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1. |
The
auction shall be held at a Green
Country Arabian Horse Association sponsored event |
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Stallion owners will donate stallion service to Green
Country Arabian Horse Association Futurity to begin
at half (50%) his usual stud fee.
Services will be auctioned the night of “Stallion Alley”
presentation, for those desirous of buying that night.
After the close of the activities, all stallion services
not sold during the action will be available for purchase
by mailed-in sealed bid. If you are the first bid received, with a bid equal to or greater
than half the usual stud fee, you are the successful buyer. If payment is not received for the purchase
the stallion service will then be available to the next bid
received. No services
will be sold after June 1st of the breeding season |
| 3. |
Donations of
all breeds are welcome. Buyers of
non-Arabian service (i.e.; American Saddlebred, NSH, Pinto,
etc.) must breed a purebred Arabian mare to these stallions,
as futurity classes are open to purebred and half/Arabians only. |
| 4. |
Upon
sale of the service, the stallion owner/lessee may enter one
of their own foals by that stallion in that year’s futurity.
The buyer of the stallion’s service may enter a foal
resulting from that service in that year’s futurity. If the buyer does not have a live foal resultant
from the service, buyer may breed to the same stallion the following
breeding year, the purchase price will be transferred to the
next year’s futurity fund, and the resulting foal shall be eligible
for the next year’s futurity classes. |
| 5. |
Both stallion and mare owners must notify the futurity committee
of the mare chosen for breeding by December 31st
of the breeding year. |
| 6. |
Stallion
owners may purchase their own stallion’s service.
If this is done, they may show two foals in the futurity
class. Should the purchase price not be paid in full by a buyer by the
deadline of June 1st, the stallion owner, and only
the stallion owner, may pay the balance unpaid and overdue,
purchase the breeding and show two foals in the futurity |
| 7. |
Service fee
must be paid in full to Green Country
Arabian Horse Association prior to service |
| 8. |
Mare
owner’s indebtedness to stallion owner should be paid directly
to the stallion owner. These include, but are not limited to; board,
necessary vet fees, foal-at-side care, etc. All bills must be paid in full to be eligible for the futurity
class |
| 9. |
Foals
will be shown in the futurity in their weanling year. |
| 10. |
Purebred
foals only are eligible to be shown in the Purebred Futurity. Half-Arabian foals eligible for registration
with IAHA are eligible for the Half-Arabian Futurity class |
| 11. |
The
Purebred Futurity classes and the Half-Arabian Futurity classes
will be designated AMATEUR
TO HANDLE classes only. |
| 12. |
The
futurity will be held at a Green
Country Arabian Horse Association event. |
| 13. |
Refunds will be given only in the event of a stallion’s death
prior to the designated mare conceiving.
In which case, the stallion owner has the option of offering
a stallion of equal quality. If the stallion offered is not acceptable
to the purchaser, the money paid by the purchaser for the breeding
up to that date will be returned to purchaser.
Green Country Arabian Horse
Association has the option of taking the breeding offered
and selling it at private treaty |
| 14. |
The
stallion service may be paid for in one of the following formulas:
Payment in full at time of bid; or, one-third down at time of
bid, one-third by January 15th, and the balance
by March 15th. If mare owner wishes to breed prior to March
15th, service fee must be paid in full. |
| 15. |
Monies will be divided in accordance with numbers of colts/fillies
entered in the futurity. Example:
30 foals entered, of which 10 are colts, 20 are fillies,
33.3% of the money will pay out to the colt class, 66.7% will
pay out to the filly class |
| 16. |
Prize money for each futurity class shall be distributed
as follows:
| Horses |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
7th |
8th |
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1 |
100% |
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2 |
60% |
40% |
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3 |
50% |
35% |
15% |
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4 |
45% |
30% |
15% |
10% |
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5 |
40% |
25% |
15% |
12.5% |
7.5% |
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6 |
40% |
25% |
15% |
10% |
5% |
5% |
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37.5% |
22.5% |
15% |
10% |
5% |
5% |
5% |
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8+ |
35% |
20% |
15% |
10% |
5% |
5% |
5% |
5% |
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The
Green Country Arabian Horse Association
will mail prize money checks to the owners. The futurity Chairman,
or his/her assigns, shall assigns, shall maintain the records,
keep the monies, and sign all checks.
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| 17. |
All
stallion service donations are to be given to the Stallion Auction
Futurity chairman prior to the deadline announced each year
and shall include: Stallion’s registered name, registration
number, names of stallion’s sire and dam, current stud fee,
owner’s names and address, phone number, where stallion will
be standing during the upcoming breeding season and if transported
semen is available. If
the donated stallion is a purebred Arabian, stallion’s blood
type must be on record with the Arabian Horse Registry of America,
Inc. |
| 18. |
Breeder’s
Certificates are to be given by the stallion owner when mare
is checked in foal. |
| 19. |
The
purchaser of a breeding at this auction must get the written
approval of the stallion owner prior to selling the breeding
to another party. If a buyer sells said service, written notification
must be provided to the Stallion Futurity chairperson. The new owner of the service shall observe
all guidelines set forth for the original owner. With proper documentation, the foal of the new owner will eligible
for the futurity. |
| 20. |
Written
notification of a transfer of ownership of a mare, or eligible
foal must be provided to the futurity chairperson within thirty
(30) days of the transaction.
Please include a copy of the Transfer of Ownership.
This shall be the responsibility of the new owner and
applies to any change of ownership of an eligible foal, whether
stallion owner’s or purchaser of the stallion service. |
| 21. |
Responsibility of entering an eligible foal in the futurity
class shall be the responsibility of the foal’s owner.
The foal must be entered in, and shown in, the corresponding
Open class at the Green Country Arabian
Horse Association event to be eligible for prize money
in the futurity class. |
| 22. |
In
the event of any misunderstanding, the decision of the futurity
committee will be final. |
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For further information, please feel free to contact:
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