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E Group Geldings - Maximum height 14.2 hh

E Group geldings are not Australian Stud Saddle Ponies. They are a gelding appendix to the ASSPS Stud Book.

- Gelding must be solid colour & no hereditary faults, no blue or wall eyes.

- Known or unknown breeding.

- Progeny of C Group Mares (25% Arab Blood) mated to registered Welsh Mountain (A), registered Welsh

Section B and registered Australian Pony stallions.

- Progeny of D Group mares mated to registered Welsh Mountain (A), registered Welsh Section B and

registered Australian pony stallions.

D Group - Maximum height 14.2hh

D Group mares are not Australian Stud Saddle Ponies. They are mares registered with the ASSPS (Inc.) as foundation stock to breed Australian Stud Saddle Ponies.

- Mare must be solid colour, no hereditary faults, no blue or wall eyes.

- Known or unknown breeding.

- Progeny of D Group mares mated to registered Welsh Mountain, Registered Section B and Registered

Australian Pony stallions.

- Progeny of C Group mares (25% arab blood) mated to registered Welsh Mountain, Registered Section B

and registered Australian Pony stallions. (12.5% Arab blood recorded.)

Owners of taller D Group mares would mate their mare to an eligible pony stallion with the view to reducing the height of their foundation stock and perhaps infuse more pony blood.

C Group - Maximum height 14.2hh

- Progeny of D Group mares mated to a Purebred Arabian stallion; registered in a stud book or register

recognised as being for Purebred Arabians, or Purebred Arabian mares (as above) mated to a registered

Australian Pony stallion, registered Welsh Mountain stallion or registered Welsh B stallion.

- Progeny of D Group mares mated to a registered C, B, A or AA Group ASSP stallion. Colts and

stallions are not eligible for registration as there must be a minimum of 50% arab blood in any

registered ASSPS colt/stallion). Geldings sre eligible for registration as C Group (providing they have a

minimum of 25% arab blood. If arab blood is below 25% then gelding is eligible for E Group

registration - see above)

- Progeny of C, B, A or AA Group ASSPS mares mated to registered Australian Pony stallions,

registered Welsh Mountain Pony stallions and registered Welsh B stallions. Colts and stallions are not

eligible for registration. Geldings are eligible for registration (providing they have a minimum of 25% arab

blood. If arab blood is below 25% then gelding is eligible for E Group registration - see above.) Female

progeny with less than 25% arab blood are eligible for D Group registration.Colts and stallions are not

eligible for registration (as they do not have the required minimum of 50% arab blood.)

B Group - Maximum height 14.2hh

- Progeny of C Group mares mated to a Purebred Arabian stallion registered in a stud book or register

recognised as being for Purebred Arabians.

- Progeny of Purebred Arabian mares registered in a stud book or register recognised as being for

Purebred Arabians mated to a registered C Group ASSP stallion.

- Progeny of C Group ponies mated together.

- Progeny of B and C Group ponies mated together.

- Progeny of A and C Group ponies mated together.

- Progeny of AA and C Group ponies mated together.

A Group - Maximum height 14.2hh

- Progeny of B Group ponies mated together.

- Progeny of A and B Group ponies mated together.

- Progeny of AA and B Group ponies mated together.

AA Group - Maximum height 14.2hh

- Progeny of A Group ponies mated together.

- Progeny of AA and A Group ponies mated

together.

- Progeny of AA Group ponies mated together.

CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBILITY INTO THE ASSPS STUD BOOK

* In order to be eligible for registration ponies must be of a recognised whole colour. No broken colour

accepted - no cremellos or perlinos accepted.

* No wall or pale blue eyes accepted.

* No heriditary faults accepted.

* All Australian Stud Saddle Ponies C, B, A and AA Group must not have any less than 25% Arabian

blood and no more than 75% Arabian blood.

* All Australian Stud Saddle Pony colts and stallions must have a minimum of 50% Arabian blood and

maximum of 75% Arabian blood.

* E Group Geldings must have less than 25% Arabian blood.

* D Group mares may only have a maximum of 6.25% Thoroughbred blood

* C Group ponies may only have a maximum of 3.125% Thoroughbred blood.

This programme is designed to give AA Group Australian Stud Saddle Ponies a minimum of 46.875% Arab blood and a maximum of 75% thus leaving a variation of only 28.125% Arab blood. The pony blood would be a maximum of 53.125% and a minimum of 25%. This would also leave a variation of 28.125% pony blood which makes it possible to breed ponies of a similar standard known as the Australian Stud Saddle Pony AA Group.

If the Society were to allow stallions to be registered with only 25% Arab blood it would result in a variation of Arabian and pony blood of 50%, making it very difficult to breed ponies of a similar standard for a AA Group.

If you would like further information or clarification regarding eligiblity, please contact the Secretary of your state branch or FILL IN THE APPLICATION FORM AND APPLY ONLINE - APPLICATION FORM

2001, 2002 & 2003

Victorian State Champion

Led D Group Mare

"Summerview Cantarra"

Photo - Rob Russell

B Group Stallion

"Dalakee Deception"

Photo - Hoofbeat Publications

The following is the official breeding programme of the Australian Stud Saddle Pony Society Inc. and indicates which group resulting progeny are eligible for, when mating registered Australian Stud Saddle Pony mares and/or stallions that are registered in Stud Books recognised by the ASSPS being : the Arabian Horse Society of Australia (and/or a stud book or register recognised as being for Purebred and Derivative Arabians), Registered Welsh Mountain (A) and Registered

Welsh Section B ponies.)

NB : In order to foal record or adult register progeny, breeder and/or owner must be a current financial member of the ASSPS Inc.