The Association
of “Haflinger” Horse Breeding
in => five “Sections”
Haflinger-Pentagon LLC
   

Correction of the breeding programme
for Shagy-Arabian OX.araber and cross-breeding with foreign bloodlines.

Haflinger-Pentagon Sàrl-GmbH
as the umbrella organisation for the breeding of the Haflinger breed ⇒ Haflinger ⇐

⇒ Supports the specification of the breeding lines present within the breed.

⇒ The individual listing of the grouping required of a member of a breed division or section as a breeding method requires the relevant approval of its validity from the Federal Office for Agriculture (BLW) – Department of Animal Products and Animal Breeding.

⇒ The Breeding Association of Stud Farms, the AAG-Txx divisions and sections, AAP-Tha, as a pure-bred, pure-line herd book group, adopts the principles and breeding programme of the breed organisation recognised for the Haflinger horse breed and maintaining the original stud book: the Haflinger Horse Breeding Association of Tyrol (HPT).

⇒ ALL breeding establishments certified as stud farms must be reported annually for verification to the umbrella organisation, the Haflinger-Pentagon, Sàrl-GmbH, together with the
⇒ Certificate of Origin ⇐ and the required life number (UHLN) in accordance with the UELN system.

⇒ Haflinger horse breeding is generally divided into two sectors

⇒ The stud breeding association, in which the breeding stallions are owned by the stud, and private stallion keeping, where stallion licensing is replaced by the assessment of offspring.

⇒ Stud breeding is modelled on the breed breeding authority responsible for the original stud book, the Haflinger Horse Breeding Association Tyrol (HPT) Fohlenhof-Ebbs, A6341 Ebbs.

⇒ Membership of the stud breeding division is subject to the Detailed Consent Agreement, which is renewed annually.

⇒ The pedigree requirements for stud farm breeding horses are set out in the breeding programme under Article 1.2: ‘The breeding objective is achieved exclusively through pure breeding and selection.’ The Shagya-Arabian lineage is decisive as the foundation of the breed.

⇒ In Article 1.3, ‘Foreign Breeds and Foreign Genetic Contributions’, the OX (Arabian Thoroughbred) is to be recorded in accordance with the requirements of the A.N.A.C.R.Ha. stud book in South Tyrol, the Italian stud book of origin.I.
, which requires the OX and Arabian Thoroughbred to be listed as ⇒ historically recognised components of the origin and development of the breed ⇒ Haflinger ⇐, rather than merely accepting their inclusion.

⇒ In accordance with this requirement, the strict and precise interpretation

⇒ the interpretation, explanation and clarification, knowingly and intentionally, of the incompatibility of crossbreeding with foreign bloodlines with the OX and Arabian Thoroughbred, in accordance with Italian state interventionism, whilst being fully aware that the attempts at cross-breeding with OX in South Tyrol Arabian Thoroughbreds were abandoned. Too sensitive for use as pack animals over the Alpine passes and on mountain farms; the temperament of the OX-Arabian Thoroughbred crossbreed is too wayward and must therefore be deemed unsuitable!

⇒ Nevertheless, and precisely for this reason, the wishes of the experimental breeders must be accommodated.

⇒ The imposition of a controversial cross-breeding programme, which is being tolerated against our will, should not be prevented.

⇒ At the same time, the improvement of breeding objectives without the introduction of new blood must not be made impossible for the purebred horse breeder; this is a task for the HPT (Haflinger Horse Breeding Association of Tyrol), the breed organisation responsible for maintaining the original stud book. Supervision of the pure-bred, homozygous Haflinger breed can also be ensured by Haflinger-Pentagon Sàrl-GmbH.

⇒ A new cross-border association for the preservation and safeguarding of the division comprising pure-bred, pure-line representatives of the breed, named
⇒ Vollblut Haflinger pur-sang ⇐, could become a reality in 2040.

⇒ The new association, named ⇒ Vollblut Haflinger, pur-sang ⇐, is to be established across national borders as ⇒ Welt Haflinger Vollblut Zucht ⇐.

⇒ The association: World Haflinger Thoroughbred Breeding (WHVZ) – with a ‘Certificate of Origin’ and a Common Universal Haflinger Life Number (UELN) system for the divisions and sections: AAG-Txx and the AAP-Tha-Tyrolean Purebred Haflinger – is documented by the horses’ provenance and membership of the breed organisation maintaining the original stud book.

⇒ The breed organisations maintaining the original stud books – HPT-A.N.A.C.R.Ha.I-FN are breed representatives who, within divisions and sections, claim the horse’s origin and affiliation via the ‘Certificate of Origin’ and the UHLN, which confirms breed affiliation or the visual characteristics inherited from the breed. The alphanumeric Universal Haflinger Life Number (UELN) system is the globally recognised identification number, indicating the department or section’s origin and affiliation to the breed.

⇒ The ⇒ Certificate of Origin ⇐ and the UHLN-UELN are, within divisions and sections:

the ⇒ ISO 3166-1 A3 country code, 3 characters

the ⇒ breed affiliation code, 3 digits

the = division/section code, 3 letters

the = number of registered foals, 4 digits

and the = year of birth of the horse, 2 digits

can be identified as belonging to.

⇒ The division into departments and sections distinguishes the origin and gene pool affiliation of the 249 foals born in 1874 of the breed: Shagya-Arabians and the foreign-blood crossbreeding sections which favour OX and Arabian thoroughbreds. For Haflingers carrying foreign blood in their pedigree, foreign-blood crossbreeding is possible at levels ranging from 0.0% to 12.5%; a figure of 0.00% after 9 generations is a fraud!

And is referred to by Haflinger-Pentagon Sàrl-GmbH for correction and labelled as unacceptable.