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Subject: USA Equestrian Horse ID numbers



Dear Member

You may have read in EQUESTRIAN magazine, or heard at a competition or via
the internet that USA Equestrian will now require all competing horses to
have an identification (ID) number. This rule change (Article 811) was
passed at the annual convention last January and becomes effective on Dec.
1, 2002. At that time, you will be required to supply a Horse ID number for
each horse competing at a USA Equestrian recognized competition.


THE HORSE ID NUMBERS ARE AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE AND THERE WILL BE NO
CHARGES OR PENALTIES UNTIL DEC. 1, 2003--WHICH IS THE BEGINNING OF THE 2004
COMPETITION YEAR.


NOTE THAT IF YOUR HORSE ALREADY HAS A USA EQUESTRIAN ANNUAL OR LIFE
RECORDING NUMBER YOU DO NOT NEED TO APPLY FOR AN ADDITIONAL NUMBER.


Additionally, USA Equestrian is in the process of contacting all breed and
discipline affiliates that record or register horses that compete in USA
Equestrian sanctioned competitions. When possible, USA Equestrian will
attach the required horse ID number to an existing registration or recording
number already supplied by the affiliate. In an effort to make this as
seamless as possible to exhibitors, the USA Equestrian staff is working with
Information Systems representatives of all affiliates in an effort to
exchange as much data as possible to accomplish the task. For example, a
successful data exchange has already occurred with the American Saddlebred
Horse Association, and as a result, owners of American Saddlebred (ASHA
registered) horses that competed in 2001 will be receiving notification of
their new Horse ID number by early October 2002.  Saddlebred owners who do
not receive notification will still need to apply directly to USA Equestrian
for an ID number.  But once that is done, you may use your ASHA registration
number when entering competitions as you do now.

It is our hope that the majority of Affiliate registered horses will
automatically receive a horse ID number as a result of successful data
sharing between the affiliate and USA Equestrian.  Of course at any time you
may apply for a number as described below, but know that if your horse is
registered with an affiliate breed association and you are currently
required to supply a registration number in order to compete (e.g. Arabians,
Half-Arabians, Morgan, Paso Fino, Andalusian, etc.), then you will not be
required to supply your horse ID number when you enter, your registration
number will satisfy the horse ID requirement. If you have questions
regarding this process please call Cheryll Frank, Director Sport Data,
859-225-6980.

Denny Emerson, chairman of the USAEq Breeders Committee, sees the program
his committee oversees from the breeder's perspective. He describes its
creation as "the fruition of wanting to know what comes of horses you
breed."

"Additionally, the objective is to increase the quality and quantity of data
that we have. Traditionally this information has been geared to annual
awards programs, in which data has been 'disposable' to some extent, but the
new database will create an enduring history of every horse that ever
competed, as well as those in breed registries. The goal is to build an
archive of the sport that includes horses that are not in awards programs,
including pedigree information and ultimately to have an internet-based
system that members can access and use day or night. An online database will
extend accessibility beyond normal business hours."

Ned Bonnie, a founder of the PHR, is an influential member of the USAEq
Breeders Committee. "When Alan Balch became president of the AHSA [now
USAEq, in 1997], he said that this is something any national federation
(under FEI) should have," said Bonnie. "Yes, we had an awards program, but
it wasn't doing its job for the industry. Bonnie believes that "if the
airlines can track each passenger in every seat on every flight on every
airline in America, we sure as hell can track 150,000 or so horses. It's not
quantum physics; it's simply sophisticated computer programming."

How to acquire a Horse ID number:
 1) Contact your breed or discipline affiliate to see if they are working
directly with USA Equestrian. (If not, your affiliate may contact Cheryll
Frank at 859-225-6980 for details).
 2) Apply online at
http://www.equestrian.org/download/forms/mem/horse-id.asp
 3) Call or email USA Equestrian to request a form
 4) Fill out forms at a Recognized Competition

Reminder: If your horse already has a USA Equestrian Life or Annual
Recording number, you do not need to apply for a new number as this number
will suffice for identification purposes.

To read the new rule, please go to:
http://www.equestrian.org/download/forms/mem/horse-id.asp


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