As in Germany, the AHS requires that licensed stallions be
performance tested prior to being granted full breeding approval. Tis may be accomplished through the 70-Day Stallion Testing or by attaining required scores in competition. Within two years of licensing, the stallion must successfully complete a Stallion Performance Test at an AHS-approved test facility, where stallions are evaluated in dressage, show jumping and cross-country. On the final weekend of the performance test, guest riders also evaluate the stallions. For the past three years in North America, an AHS- recognized 70-Day Test has been hosted each fall in accordance with FN-approved protocol at the beautiful Silver Creek Farms facility in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Until the Stallion Performance Test is completed, the temporary breeding approval is limited to two years during which the stallion is restricted to the registration of a maximum of 20 AHS foals per year.
ORGANIZATION OF THE AHS A 12-member board of directors governs the society. Te board
includes representation from throughout the United States and meets in person twice a year. As befits a democratic organization, each board member is elected by membership vote to serve a four- year term. Te existing members of the board now choose the president. In 2001, Douglas Leatherdale, well known in Germany as owner of the outstanding Hanoverian stallion His Highness, became the society’s fifth President. Leatherdale is the retired chairman and chief executive officer of Te St. Paul Insurance Companies, a large international insurance firm operating in over 20 countries with over 16,000 employees worldwide. Te society benefited greatly from the considerable business expertise he brought to his position as AHS president. In 2011, Leatherdale elected to step down from his position and, in a move that was well received by the AHS membership, Edgar Schutte of Rainbow Equus Meadows, a large Hanoverian breeding farm in Lincoln, California, was elected AHS President and will serve a four-year term from 2011-14. In addition to
the board, much of the Society’s work is conducted and overseen by various standing committees. Each is composed of volunteer members who donate considerable time and expertise to the society. Te society’s Treasurer heads the Finance Committee,
which is responsible for overseeing AHS finances. In conjunction with the Executive Director (who is a permanent appointee), each fall the Finance Committee produces a proposed balanced budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Tis document is thoroughly reviewed and amended as necessary by the full board at its summer (June) meeting. Te central office sends monthly financial statements to the Finance Committee in order that each member may be kept fully apprised of the society’s financial outlook. Each year the AHS arranges for an independent external audit of the year’s accounts, the results of which are presented to the membership at the ensuing annual meeting and published in the society’s quarterly magazine. Te Awards Committee is very active and directs the society’s
popular awards program that recognizes and rewards AHS members competing their Hanoverians in dressage, eventing, show jumping, hunter/jumpers and sport horse breeding competitions. Tis is a sector of the society’s operations that has expanded greatly in the past few years. Te Breeding Technology Committee is composed of equine
veterinarians and other professionals in the fields of horse management and reproduction. Tis committee is a source of valuable educational material, much of which is published regularly in the society’s quarterly magazine.
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LAST DECADE In 2002, under Leatherdale’s leadership, the AHS applied for
Owners of 2010 Sport Horse Breed Show winners included Diane Nauman with daughters Rachel and Alexis Proteau, Sandra Hunt with presenter Dr. Barbara Schmidt, Jo Ann Thomas, Marion Dresel O’Connor, and representing Hilltop Farm, Natalie DiBerardinis. © Jody McNannay
and was accepted as a full voting member of the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses (WBFSH). In joining this important world body, the AHS became one of 55 member studbooks from 23 countries throughout the world. Another significant accomplishment occurred in 2001, when the AHS became the first studbook in North America to fully incorporate the Universal Equine Life Number (UELN) into its registration procedures. In 2005, the AHS
implemented the North American Hanoverian Jumper Breeding Program (JBP), which
is based in part on the successful experience of the Programm Hannoveraner Springpferdezucht (PHS) established in 1993 in Germany. A cooperative effort between the AHS and the two regional Hanoverian breeding clubs in Canada, the Jumper
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