May’s issue of Equus has an article on the genetic test for ‘Naked Foal Syndrome’.  They don’t mention that the ATAA has a fund to help with half the cost of this test for our members.  You can go here to read more about what NFS is and what the ATAA is doing to help..

The PDF/email (color) version was just sent to members and the snail mail version (black and white) will be in the mailbox tomorrow for those that get paper copies. Thanks to everyone who contributed!

We are linked on the USEF website under ‘Alliance Partners’, at https://www.usef.org/about-us/alliance-partners This also allows us to send in reports to be seen by a wide equestrian audience.

Akhal-Teke mare Hope and her rider Nicole Duarte on the cover of April’s Endurance News!  Congratulations!  In the March Endurance News issue, there were many ‘Teke Mentions’.  Congratulations to the riders who have done so very well!  Here are most of them:

Hi all, This will be the last post before the ATAA Membership Renewal deadline on March 31st (of course, you can renew or join after the deadline, but then you probably won’t make it into the Membership Directory).  We have lots of great things planned this year, including the AT class at Dressage at Devon and our..

 The ATAA is now an Alliance Partner with USEF! A special thanks goes to Olwen Busch, who suggested it and then donated the funds for us to do it. More information as it becomes available!The benefits:Thank you for your commitment as a USEF Alliance Partner for the 2017 Competition year! The USEF recognizes the important..

Join or Renew your ATAA membership by March 31st to get into the Membership Directory, which goes out to all ATAA members.  ALSO, we will take down your farm listing under ‘Breeders’ and ‘Stallions at stud’ if you haven’t renewed by then.  All of the great ATAA promotions are funded by YOUR membership!  That means..

The ATAA would like to announce our affiliation with The Painting Pony for all your ATAA Logo stuff needs! Enter the code ‘ATAA’ at checkout and we get a percentage of your entire shopping experience. http://thepaintingpony.com/…/akhal-teke-association-of-ame…/ We have had some member suggestions for items (such as an embroidered ball cap), that Jessica Drake, the owner..

We’ve had some very generous members recently!  Olwen Busch has donated the funds for us to join the USEF as an Alliance Partner.  The ATAA will get quite a bit of exposure from that, details to come as we get them!  And, Tim Floyd has donated half of the funds for a half page ATAA..

Not a big deal I used to think….but…something is lurking in the woodshed and we don’t quite know what…A horse carryng one copy of NFS may be less healthy and here is why…How soon it could be bred out of the breed depends upon the rigorous of the registries requirements. Making testing mandatory for registration..