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The Australian Stud Book was a founding member of the International Stud Book Committee. These nine world stud book authorities meet annually to establish standards of Stud Book operation that will ensure integrity and further development. This committee also works to: establish criteria for promotion to Thoroughbred status, via vehicle mares ...
Studbook selection is a process used in certain breeds of horses to select breeding stock. It allows a breed registry to direct the evolution of the breed towards the ideal by eliminating unhealthy or undesirable animals from the population.
The Australian Riding Pony Stud Book Society was formed in about 1980 in the wake of interest aroused in the Riding Ponies that were shown in several Royal Shows. A foundation section was formed which required at least three crosses of animals from approved breeds before a pony could be entered in Section A. Originally there were four sections ...
A closed stud book is a stud book or breed registry that does not accept any outside blood. The registered animals and all subsequent offspring trace back to the foundation stock. This ensures that the animal is a purebred member of the breed. In horses, an example of a closed stud book is that of the Thoroughbred, with a stud book tracing to ...
By 1920, a distinct type of pony had emerged in Australia, and in 1931, the first Australian pony stud book, the Australian Pony Stud Book Society, was formed. The Australian Pony section of the stud book incorporated all of the Mountain and moorland pony breeds that had been imported from the turn of the 20th century as well as the pony breeds ...
Families A1-A37 descend from Sanders Bruce's American Stud Book, with mares who cannot be traced to Weatherbys General Stud Book (GSB) Families Ar1-Ar2 are Argentine families; Families B1-B26 trace directly to F.M. Prior's Half-Bred Studbook; Families C1-C16 are described in the Australian Stud Book as approved Colonial Families
The American Stud Book, the registration book for American Thoroughbreds, was not founded until 1873, much later than the General Stud Book, [8] [a] and the rules for registration required only that a horse have five generations of ancestors in the American Stud Book or other national stud books, unlike the General Stud Book rules. [10]
The American Premier Soccer League (APSL) was a soccer league sanctioned by the United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA) with teams primarily in Southern Florida. Competition format [ edit ]