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| December, 23rd, 2008 | Happy Holidays! A Happy Holidays to all from the ASAV BOD. ASAV had hoped to provide the Shagya community with our winter newsletter before Christmas. However, it has been delayed a bit due to an overwhelming response to our 2009 Jump Start Breeding program. To date we have added 15 stallions to our list, some with multiple breedings. Thus the program will provide about 25 breedings for mare owners who desire a Shagya foal. ASAV will be offering these horses for a fee of $200 per breeding. Details will be provided in our newsletter and the ASAV web site. ASAV has procured a promotional booth at the Pacific Northwest Endurance Riders conference (PNER), to be held in Portland, January 30 – February 1st. Look for our article and advertisement in the February issue of the AERC newsletter. We will also be hosting a promotional booth at the AERC national convention. |
| December, 16th, 2008 | ASAV 2009 Jump Start Program: details available now |
| December, 3rd, 2008 | The "NW Horse Source Magazine" will be publishing a breed profile of the Shagya in their April, 2009 issue. This magazine has a circulation of 23,000 across the northwest. They will list the announcement of our annual meeting for free. Their ad rates are very reasonable and include web posting on their site. ASAV would like to encourage their members who have foals or horses for sale, or stallions at stud, to support this magazine by placing an ad to run with our breed profile. They will group our ads with the profile for maximum impact. Advertisement deadline is the 5th of the month before, so March 5th. |
| November, 30th, 2008 | The article "Shagyas Are Finding Their Way to the Southeast" by Nancy Skakel will appear in the December issue of SouthEastern Distance Riders Association. Several other articles will be out shortly. ASAV has also committed to advertisements in various horse magazines and promotional booths at several meetings in the near future. We strive to promote the Shagya and provide the most value for your membership dollar. We hope to see everyone in Kentucky at the national AERC meeting. Stop by our booth. |
| November, 22nd, 2008 | ASAV 2008 Christmas Gift - Special Offer:
"Haven't found the right present for your loved one or riding buddy yet? How about a membership with ASAV for one year?" ASAV offers a special Christmas gift to renew your own membership and include another membership as a gift for someone else (for new members only, who haven't had a membership with ASAV before) for a reduced price. Get your own membership for $25 and another "sponsored one" for $15. The perfect opportunity/gift to get more people engaged with the Shagyas & ASAV – a membership friendly & open breeders association for the promotion & registration of horses with Shagya-Arabian bloodlines." |
| November, 18th, 2008 | "Shagya-Arabers in Endurance" was published in the breed spotlight section of the November issue of the Pacific Northwest Endurance Riders Magazine. We thank Nancy Skakel for writing this great article. Look for many additional articles to appear in regional and national magazines in the forthcoming months. ASAV will also sponsor Promotion Booths at various meetings held in the USA in the future. |
| November, 9th, 2008 |
ASAV National Meeting 2009: ASAV would like your input. One focal area at our national meeting next year will be endurance riding. We wish to bring in some top-notch speakers within this field as well as recognize Shagya horses(s) that have done exceptionally well at national/international events. Please feel free to contact your regional director and give him/her any input on speakers and horses. |
| October, 28th, 2008 |
ASAV October
Newsletter is Online available. Try also http://issuu.com/asav/docs/asavnewsletter-final (Especially recommended for members with slow Internet-Connections) ASAV now has 5 articles in press or submitted for publication to various magazines (thanks to Nancy Skakel). These articles describe the use of Shagyas in endurance riding and also the 7/16 rule for the breeding of Shagyas. The manuscripts will be published in - American Endurance Ride Conference - Pacific Northwest Endurance Rides - Southeastern Distance Riders Association Look for ASAV to place a plethora of articles and advertisements in magazines before the end of the year. The winter issue of the ASAV newsletter will contain the details of the ASAV 2009 Jump Start breeding program. The stallions that will be offered for breeding are listed. The breeding fee for each stallion is a nominal $200; this is for all ASAV members. However, not included are collection, shipping, and AI costs. If you wish participate, one needs to simply become a member of ASAV. |
| October, 15th, 2008 | The joint AERC/AHA National Endurance ride is this weekend (10/17) in Henryville, Indiana. ASAV is providing a cookout, free of charge. Shagya literature will be available at the table next to our cookout facility. In addition, ASAV has also placed an advertisement in the program brochure. |
| October, 13th, 2008 |
ASAV News ASAV Fees: The BOD of ASAV understands that these are trying economic times. The association does not wish to burden our members with an increase of fees of any kind. As a result we have voted to FREEZE all fees at the 2008 levels. We wish to remain the affordable and membership-friendly Shagya organization. We will still maintain our aggressive promotional effort for next year and members of the BOD (as well as others) will make a greater effort to bring in donations and grant funding. ASAV National Meeting: The BOD has now set the place, date and time for our 2009 National Meeting. It will take place on May 1-3 at the Hawkview Ranch www.hawkviewranch.com in Bend, Oregon. Bend is located in the Burns depression (high desert) east of the cascade Mts. In May the climate ought to be just beautiful, with views of the snow capped Three Sisters. There will be three days of clinics, events and national and international speakers and dignitaries. ASAV would like to thank Doug and Karen Bish for hosting the event. |
| October 8th, 2008 |
“The 7/16th rule for
Shagya-Arabians”
ASAV offers owners/breeders of Shagya-Arabian horses which currently only hold Part-Shagya-Arabian registration papers, to issue those horses correct registration papers as Shagya-Arabians. ... read more ... |
