, filly growing into mare, etc.), please advise MAHR for a new registration certificate and number. Enclose 2¢ transfer fee and SASE for return of new certificate.

NEWSLETTER: Subscription fee is currently $3.00. Sample issue is $1.00. The newsletter is published 4 times a year and contains all the news, shows and monthly classlist of the MAHR. Also included in the newsletter is the news of the AQHRC.

AD RATES: Full page 25¢, Half Page 15¢, Quarter Page 10¢, under 100 words 5¢

SHOWS: The show year extends from January 1 to December 31. All open shows you enter are eligible for points with MAHR. Any benefit shows given for MAHR, MAHR monthly shows and CCBA monthly shows are all double points. NO POINTS accepted from member only shows EXCEPT MAHR & CCBA shows. A monthly free show is held to help members earn extra points for their horses.

POINTS: Horses start earning points on date of registration. Points must be submitted on a seperate piece of paper for each horse, which will contain the horse's name, registration number, name of show, showholder, date of show, class, number of entries in each class and placing recieved. If show was rated, state that also. Illegible points will be disqualified. Judge's Choice and such will be listed as halter points. Showholders may not enter their own or family's shows and earn points. Be sure and put your name and address on all point sheets submitted. If you show a great deal throughout the year, please submit your points quarterly so that the pointkeeper won't be bogged down at the end of the year.

POINT SCALE::

Place..........Points

1_____________ 10

2_____________ 9

3_____________ 8

4_____________ 7

5_____________ 6

6_____________ 5

7_____________ 4

8_____________ 3

9_____________ 2

10____________ 1

NOTE: If a horse wins a Grand Champion at an all Halter show or an All Perf. show it can only earn the points listed under Overall Halter or Perf. Champ. Reserve follow same rule.

ADD-ON POINTS

Horses in class Add on points

30 - 40 + 2

41 - 50 + 3

51 - 60 + 4

61 - 70 + 5

71 - 80 + 6

81 - 90 + 7

91 - 100 + 8

101 - 150 + 9

151 - 200 +10

over 200 +11

When a show is rated 2x, 3x, etc. submit add-on points in the following manner ...

2nd place 45 entries 9 x 2 = 18 + 3 = 21. DO NOT add on points and then double that figure.

ROM - Register of Merit is awarded to any horse earning 500 points in halter or performance.

AOA - Award of Ability is awarded to adult horse earning 1200 points in halter plus 1200 points in performance. 800 points in halter plus 800 Champion points are required for foals.

CHAMPION is awarded to any horse earning 500 points in each Halter & Perf. plus 3 Grand Championships in one year. Foals need 500 points total plus 3 championships.

SUPREME CHAMPION is awarded to any horse earning his ROM, AOA and CHAMPION titles plus 500 extra points after all this has been earned. Foals need ROM, AOA, CHAMPION pluse 250 extra points.

TOP TEN - The top ten horses will be listed in the following categories at the end of the year:

Halter, Stallion, Mare, Gelding, Colt, Filly, Bloodstock, WP, WT, Stock, Gymkhana, Reining, Bareback, Overall Western Perf., EP, ET, Hunt/Jump, Overall English Perf., Harness, Costume, Parade, Overall Performance, and Top Ten Horses of that year.

DIFFERENT APPALOOSA PATTERNS

1) BLANKET(B) a) with spots - the classic pattern refers to a white area normally over but not limited to the hips, which contains dark spots located with in the white blanket; the spots are usually the same color as the horse's base coat, although more than one color is often seen. The spots may vary from dime sized to four inches in diameter and may have haloes (roan edgings) around them.

b) without spots - like the blanket with spots, these horses have dark, contrasting foreparts. However, the blanket is solid white without spots and is the same size and shape as the spotted blanket variety.

2) LEOPARD(L) Base color is pure white with dark spots over the entire body, including the head, neck and legs. Many Appaloosas appear to be leopards because they may have spots on the rump and are light on the front but these are not True leopards: most often they are very light blue roans with dark spots and should be grouped in the blanket with spots category. Simply put, a true leopard is base color white with dark spots at birth or when shed first foal coat.

3) ROAN(R) A mixture of white and dark hairs which have any base color. Chestnut (red roan) and black (blue roan) are most common. Characteristic of this pattern are "varnish marks" which are groupings of dark hairs on the frontal bones of the face, on the legs, stifle, above the eyes, point of the hip and behind the elbow. Most roan Appaloosas are born solid and "color out" with age. In order to receive regular registration papers, roan must also display other Appaloosa characteristics, ie: striped hooves, white sclera and mottled skin.

a) roan blanket with spots - a mixture of white & dark hairs over a portion of the body which also contains white and/or dark spots with the roan area.

4) FROST(F) A mixture of white and dark hairs usually over but not limited to the hip area on a darker base color. This pattern can develop with age or Appaloosa can be born with it.

5) SNOWFLAKE(S) White spots on a dark base or dark spots on a light base over a portion or total of the horse's body - not to be confused with a true leopard.

6) SOLID(AP) The MAHR will allow solid colored horses to be registered provided the following condition is met:

a) Both parents must be MAHR registered horses.

MAHR SIRE/DAM AWARD PROGRAM

MAHR SUPERIOR SIRE/DAM - any stallion or mare who has sired/produced two offspring who have each earned their ROM at Halter or Performance and AOA awards OR three offspring with ROMs at Halter & Performance.

MAHR PREMIER SIRE/DAM - any stallion or mare who has sired/produced two offspring who have each earned their ROM at Halter, Performance, AOA and Champion awards OR three offspring with ROMs in Halter & Performance and AOA award.

MAHR SUPREME SIRE/DAM - any stallion or mare who has sired/produced two Supreme Champions OR a total of three offspring, two of whom must be Champions and one a Supreme Champion.

MAHR ELITE SIRE/DAM - any stallion or mare who has sired/produced three Supreme Champions and is himself/herself a Supreme Champion.

1) The sires/dams must be MAHR registered in order to qualify for these awards.

2) Champion offspring not registered with MAHR will count toward the awards for their respecive sires and dams, but the titles the offspring have earned with other clubs must meet with MAHR standards.

3) The owner of the sire and/or dam does not have to be the owner of the offspring.

4) The sire or dam does not have to be actively showing in order to earn the above awards as the offspring do the "work."

5) A note regarding dams: one foal per mare per year unless it is an E.T. (Embryo-Transfer) foal, in which case the surrogate dam must be listed; or unless the mare slips twins. Obviously, the twins must have the same sire and dam. Keep in mind the fact that twins are uncommon.

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