to us that at the recent 2012 ATAAnnual Meeting, our Corporate Regulations were altered by unanimous vote of the members to provide a pathway that makes sense, yet balances individuals’ rights.
NEW RULING TO BENEFIT THE BREED Beginning in 2013, all Arab and Arab-Trakehner horses with Arab ancestors within the first three generations of their pedigrees must first prove they are not carriers of any of the three mutations via DNA testing before they may be entered in our stud books or preliminary stud book. Details of the rules will be found on our website (
www.americantrakehner.com). Testing should be done in coordination with our central office and be initiated there, not individually with the testing lab, as we will also separately test all samples for horse identification. While this decision could result in excluding otherwise
highly beneficial Arab horses from use in our breed, we have chosen to pay that penalty. Te good news is that carrier horses are in no way affected by these diseases and can be outstandingly successful and desirable riding horses, therefore none of this affects the registration of Arab-Trakehner horses in our registry books or appendix books, but
only in our official stud books—that is, for horses intended for breeding. Finally, voluntary testing for CA/LFS/SCID in existing
approved stallions and mares cannot be underestimated. It is our expectation that all of our approved stallion owners and many stud book mare owners will choose to test their breeding stock, even outside these required parameters. Our goal is to eventually be able to assure all mare owners that if they opt to breed to any of our stallions, they will not breed affected foals. Even beter, if they first test their mares and find them “clear” for all three mutations, they will not ever produce carrier foals by any of our approved stallions. We recognize that a healthy foal without genetic problems
is what every breeder wants regardless of the breed. Te ATA believes we are the first Warmblood breed to implement these testing requirements and we hope that it will lead to similar programs in other breeds that use or have used Arab blood.
— Timothy Holekamp New Spring Farm President, American Trakehner Association
50 January/February 2013
American Trakehner Association
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