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In response to:"I wonder how many of the "grade" horses competing are 
unregistered purebred Arab geldings? I'd say most of the grade horses I 
know have been. It's a shame there's not a "breed category" for 
unregistered purebreds just to keep the stats in perspective."
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Some owners already just use the AHR(Arabian) category for breed and 
don't give a registry number in cases like this.  I don't see a problem 
in doing it.

AERC doesn't check this or care how you enter it.  I'd guess that others 
do think they need a registry number so enter grade or other.

I did a column on how different breeds did in the placings for EN Feb 2004

http://www.aerc.org/ENFeb04VP.asp

Only 4.6% were grade while about 82% were Arabs or Arab crosses.

So while I agree that some owners  of purebred unregistered Arabians do 
put grade - I think the number is small.

We certainly could add a category for unregistered Arabians and we could 
encourage owners to use AHR w/o a registry number.

Mike






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