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Sunday, September 5, 2010

Rules/Membership

International Pedigree Assignment and Bloodline Research Association (IPABRA) Club Rules

President/Treasurer:
Chris Wallbruch, 321 N. Martha, Lombard, IL 60148 wombats@earthlink.net

Registrar:
Carra McClelland, 1300 Eastridge Dr, Lincoln, NE 68510 anniemare@neb.rr.com

Editor:
Marta Towne, PO Box 457 Green Forest, AR 72638 bloodlineseditor@gmail.com

Pointkeeper:
Kathy Dodson, P.O. Box 912, Emmett, ID 83617 kathyjd@q.com

Mail-in Show Coordinator:
Laurel Dedes dserthorse@aol.com

Online Show Coordinator:
Kay Myers pookaa01@comcast.net

Purpose
To promote the practice of Pedigree Assignment in the model horse hobby, and to provide those interested in Pedigree Assignment with a place to meet others, share ideas, and compete with their horses.

Membership
Anyone with an interest in pedigree assignment may join. Dues are $3.00 a year for all members and includes an electronic subscription to our newsletter. Dues can be paid via snail mail (see address above) or through Pay Pal to wombats@earthlink.net.

Newsletter
IPABRA publishes a newsletter (Bloodlines) six times a year – in January, March, May. July, September, and November. A subscription is included in the yearly dues. Advertisements, articles, opinions, and suggestions are all highly welcomed! Beginning November 1st, 2007, Bloodlines will be delivered ONLY by e-mail. Bloodlines can be sent by PDF file through Adobe (highly recommended) or by text file (no pictures).

Registration
IPABRA maintains a registry for the purpose of compiling stud books and assisting members with sire and dam searches. Registrations are free and unlimited. The following information needs to be submitted to the Registrar: name, breed, gender, color/markings, foaling date/age, sire, dam, and grandparents (if known), make, mold, the first year available at stud/hire, and the breeding fee. Please use the your preferred spreadsheet option (15KB zip file) to submit your registrations. Registration numbers do not have to appear on photos, and no LSASE is required when sending in registrations. Horses do not need to be registered to show in IPABRA.

Aging vs. Non-Aging
IPABRA does not ask members to chose either the aging or non-aging system. The club does not take a stand on which is “correct”. Because both systems have their merits, using either is acceptable.

Publications & Stud Book Search
IPABRA publishes periodic Stud Books. The Stud Books contain a comprehensive listing of members and their registered breeding stock, and are useful to anyone searching for model parents. Members’ horses are included without charge, provided that they are sent in to the Registrar. Copies of the Stud Books are available from the Registrar (address above) for $15. In addition, the registrar maintains a stud book search for anyone looking for a specific sort of sire. Interested members should write to the Registrar with a LSASE and state what sort of breed, color, and year available sire or dam that they need. The Registrar will then respond with a list of all available IPABRA stock that might be suitable for parents.

Monthly Point Shows
Monthly Point Shows are held the second weekend of each month and are free. Nationals are held in December, using the same classlist as the monthly shows. Anyone can judge a monthly show, and volunteers are always needed! To volunteer to hold a point show or a club benefit show, please contact the President (address above) with a LSASE. The classlist and a schedule of judges will appear in each newsletter.

SHOW TRAIN: This will happen beginning January 2008! Entrants will have the option of entering the shows via show train OR through regular entry. If you want to do it through show train, you need to include the following:

Photos

One large stamped envelope to get your photos home. Please write on the BOTTOM of the envelope the month you want your photos returned in. If you want your horses returned at the end of the regular show season, please write NOVEMBER at the bottom of the envelope. (All horses will be mailed home in November so that entrants can sort out their first place horses for the December Nationals)

$2.00 PER show for postage. If you want your horses to ride the show train from January to November, please include $22.00. Checks can be made out to IPABRA or Chris Wallbruch.

A sheet of paper that lists your e-mail address for results. If you would prefer to receive your results via snail mail, please include a stamped envelope for EACH month that your horse will be in the show train.

You may send additional horses throughout the year to the current show holder to ride the show train – just please include a note to let the judge know that they should be included on the train. If you send more than 20 photos, please include a couple of extra dollars for additional postage.

