PShR Horses :: Registry
Breeding & Registration Goals
The purpose of the Performance Shagya Registry of the United States (PShR) is to record, promote and encourage the development of the Shagya Arabian and/or Shagya related horses as per the standards of the Internationale Shagya-Araber Gesellschaft (ISG) General Studbook Regulation Framework (RZBO). These regulations will include but will not be limited to the following RZBO general regulations:
1. The PShR will maintain a studbook for Purebred-Shagya-Arabian. The PShR General Studbook Regulations will be based on the ISG General Studbook Regulation Framework (RZBO), which are considered the minimum requirement.
2. The PShR will commit to complying with the RZBO and acknowledge the ISG as the umbrella organization, which – for the purpose of an origin studbook regulation – define and maintain the regulations internationally for Shagya-Arabian breeding together with its member associations.
3. The PShR will maintain Stallion Books I, II and III each with a respective appendix.
4. The PShR will maintain Mare Books I, II and III each with a respective appendix.
5. The PShR will maintain Gelding Books I, II, III & IV each with a respective appendix.
6. In order to register imported horses with the PSHR, a certified translation of the breeding certificate (pedigree) has to be presented verifying the horse is registered or eligible for registration in a corresponding studbook registry in its country of origin either by the World Arabian Horse Organization WAHO in case of Purebred Arabians, or by a breeding association recognized by the ISG in case of Shagya-Arabian.
Breed Characteristics & Breeding Goals
Color: grey, bay/brown, black, chestnut. The Shagya Books I and II will not allow the use of multicolored horses.
Exterior and Type: The Shagya-Arabian should have the appearance of a beautiful, elegant and harmonious riding horse, while having an unmistakable Arabian-type expression, characterized through a delicate and defined/dry texture and silky hair as well as corresponding details in head and body. Breeding stallions and broodmares should show obvious and distinct gender specific characteristics, while considering the delayed development typical with the influence from the purebred Arabian breed. Undesirable are breeding animals with indistinct breed or indifferent gender characteristics.
Head: The head should be small, defined/dry and striking; the profile can be slightly concave or straight. The eyes should be big, dark and wide apart. The nostrils should be dark, big and markedly capable of being expanded. The throatlatch should be wide and the teeth regular. Undesirable are big, heavy, coarse heads; small, high or not lateral in placement eyes, a narrow throatlatch and all sorts of teeth anomalies.
Neck: Desirable is a long noble riding horse neck with a fine throat, a light neck and an arched crest. Undesirable is a neck set too high or too low, as well as a pronounced underside of the neck. Short and heavy necks need to be evaluated negatively.
Shoulder/Saddle-Area: Desirable are big, sloping shoulders and a significant far into the back reaching withers. Undesirable are small, flat and steep shoulders, too flat and short or very high and pointed withers.
Back: Desirable is a medium long and closed coupled, harmonious, concave well-muscled back that allows an elastic movement of the back. Undesirable is a very short or very long back, a weak back with a too convex or too concave kidney/loins area.
Croup: Desirable is an only slightly sloping, long croup. Undesirable is a straight (horizontal), or very sloping or short croup.
Legs: Desirable is a dry well-muscled foreleg with distinct joints. The hind legs should show a normal angle with a broad hock that is well coupled with a smooth transition into the cannon bone. The pastern should be elastic and of medium length. Undesirable are any kind of leg conformation faults, lack of muscles, too short or too long, too steep or too weak pasterns, too steep or too sloped angled hind legs, elbows pressed to the chest.
Hoofs: Desirable well shaped hooves, matching to the proportions of the horse.
Undesirable are any kind of hoof conformation faults, as well as too narrow, pointed, flat, wide hooves and a flat back of the horn walls.
Correctness of Gaits/Movements: Desirable is a straight regular movement, noticeable from the front to the back. Undesirable are any kind of irregularities of the movement/ gaits, such as paddling or wiggling, as well as twisting joints.
Walk: Desirable is a rhythmical, regular four-beat sequence, active relaxed and ground covering. Undesirable is an arrhythmic or faulty (amble), short, dragging, stiff walk.
Trot: Desirable is a rhythmical, regular two-beat trot diagonal in stride with energetic forward motion at acceleration, plenty of impulsion with hind legs distinctly supporting the center of gravity, good ground covering and lots of momentum and elasticity as well as a noticeable hovering phase. Undesirable is an arrhythmic, weak, short and limited, flat without momentum, uptight trot, or lateral pacing stride.
Canter: Desirable is a regular rhythmical three-beat in correct sequence, diligent, powerful, magnificent, with lots of momentum, elastic uphill canter. Undesirable is an arrhythmic, dragging, short and flat canter without movement and insufficient jumping phase with rushed repetition or cross cantering.
Jumping: Desirable is a bold horse that enjoys jumping with good jumping ability, fast and well bent forelegs, while hind legs are opening, and an elastic and well arched back (bascule) during the jump. Additionally the optimal ability to assess the distance before the jump including great skills over the jump is desired. Undesirable is a reluctant, coward, jumping without control, hanging foreleg, high nose across the jump, retracted hind legs, a stiff and straight or hollow back.
Rideability: Desirable is a pleasant rhythm and seat experience, where the rider is taken along with the momentum due to good back activity. An alert, sensitive, confident contact, a content chewing mouth with salivation, an eagerness to please temperament, and willingness to learn. Undesirable is a seat sensation, where the rider is not in harmony with the movement, stiffness and rebellious against the hand, an insensitive, hard mouth, which is not able to reach suppleness, or a lolling tongue, a listless or hot-tempered horse uninterested in learning and difficult to collect.
Interior: Desirable is a trusting, good-natured behavior in the stable and an at all times quiet and safe outside the stable, with strong nerves and manageability when unexpected stimuli occur. Undesirable is nasty and mean behavior in the stable, spooky, over anxious behavior while being handled, panicky and uncontrollable reactions to unexpected stimuli.