Stallion Licensing and Approval ENTRY INTO THE AHS STALLION BOOK REMAINS HIGHLY SELECTIVE.
Right: Elite Stallion Don Francisco, owned by Carol DiMaggio of Walnut Creek, CA, presented at the Eurequine inspection.
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approved for breeding by the AHS/ARS or HV may be included in the AHS Stallion Directory upon activation. stallions
Pedigree Specifications One of several requirements for AHS breeding approval is that a stallion’s sire and the sires of the five female ancestors in the direct dam’s line of the stallion must belong to the AHS’s breeding population or to a recognized breeding population approved by the AHS (six generations altogether). The dam must be entered in the AHS or HV Main Studbook or belong to a recognized breeding population. Her dam (the second dam) must also be in the Main Studbook or belong to a recognized breeding population, or if she is a Thoroughbred, Arabian or Anglo-Arabian mare that is not in the Main Studbook, she must have scored an overall seven (7.0) and be in the AHS Studbook. The third dam (the great-granddam) on the dam’s side must be in the AHS Studbook
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or belong to a recognized breeding population. Under certain circumstances the rules placed into effect in 2008 will permit an AHSregistered Main Studbook F1 Hanoverian mare (i.e., a mare with a Hanoverian sire and Thoroughbred dam) to be a stallion mother. The conditions are as such: • The F1 mare herself must have scored at least an overall seven (7.0) or better on inspection, • Her Main Studbook or Studbook Thoroughbred dam must have accomplished the same qualifying overall score in addition to the gaits, presence, and femininity.
Requirements The stallion inspection commission consists of representatives of the Hannoveraner Verband and members of the AHS Mare and Stallion Committee. To pass the inspection, a Hanoverian-registered stallion must receive an overall score of seven (7.0) with no subscore lower than five (5). 3- or 4-year-old stallions that pass inspection are considered “provisionally licensed” and are limited to the
