The ballots have been tallied by the CPA firm responsible for conducting the ApHC director election. The winners are as follows:
Territory I – Gene Carr
Territory II – Sandra Matthews
Territory III – Diane Rushing
Territory V – Tracy Meisenbach
Territory VI – Chuck McWhirter
Voter “turnout” = 31%
A complete listing of votes received by all candidates will posted on the appaloosa.com website very soon.
As of May 31, we’ve issued 231 performance permits. Of the permits issued, 71 percent were issued to foals resulting from Appaloosa x Appaloosa breeding.
These permits are part of the Performance Permit Program (PPP), approved last year by the ApHC board of directors and enacted by staff on January 1, 2007. Replacing the Certified Pedigree Option (CPO) program, PPP serves to verify pedigrees of non-characteristic Appaloosas, and establishes their right to show in all ApHC-approved events and to earn ApHC race awards. It applies to all Appaloosas, whether the result of crossbreeding or an Appaloosa-to-Appaloosa mating.
Permits have a one-time fee, and are good for a horse’s lifetime. If you’ve been thinking about getting one for any non-characteristic Appaloosa you may own, you have just a few months left to do so at the program’s first-year introductory rate. These rates range from $150 to $315, depending on your membership status and whether your horse has two Appaloosa parents, or one. Fees are set to increase on January 1, 2008.
For complete PPP details, go to www.appaloosa.com, and click Registration on the main menu. When that page opens, click on Performance Permit Program in its menu.
ApHC election ballot deadline is Friday the 8th;
Museum Note
The Appaloosa Museum is a hopping place lately. They are one month into their annual horse raffle, there are horses to care for in the pasture, they are hosting their first traveling exhibit “For Want of a Horseshoe”, this Saturday from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. they will present Appaloosa Fest 2007 (this year’s theme is “Rodeo”), and the first of the summer visitors have started to trickle in. And if all this weren’t enough, they are preparing to attend the National Appaloosa Show from July 1-5.
Horse Slaughter Ban Stayed
Horse slaughter has a reprieve. A story from Meatingplace.com says a court ruling Friday temporarily blocked enforcement of a new Illinois law that would have ended operations at the last horse slaughter plant in the U.S. Cavel International in DeKalb, Illinois, was effectively closed by Governor Rod Blagojevich’s recent signing of an Illinois state law making it illegal to slaughter horses for human consumption. Cavel’s owners filed suit to block the law. Judge Frederick Kapala issued the restraining order at least until the next hearing, which is scheduled for June 14.
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