Re: [RC] AHRA registration papers not recognized for export - warning! - SandyDSA
This situation is not new; in fact, over the years, WAHO and PAHA have been
trying to strong arm AHRA into accepting into the fold horses of KNOWN impure
blood, simply because some south american breeders/owners had bred a great
number of them and had a vested (read, financial) interest in seeing these
horses deemed "Purebred". Indeed, their legal complaint states that their
presently registered part Arabians are not worth as much money as Purebreds. It
is an outrage to me that anyone would feel that since they had a significant
investment, regardless of the quality of their horses I believe they have some
very nice horses!), that the rules should be changed to suit them. I am SO TIRED
of people whining because everything they put their hands on has to suit them,
they are special, they are the exception. The assumption that "in the past,
horses of reportedly impure blood were allowed" into the PB registry is in my
thinking mindset no good reason to go right ahead and include more. That would
be the height of stupidity. Indeed, while there is question about the purity of
some lines in the past, and in fact, some who say a couple of horses were PROVEN
to be impure (and I don't know of any documentation that proves the validity of
this one way or the other)it does not change the fact that to now include more
not only is offensive to the PB horses of antiquity as well as the present, but
then opens the Pandora's box as to now just where we draw the NEW line, the
SKEWED line, the line that does not dare exclude, even when one does not fit,
does not match the description.
Whether or not AHA TELLS one about this issue is another matter, and it
would seem to me that there needs to be a "discussion" to this end. However,
comma, in no way does an owner of PB Arabian horses, IMHO, make a better place
for our breed by demanding that, to suit THEM, we change what has been the
history of the Arabian horse since time immemorial.
In the end, the fault lies with the breeders who chose to sue AHRA in favor
of their own wallets; also, PAHA and WAHO for unbelievably painting the rest of
us who believe strongly in the purity of blood, as selfcentered, ignorant and
"small-time". Frankly much more than the big breeders, the big trainers, the old
money, the new money - more than ANY of those people, the Arabian owner,
breeder, lover, the ones who respect the history, the purity and the integrity
espoused by AHA, these are the defenders of the breed. If it costs more money to
sell and export a horse, then one should not be blaming AHA, but put it where it
belongs - a self-serving (and incidentally overstepping their CHARTERED BOUNDS)
WAHO who blacklisted AHA and the rest of us who simply wanted to insure the
purity of the breed that we are also invested so heavily in - with time and
passion.
S
I was very surprised to find out that the well established Registry for
Arabians, the AHRA, is not recognized abroad. Problem is they do not tell you
that. When one asks AHRA for export papers, they take your money and issue you
new export certificates which are worthless. See link to following article which
describes the whole story.
