CONTENTS FOREWORD RULES AND REGULATIONS LIST OF COUNTRY CODES STATISTICAL ANALYSIS INDEX LIST OF REFERENCES BROODMARES WITH THEIR PRODUCE LIST OF EXPORTED HORSES LIST OF IMPORTED HORSES LIST OF STALLIONS ADDENDA SAUDI ARABIAN STUD BOOK FOR THOROUGHBREDS CONTAINING STALLIONS, BROODMARES AND THEIR PROGENY VOLUME 2 DISTRIBUTED BY THE EQUESTRIAN CLUB SAUDI ARABIAN STUD BOOK IN RIYADH P.O. BOX 1869 RIYADH 11441 KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA ©2005 TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD ............................................................................................. ii RULES AND REGULATIONS ............................................................... iv LIST OF COUNTRY CODES ................................................................. xi STATISTICAL ANALYSIS ................................................................... xii INDEX ....................................................................................................xiii LIST OF REFERENCES..................................................................... xxvii BROODMARES WITH THEIR PRODUCE.................................. 1 – 173 LIST OF EXPORTED HORSES................................................. 174 – 175 LIST OF IMPORTED HORSES................................................. 176 – 189 LIST OF STALLIONS ................................................................ 190 – 198 ADDENDA.................................................................................. 199 – 203 FOREWORD The majority of the Saudi breeders (99.6%) are Saudi citizens born and raised. Their relationship with the horse started thousands of years ago in the Arabian Peninsula. Furthermore, this relationship to the origin of the Thoroughbred horse gives the Saudi people great pride, because of the Arabian stallions’ influence on today’s Thoroughbred. In the foreword of Volume I, it was noted that horses are mentioned in “The Noble Al-Quran” - The Holy Book. God’s Apostle - may peace be upon him - encouraged horse preservation by saying what translates as follows: “Teach your sons how to swim, to throw the javelin and to ride a horse.” “Horses have welfare reflected in their foreheads and shall remain so till the end of time”. Despite the Kingdom having going through a huge urbanisation in the last 45 years, its modernization has been among the fastest growing countries in the world, the horse and the Sport of Kings were never neglected nor fell from the memories of the Saudis. Horses were retained as one of the most important heritages. After all, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - the youthful country - had been established mainly by a horseman and his horse. HRH Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Premier Minister, Commander of the National Guard and President of the Equestrian Club has been promoting this sport for the last four decades. He appointed his brother HRH Prince Badr bin Abdulaziz and his son HRH Prince Miteb bin Abdullah to carry his message and his intentions for the development of this sport and to upgrade its standing to be on equal terms with the rest of the world. On January 9th 2002, the first trial race was run on King Abdulaziz Racecourse (KAR) in the town of Janadriyah on the outskirts of Riyadh, and official racing moved over from Malaz Race Course (MRC) on February 8th of the same year. A masterful architectural design and dedicated track safety expertise made the new racing facility a “state-of-the-art” complex that could compete with any race course in the world. Since the approval of the Saudi Arabian Stud Book in year 2000, the thoroughbred population has grown tremendously thanks to the support of HRH. Hundreds of thoroughbreds have been imported from all parts of the globe, some for breeding and some for racing and then to continue their duties on the breeding farms. In fact, the Kingdom’s foal crop of 2003 accounted for 668 foals, this number placing the Kingdom in the upper half on the list of foal crops of all International Stud Book Committee (ISBC) members. This in itself is a tremendous achievement by the Saudi breeders. In 2002 the General Manager of the SASB succeeded, with the help of the ISBC, in altering the suffix of the Kingdom from (SDA) to (KSA) which stands for Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In this volume we have included active stallions and broodmares with their progeny. With a total of 509 stallions and 1,597 broodmares, along with 3,879 of their progeny, Volume II contains a total of 5,985 registered thoroughbreds. This underlines the sound and healthy growth of the Saudi Arabian thoroughbred, which receives special care and attention as well as the most up-to- date requirements and criteria to maintain the future integrity of the breed. The Saudi Arabian Stud Book (SASB) has used microchipping since the organisation’s inception. It is also among the first Stud Books approved by the ISBC to transfer from bloodtyping to DNA parentage verification. By the end of 2005 DNA parentage verification will be the only method used for identification. This foreword is not only to