Purebred Shagya Arabian Breeding Association

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Purebred Shagya Arabian Breeding Association

PSABA stands for Purebred Shagya Arabian Breeding Association.

Intro to the Shagya Arabian

The Shagya-Arabian Horse was developed in the Austro-Hungarian Empire over 200 years ago. The breed originated from the need for a horse with the endurance, intelligence and character of an Arabian but with larger size and carrying capacity required by the Imperial Hussars. Over time, Shagya-Arabians were utilized both as carriage and light riding horses. The registry of the breed is the oldest next to the registry of the English Hunt Club.

The Shagya-Arabian or "Shagya" breed was originally developed at the Imperial Stud at Babolna, Hungary. Failed experiments with Spanish and Thoroughbred blood eventually led the breeders at Babolna to a cross of native Hungarian mares with stallions of pure Desert Arabian blood. Shagya bloodlines were also developed at the stud farms at Radautz (Hungary), Topolcianky (Czechoslovakia), Mangalia (Rumania), and Kabijuk (Bulgaria).

The breed takes its name from the dapple-grey stallion Shagya, born in 1810. The Bani Saher tribe of Bedouins, who lived in what is now Syria, bred Shagya and sold him to agents of the Habsburg monarchy. In 1836, he became the breeding stallion at Babolna. Shagya was prepotent and appears in almost all Shagya pedigrees (Illustration and Painting above of Shagya).

One of the purposes of the Shagya-Arabian breed has always been as improvers of other breeds. Shagya-Arabian stallions appear in the bloodlines of many warmblood breeds, including the influential stallions Gazal VII, Radautz, and Bajar. The Shagya-Arabian mare "Jordi" is the dam of the great warmblood stallion "Ramzes". "Ramzes" descendant "Rembrandt" won the 1988 Olympic Gold Medal for dressage.

Shagya-Arabians not only served as cavalry horses, they were also prized as parade horses by European royalty. The Imperial Guard of the Habsburgs was always mounted on Shagya-Arabians. Every royal officer regarded it as a privilege to be able to ride a Shagya-Arabian. The toughness, courage, endurance and rideability of these horses was legendary among European horsemen. The motto of the Hungarian breeders was "Nothing but the best is good enough".
Information came from the website, http://www.shagya.net

Shagya Arabian Features

Height: 14.3 hands to 16 hands
Barrel: should be equal to the frame of the horse
Head: should be able to see some dished Arabian face, no Roman noses.
Neck: arched, long, and noble looking and not set too low on the neck
Colors: most often gray (black skin white body hair) but also can be chestnut, bay, and black.
Overall body: frame shouldn't be longer than the horse is tall, not as finely made as the purebred Arabian, and have bigger bones than purebred Arabians

Overall, should be somewhat similar to the purebred Arabian

Shagya Arabian Standards and Requirements

1. must be 14.3 hands minimum and 16 hands max, will use Shagya Arabian Evaluation Book
2. must be a full 100% purebred Shagya Arabian
3. If the horse has purebred Shagya Arabian parents, at least one of the parents must be registered in order for your horse to be registered
4. must meet a majority of the Shagya Arabian Features
5. NO pony type builds allowed
6. In order to register the horse, you must be the horse's owner until after the horse is fully registered and accepted in, otherwise the registry process will be cancelled.
7. temperament must be either bombproof, even-tempered, or calm
8. build should be either very light or light
9. the horse CANNOT have the exact same name as another registered Shagya Arabian horse
10. the horse must be still active until after being accepted into the registry

Shagya Arabian Breeders

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Registry Form

Horse's Name:
Horse's Link:
Horse's Breeder:
Owner's Username:
Date (Example: 7 / 16 / 2019):

Pending Registry Forms

Official Notes

If you registered your horse:

Dear (username),

Your horse, (horse's name), has been considered and evaluated to see if she/he fits the PSABA Requirements and Standards. We are (pleased to say / sorry to say) that your horse (is able to be registered / not able to be registered because [listed reasons]).

- Shadow_Hills, founder of Purebred Shagya Arabian Breeding Association

Helpful Info:

Here are some things you should keep track of with your Shagya Arabians when you breed them and want to register them: real world time birthdate, parents, temperament when the horse was a newborn, and height when the horse was a newborn

How to register your Shagya Arabian

1. fill out the Registry form and post it in a reply below
2. I, Shadow_Hills, will evaluate your horse and look if your horse fits the requirements and standards
3. wait until I have pinged you, on this forum

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Registered Stallions / Colts

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Registered Mares / Fillies

Lucky

Breeder: Shadow_Hills
Born on: 7 / 15 / 2019
Sire: Jesse
Dam: Micky
Faults: color (bay dun)
Age When Registered: 1 year and 0.5 months old
Registered on: 7 / 16 / 2019

My Celestial Midnight

Breeder: Shadow_Hills
Born on: 7 / 16 / 2019
Sire: Jesse
Dam: Micky
Faults: color (red dun)
Age When Registered: newborn
Registered on: 7 / 16 / 2019

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Registered Stallions For Stud