North American Shagya-Araber Society

NASS

Shagya-Arabian breeding in America officially began in 1986 with the founding of the North American Shagya-Arabian Society.

NASS is the only North American member of the International Shagya-Araber Gesellschaft (ISG) which is the international body supporting the breeding and preservation of the Shagya-Arabian breed.

The purposes of NASS are as follows:

• Promotion, preservation, and improvement of the Purebred Shagya-Arabian horse.
• Establishment of a Shagya-Arabian Registry for Shagya-Arabians, Part-Shagya-Arabians and Part-Shagyas.
• Regulation and approval of breeding stock.
• Dissemination of information about the breed to the public.
• Establishment of an awards system for performance achievement.
• Promotion of cooperation with Shagya-Arabian breeders around the world, and in particular with the International Shagya-Arabian Society (ISG).

Shagyas-Arabians were relatively unknown in America before the 1980s, although a few had been imported both before and after World War II. Prior to the founding of NASS no registry for Shagyas-Arabians existed in America, and Shagyas-Arabians were sometimes mistakenly registered as either Purebred or Partbred Arabians.

NASS carries out its role by maintaining the Shagya-Arabian Registry of North America (SHARONA).  SHARONA is affiliated with the International Shagya-Arabian Society (ISG) and is recognized by the ISG as the only North American registry for Shagya-Arabians, Part-Shagya-Arabians and Part-Shagyas.

NASS also organizes and conducts inspection tours. To be eligible for Shagya-Arabian breeding, mares and stallions must be approved by a panel of ISG qualified judges invited by NASS. NASS inspection tours were conducted in 1989, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000 and 2003. The next inspection is scheduled in 2006. In addition, NASS offers an awards program for the following categories:

• Breeding/Sport Horse
• Combined Training
• Distance Riding
• Dressage
• Driving (Combined & Pleasure)
• Hunter
• Hunter Pleasure
• Open Jumper
• Meritorious Dam & Sire

Please be advised that there have been changes to the publications of the North American Shagya-Arabian Society: the annual NASS NEWS and the NASS Quarterly Update newsletter. Henceforth, the "NASS Quarterly Update" will be called "SHAGYA NEWS" "NASS Update" and dated ( i.e. Spring/Summer 2005) and will be issued three times a year, encompassing the material in the annual NASS NEWS. In years of a NASS Breeding Approval Inspection there will be a fourth "SHAGYA NEWS" issued in glossy format dedicated to the inspection and called "The Inspection Issue". SHAGYA NEWS will continue to be designed to keep NASS members informed on a timely basis of current news of the NASS organization, its members, & NASS' parent organization, the ISG. Please feel free to submit articles of interest, farm news, performance news, pictures, classifieds and advertising. We welcome NASS members participation, ideas and comments. For specific details as to rates and acceptable content please refer to the latest issue of the Shagya News.

Last Page Update: 04/26/2006

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