Formal Purposes of the American Saddlebred Horse Association and Registry

The purposes for which the American Saddlebred Horse Association is organized shall be exclusively charitable, educational, and scientific within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of the United States.

To that end, the Association shall have the purposes of safeguarding the integrity, and expanding the knowledge of the American Saddlebred; educating the general public in the exhibiting, use, and history of American Saddlebred horses and the improvement of the breed; promoting the humane treatment of American Saddlebred horses; stimulating and promoting interest in all matters pertaining to the history, breeding, exhibiting, and improvement of the breed; encouraging safe equestrian activities; educating youth with respect to safe and proper horsemanship and the showing of horses by promoting the formation of youth associations and the dissemination of educational materials; and awarding scholarships to participants in youth horse programs.

 

The purposes for which the American Saddlebred Registry is organized shall be to (i) establish, maintain, and publish a register for the recording of pedigrees and transfers of ownership of American Saddlebred horses; (ii) guard the purity of the breed, develop a high degree of efficiency, and develop high standards in the breeding and raising, and to better the conditions of persons engaged in the breeding and raising of the American Saddlebred horse; and (iii) stimulate, promote interest in, and regulate any and all matters as they may pertain to the history, breeding, exhibition, publicity, use and improvement of the American Saddlebred.

 

 

Our Mission

 

The joint mission of the American Saddlebred Horse Association and Registry is to safeguard the integrity of the American Saddlebred breed, to promote the use of Saddlebreds, and to expand the public’s knowledge of America’s original pleasure and competition horse.