• Stallion owner sends BLUE and PINK copies to stallion’s registry at the end of the covering season

• Stallion owner keeps YELLOW copy for his/her records

•  Stallion’s registry endorses BLUE copy and sends it to the mare’s registry with the stallion’s blood type or DNA report and the stallion’s pedigree

•  Mare owner sends the WHITE copy to the mare’s registry within 30 days of the mare being confirmed in foal

Correct use of passports:  This meeting will ask the WAHO EC to deal with FEI on passport issue.  The EU passport is standard and compatible with the WAHO passport.  An original passport should stay with the horse for life, as it contains veterinarian history, vaccinations, etc. 

Studbooks:  Too many registries have not issued studbooks for over four years and are registering foals with one or two generations of their antecedents not in any published studbook.  This can produce major problems when horses are exported or are shown or raced abroad.  To ease financial difficulties, WAHO has said that studbooks need not be hard backed or in any particular format and WAHO will help if possible.   

Item requested for discussion by IFAHR (International Federation of Arabian Horse Racing):  One issue arising from this request is whether registries would ever allow their laboratories to deal directly with racing authorities about blood type or DNA records.  The registrars agreed that these files belong to and should remain in control of the Registry.  Racing must request the information from same. 

WAHO database:  WAHO Office is still waiting for input from many member registries.  The long term aim is to have every Arabian horse on the database with member registries able to read it via the internet free of charge by using an individual access code.  Only contributing registries can alter or send their own data to WAHO. 

When the system is developed in the future to give public access, a fee will be charged and the country in which the horse in question was first registered will receive a percentage of that fee.   

Cloning of horses:  Since press reports have revealed that a pony has now been cloned in Italy (so it is just about here) this group discussed whether or not such horses should be registered in WAHO member registry stud books.  The discussion was short and the end result was that the answer should be no.    That recommendation will be forwarded to the WAHO Executive Committee and to the Conference. 

Election Results for the WAHO Studbook Advisory Committee: 

Western Europe                       Mr. Xavier Guibert (France)
Eastern Europe                         Dr. Nihat Pakdil (Turkey)
Middle East                              Mr. Essam Abdulla (United Arab Emirates)
Africa                                       Dr. Mohammed Machmoum (Morocco & Libya)
North & Central America         Dr. Bruce McCrea (America, but currently living in Saudi Arabia)
South America                          Dr. Jose Luis Canelon (Venezuela)
Australasia                                Ms. Helen Dohan (Australia)

After this meeting ended in early afternoon, we again went outside the hotel to where buses were waiting to take us to “Old Town” Warsaw.  We wandered through the area which is “walking only”--no vehicles allowed.  We saw many of the reconstructed historic areas of Warsaw which were totally flattened by bombing during WWII.  It was so sobering to see the pictures of the devastation while looking at the restored buildings, monuments and other areas.  There were also a couple of areas that were very ancient, from several hundred years ago when Warsaw was a walled city.  Wow!  The history here!  What a shame so much of the original was destroyed.  The Polish people are to be commended for taking on the task of restoring that history.

 
Lorry & Larry Wagner in the Reception room
at the Royal Castle.

Later that evening, we were treated to a cocktail reception and buffet dinner at the Royal Castle located in this Old Town.  This Castle was destroyed in the war, but the Polish people had the foresight to remove all furniture, paintings and whatever they could to a safe place.  Thus all these original pieces are back in the restored building

TUESDAY morning, the 2004 WAHO Conference opened for business with 44 of the 65 member-countries seated to conduct the official business and 138 observers who often participated in discussions. After the opening address by President, Dr. Hans-Joachim Nagel, the conference received apologies from those countries unable to attend.  A communication was also received from Immediate Past President Jay Stream and his wife, Dorothy,  extending their apologies for absence and best wishes for a successful Conference.  Jay received a standing ovation.

   

l. Linda Bye, owner and Registrar of PAHR and r. Lorry Wagner,
2^nd Delegate seated at the General Conference 

Each country then introduced themselves and reported their statistics & activities since the last Conference for the record.  With 43 countries participating, this took most of the day. 

Each country then introduced themselves and reported their statistics & activities since the last Conference for the record.  With 43 countries participating, this took most of the day.

Tuesday evening brought the group to the Palace on the Water (as pictured in the introduction) for a beautiful piano concert and cocktails, followed by dinner at the Belvedere Restaurant in the Royal Lazienki Park.

 

 

 

 

Larry & Lorry Wagner in the room where
the Piano Concert was held.

WEDNESDAY morning and back in session.  The subject of licensing stallions was brought forth.  It is not allowed according to WAHO rules; however, as always, countries must follow their own individual  national laws.  It is WAHO’s position that all foals born of registered sires and dams should be eligible for that countries stud book, regardless of any national licensing policy. 

As per a Report prepared by Executive Secretary, Kina Murray, and as per motion to accept pending this report passed at the Istanbul WAHO Conference in 2004, Azerbaijan and Slovenia were accepted as full members by unanimous vote of the delegates on the floor. 

President Hans Nagel announced that a new WAHO Trophy will be given to every member country.  It is to be used for one event every year or outstanding horse, etc.  It is to be perpetual and each winner will get a certificate.  Each country is to report back to WAHO with photograph and write ups on each awardee. 

 

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