American Sugarbush Harlequin Draft Association P.O. Box 555, Brookneal, VA 24528 APPROVED CROSS APPLICATION

A. HORSE TO BE APPROVED:______

B. HORSE INFORMATION:

FOALING DATE: ______STATE FOALED:______COUNTRY: ______SEX:______BREED:______REGISTRATION #______

SIRE Name: ______#______Breed______Color______Grandsire: ______# ______Granddam: ______# ______

DAM Name: ______#______Breed______Color______Grandsire: ______# ______Granddam: ______# ______

C. OWNER OF HORSE AT TIME OF APPLICATION:

Name ______Membership # ______Phone #’s______

Address______City ______State/Province______Zip/Postal ______

As owner of the horse at time of application (or authorized agent), I hereby certify that all information on this application is true and correct to my personal knowledge and agree that ASHDA has the privilege to correct and/or cancel the Approved Cross listing for cause under its rules and regulations. By signing this document I attest that the above listed horse meets all requirements to be an approved cross and does not have white markings which exceed to required limits set forth in the ASHDA Rulebook. I further certify that the above listed horse is negative for all required genetic tests.

Signature X______Date ______The Approved Cross Listing will be returned to the above address. ______

D. CHECKLIST - DID YOU REMEMBER: ❑Four color photographs ❑Close-up photographs of characteristics of minimally colored horses ❑Fees (including membership, if needed) ❑Genetic tests results for HYPP, HERDA, PSSM1, GBED, MH for all non-draft, part draft or unregistered horses. All draft horses applying for Approved Cross listing must have JEB1 and PSSM1 negative tests. Approved Cross parents cannot exhibit or carry any of the defects listed in Rule 11 GENETIC DEFECTS AND UNDESIRABLE TRAITS of the ASHDA rulebook.

E. HORSE IDENTIFICATION: Submit four current photographs showing complete left and right sides, direct face and rear view, showing the whole horse. All photos must be in color and clearly show any and all markings (including brands and scars) on the head, body, and all four legs. Write the name of the horse, month, day and year of the birth and sex on the back of each picture. Or if emailing, name on photo must match requested name.

Base color of horse: ❑Bay ❑Dark Bay or Brown ❑Black ❑Gray ❑Chestnut or Sorrel ❑Palomino ❑Red Roan ❑Grulla ❑Bay Dun ❑Red Dun ❑Blue Roan ❑Buckskin ❑Bay Roan ❑Cremello or Perlino ❑ Other______

Brand location ______BRAND Scar location ______

Eye Color: ❑Brown ❑Blue ❑Amber ❑Hazel ❑Green ❑Right ❑Left ❑Both Partial (1/2 colored eye) ❑Right ❑Left ❑Both LP Characteristics: ❑None ❑Coat Pattern ❑Visible White Sclera ❑Mottled Skin ❑Striped Hooves F. APRROVED CROSS FEE SCHEDULE: If paying for membership with this application, please complete membership form. (Applications must be postmarked on or before dates shown.) Fees subject to change – check the current Official Handbook of the ASHDA for most recent fees. All applications received without payment will be returned.

RUSH FEES – NON-REFUNDABLE: Member Non-Member ❑Rush Fee, maximum 10 working days to process, add: $10 $20 ❑Rush Fee, maximum 48 hours to process, add: $30 $50

If you wish your horse’s application to be rushed, please indicate RUSH on outside of envelope.

APPROVED CROSS LISTING FEE $15 $25 APPROVED CROSS LISTING LATE FEE $40 $60 (Application submitted after first breeding date)

Approved Cross parents must be registered with one of the following ASHDA-approved breed associations: 1) Non-Draft horse breeds a. American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA): All AQHA-registered stallions and mares that have the following or similar notation on their Certificate of Registration: “This horse has white markings designated under AQHA rules as an undesirable trait and uncharacteristic of the breed,” are ineligible as an ASHDA-parent under this rule. Quarter Horses that are also registered with the American Paint Horse Association (APHA) or the Pinto Horse Association (PtHA) cannot be used as Approved Cross parents. AQHA registered stock can only be bred to LP carrying horses. b. Appaloosa Horse Club (ApHC):All ApHC-registered stallions and mares that have the following or similar notation on their Certificate of Registration: “This horse has white markings designated under ApHC rules as an undesirable trait and uncharacteristic of the breed,” are ineligible as an ASHDA-parent under this rule c. American Knabstrupper Association (AKA): Only Knabstrupper mares listed in the Main Mare book are eligible. Knabstrupper Stallions that have qualified for full lifetime approval with AKA may also be used. d. Stonewall Sporthorses: Appaloosa and draft cross horses that are registered with the Stonewall Stud Book (SSB) or with the International Pattern Sport Horse Registry (IPSHR), provided the horse has a verified pedigree. e. Other warmblood breeds that express LP, provided that the horse meets conformational standards and has a verifiable pedigree.

2) Draft horse breeds. The following draft breeds are acceptable provided the horse to be approved does not exhibit white markings in excess of the registration requirements of ASDHA. Horses exhibiting white beyond those limits are not eligible for use as Approved Cross parents. a. Percheron Horse Association of America (PHAA) b. Clydesdale Breeders of the U.S.A. (CBUSA) c. American Shire Horse Association (ASHA) d. American Suffolk Horse Association (ASHA) e. American Cream Draft Horse Association (ACDHA) f. Canadian Shire Horse Association (CSHA) g. Friesian Horse Association of North America (FHANA) h. Belgian Draft Horse Corporation of America (BDHCA) i. Any international draft breed association that is associated with one of the breeds listed above. Draft horses of breeds not listed above, or a combination of approved breeds, will be judged on a case-by-case basis.

3) All non-draft breed Approved Cross parents must be genetically tested negative for HYPP, HERDA, MH, GBED, PSSM 1. Horses with known draft lineage must also be tested for JEB1. Draft horses registered with one of the above listed associations must be tested for PSSM1 and JEB1. 4. It is the responsibility of the breeder to make certain the stallion or mare they are breeding to is eligible for Approved Cross status prior to the first breeding date. Failure to apply for, and receive, Approved Cross status prior to breeding may result in a foal which is ineligible for registration with ASHDA. Breeder assumes full responsibility for verifying that the Approved Cross horse is eligible for listing. Approved______Disapproved______