You may also choose to enter your horses through the traditional route of one month at a time – the show train will not be required.

At this time, the show train will be for the POSTAL HALTER shows ONLY.

Judges:

After judging, the first judge will purchase a box large enough to contain all of the photos and envelopes. They will then send that box on to the February judge. After the February judge is finished judging, they will place all entries and envelopes inside the box, relabel the address with the March judge’s mailing information, and then send it off to the March judge. This process will continue until November. The November judge will throw out the box and send all entries home in the entrant’s envelopes. All judges will be reimbursed for the box postage – please scan and e-mail the receipt and send it to Chris Wallbruch at wombats@earthlink.net, or mail it to her at wombats@earthlink.net.

ONLINE SHOWS: As many of our members prefer to show in online shows, we have (thanks to the award winning team of Suzanne Feld and McClelland) provided an online division for our halter showers. Members must choose to enter either the online show OR the postal show each month – you cannot enter both shows in the same month. This will hopefully create a fun new division for our photo showers and bring out some additional competition! For more information, visit the IPABRA Online Monthly Point Show (OPOS) Classlist and Rules now.

Monthly Point Shows will be divided into two divisions; A: Original Finish and B: Customized. Original Finish will be any mass-produced factory models (such as Breyers, Northlights, Hagen-Renakers, Pour Horse, Peter Stone, Black Horse Ranch, ect) and Customized will be any horses that have been altered from their original finish or handpainted by hobby artists, regardless of who painted them. Photos should be clearly labeled by Division and by class number(s), since the classes (and numbers) for each division are the same. Champions are named separately for each division. Champions and reserves may be selected by either judge-off or by point totals.

Monthly Point Show Schedule

Please see either the Mail-In Shows or the Online Shows pages for schedules, classlist and further entry information.

IPABRA Year-End and Cumulative Awards

Year End Awards
These awards are given based on the points accumulated in a given show year (January 1st-December 31st). These awards are tabulated by the President (after members send in their point sheets) and winners will be announced in each March issue of Bloodlines.
• Top Ten By Breed (divided by OF/CM)
• Top Ten Sires
• Top Ten Dams
• Breeder Of the Year (High Point Stable)
Top Tens in each performance division will also be awarded if enough benefits hold performance classes.
Cumulative Awards
These are based on all the points the horse or breeder accumulates in a lifetime (they carry over each year). The President will automatically award Merit and Supreme Champion awards, but members must submit horses for the Medallion, Foundation and Master Breeder Awards when they are earned. Horses that achieve club awards will be listed in the March issue of Bloodlines.

  • Region of Merit (ROM)

750-1499 points in halter, performance, or breeding classes

  • Legion of Merit (LOM)

1500-4999 points in halter, performance, or breeding classes

  • Supreme Legion of Merit (SLOM)

5000-9999 points in halter, performance, or breeding classes

  • Pinnacle of Merit (POM)

10,000-19,9999 points in halter, performance, or breeding classes

  • Hall of Merit (HOM)

20,000+ points in halter, performance, or breeding classes

  • Supreme Champion

Any horse winning five championship titles under at least three different judges. This title will be tallied automatically by the President. Horses winning Supreme Champion status will be allowed to place a “+” after their name based on the number of titles won (so a horse winning two Supreme Champion titles may place ++ after its name.)

  • Silver Medallion Sire

Any stallion with three or more get with ROMs. Get do not have to be owned by the stallion owner (i.e., another member can use your stallion and show his offspring to a ROM, and that will count as one of the needed ROMs.) This rule applies to all Sire/Dam awards.

  • Silver Medallion Dam

Any dam with two or more get with ROMs.

  • Gold Medallion Sire

Any stallion with a Supreme Champion title with three or more get with LOMs.

  • Gold Medallion Dam

Any mare with a Supreme Champion title with three or more get with LOMs.

  • Foundation Sire

Any Gold Medallion Sire to sire a Silver Medallion Sire or Dam.

  • Foundation Dam

Any Gold Medallion Dam to produce a Silver Medallion Sire or Dam.

  • Master Breeder

Any IPABRA member to win at least two Foundation titles.