| September 30th, 2008 |
ASAV launches KySAHA Program
(Kentucky Shagya Arabian Horse Association) ASAV Youth Program Welcome Letter |
| September 22nd, 2008 |
ASAV Jump Start Program: ASAV wishes to announce their new fund raising partnership, ASAV 2009 Project Jump Start. This is a new and innovative idea that is three fold. Firstly to support the ASAV studbook fundraising project, secondly to offer a promotional plan for stallion owners, and thirdly to increase the members benefits to further increased membership. The old stallion auction idea has not worked for many years for horse organizations due to difficult economic times. ASAV has partnered with many of their stallion owners, who have agreed to donate a limited amount of breedings to each of their stallions to ASAV members at a significantly reduced rate of $200. The program will be available soon with a starting date to be announced in December and be open until March 1st, 2009. Please contact Killian Dill or Darlene Steven for details to also enroll your stallion or see the next ASAV newsletter. 2009 Project Jump Start Details: The program is offered to ASAV members as a promotional plan to jump start the Shagya Arabian breeding program in North America. The ASAV Stallions enrolled in this promotional program will help to rejuvenate and invigorate a national Shagya horse breeding program and at the same time support the fund raising effort to publish a Shagya studbook in the USA. The ASAV BOD feels this is a great way to raise money and offer the top stallions in the country at a special promotional rate to our members. Truly a superb way to test breed a new bloodline combination. The ASAV stallions enrolled are being offered to ASAV mare owners in this promotion at a incredible discounted rate of $200 dollars for the 2009 season. $100 will go back to the stallion owner and $100 will go to the ASAV Studbook Publishing Fund. The fund is being established to collect money to help defray the overall costs of printing the ASAV Studbook for its members. All other expenses incurred with breeding a mare such as AI fees, boarding, veterinarian fees, collection fees, and collection transportation or shipping fees will be an extra cost to the mare owner. These additional expenses are not included in the $200 special priced stud fee. Please check with each stallion owner for anticipated fees in their area. |
| September 19th, 2008 |
At the ASAV-BOD meeting on 09/19/08 Valerie Bullock was voted by the
ASAV-BOD to become the ASAV-Vice-President. Brian Coss was appointed South Regional Director by the ASAV BOD to fill the term until the position is elected through ASAV membership vote. |
| September 18th, 2008 |
Update from the ASAV-President: * Kesleigh Lehman has agreed to become the ASAV Youth Program Director. It is a pleasure to have her on board. Look for her photo and biography on the ASAV website. * ASAV website has been linked by SEDRA [South East Distance Riders Association]. * The ASAV Endurance Challenge ride was won by SA Belshazarr ridden by Jeremy Olson. Breeder was Daunna Sellers. The winner's photo will appear in our advertisement placed in the October issue of AERC. * ASAV will also be present at the AHA Arabian and Half-Arabian Championships held in Henryville, Indiana on October 16-18th. We will provide a cookout for everyone and set up a table for brochures and information about the Shagya breed. ASAV has also placed an ad in the AHA program for this event. * Additionally, check out our new web site Directory ("Other Links"), which is a compilation of links to a variety of web-sites of common interest such as: horse for sales sites, tack and equipment sites, other Arabian or Anglo related associations, health and health product related sites and much more. * Many pressing news items will appear in the upcoming newsletter or directly on our website. |
| September, 9th, 2008 | ASAV welcomes Kesleigh Lehman as Youth Program Director |
| September, 5th, 2008 |
ASAV-Registered Stallions - Excerpt
from the Shagya-Araber Hengstbuch International ASAV Advertisement in the Shagya-Araber Hengstbuch International |
| September, 2nd, 2008 |
Summary Update from the ASAV-President: • ASAV had an advertisement published in The Shagya-Araber Hengstbuch International. • Don't forget the ASAV sponsored Distance Challenge ride in Illinois (AERC Lincoln Trails Ride on Sept. 6th). ASAV will provide the food for that ride. Furthermore, the Shagya winner receives an engraved cup. Photos of the winner with the cup will appear in an ad in the October issue of the AERC newsletter. • ASAV is now listed in MyHorseForSale.com as an affiliate and our web site is linked. The relationship is growing and we will announce the outcome of that at a later date. • Future items that will appear in our newsletter in more detail: • ASAV has initiated a "Shagya Youth Program". • ASAV has applied to become a member of an "Equine Incentive" program. Some of that money will go towards activities in ASAV. • We will shortly announce the initiation of "JUMP START 2009" breeding program. The concept is to involve more people in Shagyas and make them affordable. |
August 14th, 2008 |
Deadline for submissions for the next ASAV-Newsletter is Sept. 1st (Labor Day) - please send your farm news, classified ads and articles to the ASAV Newsletter Editor |
| August 8th, 2008 | Check out the link for the
Television Coverage Schedule
for the Olympic Games in Beijing from August 9 - 21, 2008. |
| August 7th, 2008 |
Summary Update from the ASAV-President:
*Our advertisement in USDF connection will be out on September 1. (private donations) *Our full page Shagya/ASAV ad will be out in the Sept. issue of Pacific Northwest Endurance Riders magazine (private donations). *We will be involved in the Arabian Sporthorse Nationals. *Our article/Ad in AERC will appear in the October issue of that magazine. *We have identified two new sources of funding and are taking action to secure monetary incentives from these agencies. *Initial contacts are being made to obtain grant funds for the 2009 members meeting. *Several other ads are paid for and we are waiting to see when their publication dates will be announced. *It is anticipated that ASAV will participate in the annual AERC meeting, held in Louisville, KY. |
| July 31st, 2008 |
Letter from the ASAV-President: The future of ASAV and ASAV moving forward. |