1.  The auction shall be held at a Green Country Arabian Horse Association sponsored event.

 2.  Stallion owners will donate stallion service to Tulsa State Fair Futurity to begin at half (50%) his usual stud fee. Services will be auctioned the night of "Stallion Alley" presentation, for those desirous of buying that night. After the close of the activities, all stallion services not sold during the action will be available for purchase by mailed-in sealed bid or official electronic bid which can be accessed at www.gcaha.org.  If you are the first bid received, with a bid equal to or greater than half the usual stud fee, you are the successful buyer. If payment is not received for the purchase, the stallion service will then be available to the next bid received. No services will be sold after June 1^st of the breeding season.

 3.  Donations of all breeds are welcome. Buyers of non-Arabian service (i.e.; American Saddlebred, NSH, Pinto, etc.) must breed a purebred Arabian mare to these stallions, as futurity classes are open to purebred and half/Arabians only.

 4.  All stallion service donations are to be given to the Stallion Auction Futurity chairman prior to the deadline announced each year and shall include: Stallion’s registered name, registration number, names of stallion’s sire and dam, coming season’s stud fee, owner’s names and address, phone number, where stallion will be standing during the upcoming breeding season and if transported semen is available. If the donated stallion is a purebred Arabian, stallion’s blood type must be on record with the Arabian Horse Registry of America, Inc. Breeder’s Certificates are to be given by the stallion owner when mare is checked in foal.

 6.  Upon sale of the service, the stallion owner/lessee may enter one of their own foals by that stallion in that year’s futurity. A purebred foal may be shown to correspond to a sold purebred breeding and a half-Arabian foal may be shown to correspond to a sold half-Arabian. The buyer of the stallion’s service may enter a foal resulting from that service in that year’s futurity. If the buyer does not have a live foal resultant from the service, buyer may breed to the same stallion the following breeding year, the purchase price will be transferred to the next year’s futurity fund, and the resulting foal shall be eligible for the next year’s futurity classes.

 7.  Both stallion and mare owners must notify the futurity committee of the mare chosen for breeding by December 31^st of the breeding year.

 8.  Stallion owners may purchase their own stallion’s service. If this is done, they may show two foals in the futurity class. Should the purchase price not be paid in full by a buyer by the deadline of June 1^st, the stallion owner, and only the stallion owner, may pay the balance unpaid and overdue, purchase the breeding and show two foals in the futurity.

 9.  Service fee must be paid in full to Green Country Arabian Horse Association prior to servicing mare.

10.  Mare owner’s indebtedness to stallion owner should be paid directly to the stallion owner. These include, but are not limited to; board, necessary vet fees, foal-at-side care, etc. All bills must be paid in full to be eligible for the futurity class.

11.  Foals will be shown in the futurity in their weanling year.

12.  Purebred foals only are eligible to be shown in the Purebred Futurity. Half-Arabian foals eligible for registration with AHA are eligible for the Half-Arabian Futurity class.

13.  The Purebred Futurity classes and the Half-Arabian Futurity classes will be designated AMATUER TO HANDLE classes only. USEF (United States Equestrian Federation) rules require either a current amateur card or a one time amateur certification fee.

14.  The futurity will be held at the TULSA STATE FAIR in conjunction with the Arabian Horse Show held during the fair.

15.  Refunds will be given only in the event of a stallion’s death prior to the designated mare conceiving. In which case, the stallion owner has the option of offering a stallion of equal quality. If the stallion offered is not acceptable to the purchaser, the money paid by the purchaser for the breeding up to that date will be returned to purchaser. Green Country Arabian Horse Association has the option of taking the breeding offered and selling it at private treaty.

16.  The stallion service may be paid for in one of the following formulas: Payment in full at time of bid; or, one-third down at time of bid, one-third by January 15^th, and the balance by March 15^th. If mare owner wishes to breed prior to March 15^th, service fee must be paid in full.

17.  Monies will be divided in accordance with numbers of colts/fillies entered in the futurity. Example: 30 foals entered, of which 10 are colts, 20 are fillies, 33.3% of the money will pay out to the colt class, 66.7 % will pay out to the filly class.

18.  Prize money for each futurity class shall be distributed as follows:

The Tulsa State Fair will mail prize money checks to the owners. The futurity Chairman, or his/her assigns, shall maintain the records, keep the monies, and sign all checks.

19.  The purchaser of a breeding at this auction must get the written approval of the stallion owner prior to selling the breeding to another party. If a buyer sells said service, written notification must be provided to the Stallion Futurity chairperson. The new owner of the service shall observe all guidelines set forth for the original owner. With proper documentation, the foal of the new owner will eligible for the futurity.

20.  Written notification of a transfer of ownership of a mare, or eligible foal must be provided to the futurity chairperson within thirty (30) days of the transaction. Please include a copy of the Transfer of Ownership. This shall be the responsibility of the new owner and applies to any change of ownership of an eligible foal, whether stallion owner’s or purchaser of the stallion service.

21.  Responsibility of entering an eligible foal in the futurity class shall be the responsibility of the foal’s owner. The foal must be entered in, and shown in, the corresponding Open class at the Tulsa State Fair to be eligible for prize money in the futurity class.

22.  In the event of any misunderstanding, the decision of the futurity committee will be final.

For further information, please feel free to contact:

Becky Amason  918-446-8631 Email Becky