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Well, actually I don't think it was so much the American politics as 
the Russian politics. Even though Turkmenistan is no longer part of the 
Soviet Union, Russia still holds the stud book for the Akhal Tekes. 
There is actually only one person in charge as director ~ it is a 
government, salaried position. This ONE person does all the grading of 
stock, judges the major shows and has the power to toss horses out. 
Americans don't know how lucky they have it.

The American registry was (and still is) quite small, so I think their 
goal was to seek creditbility by following the Russian example of what 
was pure and what wasn't. Still, the "proof" in the case of a number of 
the Russian horses was pretty slim. And with less than 3000 purebred 
Tekes world-wide, it's not like they have the genetic resources to be 
so casual about the loss of some good blood.

Katrina

On May 17, 2005, at 9:18 AM, Sisu West Ranch wrote:

> "....In 1998
> the American Teke Registry voted to place all these so-called "impure"
> Tekes in a different book and called them "Catagory II's). This was a
> big blow to many breeders ~ one had over 40% of his stock declared
> "impure" in one fell swoop...."
>
> This type of  event brings out the cynic in me.  It would be 
> interesting to know the politics that went on behind the scenes at the 
> registry.  I'd be willing to bet that those voting in favor of the 
> change did not have 40% of their stock disqualified from the registry.
>
> Ed
>
> Ed & Wendy Hauser
> 2994 Mittower Road
> Victor, MT 59875
>
> (406) 642-9640
>
> ranch@xxxxxxxxxxx


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