introduce Volume II of the Saudi Arabian Stud Book, but also to honour the directives of HRH Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, and their implementation by HRH Prince Badr bin Abdulaziz Vice President of the Equestrian Club and not in the least HRH Prince Miteb bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz. Equestrian Club Saudi Arabian Stud Book April 2004 iv SAUDI ARABIAN THOROUGHBRED STUD BOOK RULES AND REGULATIONS 1. ELIGIBILITY: 1.1 To be eligible for entry into the Saudi Arabian Stud Book the horse must: 1.1.1 be the product of a mating between a sire and a dam both of which are recorded in a Thoroughbred Stud Book approved by the International Stud Book Committee. OR 1.1.2 The horse must prove satisfactorily eight recorded crosses consecutively with horses as described in 1.1 including the cross of which it is the progeny. 1.2 Although, a horse may qualify under 1.1 above, the Saudi Arabian Thoroughbred Stud Book (SASB) has the right to refuse to record a horse in its Stud Book if the horse cannot prove satisfactorily eight recorded crosses consecutively (including the cross of which it is the progeny) with horses described in 1.1 and 1.2, but such refusal shall not be effective unless it is confirmed by the unanimous decision of the International Stud Book Committee. 2. REGISTRATION FOR BREEDING: 2.1. Before any thoroughbred stallion or mare can be registered in the SASB as breeding stock the animal’s identity must be established. This is achieved by: a) the completion of a registration form issued by the SASB, recording the animal’s registered name, colour, age, pedigree, present owner and previous history so far as known. b) the provision of current markings of the animal, taken by a veterinary surgeon. c) the establishment of the DNA or bloodtype of the animal. In respect of all animals this will require the provision of a current blood sample taken by a veterinary surgeon except for broodmares whose bloodtype has been officially established, unless for reasons of doubt or incompleteness a current blood sample of the mare is considered necessary. It is a condition of import that the horse’s bloodtype is provided by that horse’s country of origin and sent directly to the SASB on request. 2.2 In the case of imported animals which were foaled abroad, an Export Certificate identifying the animal must be received from the Stud Book v Authority of the animal’s country of birth. For imported animals visiting Saudi Arabia for less than nine months the requirement of the provision of an Export Certificate may be replaced by the lodgement of the animal’s identity document issued by the Stud Book Authority (SBA) with which it was registered and currently endorsed by the relevant authority of the country from which it has travelled. 2.3 No animal may be registered as breeding stock retrospectively, after it has died, except at the discretion of the SASB and only if the animal’s DNA or blood type has been officially established prior to the animal’s death. 3. OWNERSHIP 3.1 For every stallion or mare registered as breeding stock the name and address of the animal’s current owner must be lodged with the SASB. 3.1.1 This requirement is necessary for the purpose of administration and in the case of a Broodmare for the recording of the breeder of the foal. It should not be construed that the records maintained by the Saudi Arabian Stud Book give the applicant legal title over the horse. 3.1.2 For the purpose of these Conditions of Entry the breeder is the person or entity who has been recorded as being the owner of the mare at the time that her foal was dropped. 3.1.3 Owners of breeding stock are obliged to contact the SASB to prove details of any changes of ownership. 4. FOAL REGISTRATION 4.1. Breeding Returns 4.1.1 For the produce of a mare to be registered in the SASB the following requirements must be met: 4.1.1.1 A microchip approved by the Saudi Arabian Stud Book must be inserted subcutaneously in the upper neck of the foal, approximately 2 inches below the mane, by a veterinarian authorised by the SASB or the Equestrian Club of Riyadh. 4.1.1.2 An official Certificate of Covering must be received by the SASB, completed and signed by the stallion owner confirming all dates of covering in the previous breeding season, and confirming the stallion owner’s satisfaction as to the correct identity of the mare and declaring that the mare was served naturally and that artificial insemination, embryo transfer, cloning or any other form of genetic manipulation was not used. If the broodmare was covered by two or more stallions a separate certificate for each stallion is required. 4.1.1.3 An official Foal Registration form completed and signed by the Breeder giving the required details of the produce, namely the colour, sex, date of birth and country of foaling must be lodged. The birth of twins must be indicated. vi 4.1.1.4 A Foal Identification Certificate stating the parentage, colour, sex, date of birth of the produce completed by the Breeder, and showing a written and graphic description of the markings of the produce, prepared signed and dated by a veterinary surgeon.