The ATAA and EST (Equus Survival Trust) are very excited to announce the beginning of the Up and Coming Akhal-Teke (or UCAT) Sponsorship Program.

Sponsorship seed money has been donated by the Whittier Foundation through the Equus Survival Trust. Sponsorships for UCAT (Up and Coming Akhal-Tekes) will be awarded to competitors with purebred AT horses in sponsorship amounts ranging from $500 to $5000. Total amount of the Sponsorship program as of 6/1/2021 = $31,800
 
Please read rules, you MUST have been an ATAA member for at least 6 months to apply!  Horse must be a pure-bred Akhal-Teke, ATAA registered, VNIIK registered is a plus.

We look forward to seeing your applications!  Send applications to: [email protected] 

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We’d love to have you join or rejoin the ATAA for 2021 and beyond!  We have a bunch of events going on this year (planned, anyway!) and will be debuting an exciting new Endurance Award very soon.  Don’t miss out!
 
2021 will be another excellent year, with many ATAA activities planned, including:
 

• 2021 Grading Tour, TBD– Contact Betsy Wandler for details.

  

• ATAA/AHA National Distance Championships – contact Betsy Wandler for details

 

• Equitana USA AT Breed Booth, KHP, October 1-3rd- contact Sabine Desper for details

 

• 2020 ATAA Conference –either at Equitana or in Florida, same dates.

  

• 2021 Incentive Fund Awards – Make sure you’re a member by March 31st.

 

• ATAA Online DB- coming in 2021!

 

• Updated ATAA website – coming in 2021!

 

• Volunteer opportunities – contact a BOD member to get started!

 

• And MORE.

 
Thank you for being a part of the ATAA community.
 
The ATAA BOD

Incentive Fund submission deadline for 2019 is January 31st!!!!
 
If you’ve already sent in your entry, don’t worry, watch your real mailbox for MONEY! 

Catrina does send out an email to let you know she’s received each submittal, that can take up to a few days though.

* Just posting to Facebook is not enough to enter.*

**Just sending an email that you competed is NOT ENOUGH.**

YOU MUST FOLLOW THE RULES OR YOU WILL MISS OUT ON THE MONEY.

Incentive Awards Program 2019 - $5000 to share! Deadline for submission:  JANUARY 31ST, 2020.
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The incentive program is only available for people competing in recognized events. If you are not sure if the events you have competed in count, please contact Catrina.
To participate:

1. Must be a member in good standing with the ATAA as of March 31st of 2019.

 

1. Horse competing must be registered (not pending) with the ATAA either as a pure or part bred.

 

1. Send in 2 or more pictures from the event (must be 375kb or bigger) If you placed please send a picture with your ribbon and/or prize.

 

1. Sign a release that the ATAA may post photos and results to our website and use photos in promotions for the ATAA-

 

1. Email the link to the results page for the event

 

1. Wait for your check.

 
   Just sending photos in for the newsletter and/or website is NOT enough (but we appreciate it).  Just posting on Facebook is not enough (although we congratulate you for getting our breed known!)
 At the end of the year the ATAA will send you a check, so the more you compete the larger your share of the "jackpot" will be. The amount you receive will be divided out of the set amount in the awards fund and therefore will depend on how many people participate in the Incentive Program. The Incentive Program does not depend on you placing or earning points, it is completely about competing in recognized events in all disciplines and sending in the above listed information to the association.
 
Contact Catrina Quantrell for more information and send your results to her at: [email protected]

Our 2019 ATAA Silent Auction is done now, we raised almost $1000 that will be put towards some of the many things we have going for 2020 and beyond.  Thank you so much to Gretta Teets for heading the Silent Auction again, for everyone that donated items, to Sofie's Equine Design for the awesome ATAA Logowear and to everyone that bid on all the wonderful items in the auction.  Once paid for, items will be shipped out within the next week, watch your 'real' mailboxes.  Don't forget the Early Renewal/Joining Drive, going on until December 31st!

Season’s Greetings everyone!
 
Join our Early Join/Renewal Drive now through December 31st, 2019! When you renew your ATAA membership or join by December 31, we will give you a free ATAA Electronic Friends Membership ($25 value) that you can give to whomever you wish as a gift.
 
Why join the ATAA?
There are many benefits to becoming a member of the Akhal-Teke Association of America. Most of all, your membership dollars will help us to preserve and promote the Akhal-Teke breed.
 
The ATAA offers you:
 
Active Memberships:
(Own or lease an Akhal-Teke or Akhal-Teke cross)
•        Receive all ATAA mailings including the ATAA Newsletter, Membership Directory and any other ATAA mailings electronically (b/w hardcopies of newsletters available upon request)
•        Discounted registration and transfer services, discounted Grading and Conference fees and more!
•        Get help with VNIIK Registration
•        Eligible for ALL ATAA awards and the Incentive Fund, if a member by March 31st
•        Access to marketing materials and promotional banners.
•        Networking and support
•        Able to vote (after 6 months)
 
Individual Members: $48, one vote, able to hold office or work on committees, classified ad in each newsletter ($432 for a 10-Year Individual Membership)
Ranch/Family Members:  $80, two votes, able to hold office or work on committees, 1⁄4 page ad in each newsletter, Breeder/Farm listing on the website.
Associate Memberships:
•        Receive all ATAA mailings including Quarterly Newsletter, Membership Directory and any other ATAA mailings electronically (hardcopies of newsletters available upon request)
 
Friends Members: $25 (do not currently own or lease a Teke or Teke cross horse): non-voting, may work on committees, eligible for volunteer awards
 
International Members: $48 non-voting. Eligible for all ATAA functions and will receive all mailings (electronically - no hard copies available). 
It’s easy to keep up your membership.  You can fill out the attached membership form and mail in with your payment. Or, join online, and pay your fees through PayPal at: http://www.akhal-teke.org/membership.html
Here is a link to 2019’s Annual Report, a huge thank you to Yorke McGillivray for this!  https://spark.adobe.com/page/r4xtVT0LhirfQ/

• In 2019, we spearheaded the SANA (Stewardship Awards of North America) Rare Breeds Show, during the Western States Horse Expo, in Sacramento, CA. 

 

• In 2019, we launched an ambitious grant-supported program to further assist with the registration of North American Akhal-Teke horses in the closed Russian Studbook (VNIIK). We brought over Nadja Tarasova and Artur Baboev to help with VNIIK registration issues.  We filmed the beginning of what will be online tutorial videos to help with various issues.

 

• We had an amazing ATAA Conference in Canada in October, with excellent speakers, food and a clinic on Akhal-Teke horses with an Olympic dressage rider.

 

• We’re continuing the Incentive Fund Awards, which have grown every year, as well as Discipline and Volunteer awards. All these projects are made possible through generous donations, grants, and YOUR membership dollars.

 

• We have big plans for 2020, including a Grading Tour with Nadezhda Abramova, Nadja Tarasova and Artur Baboev.

Please continue supporting our community, and share with a friend!
 
The ATAA BOD
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Some of the donated items pictured above. Including a Breyer Premier Collection Akhal-Teke model, not available to the public!  Check back often to donate or bid.  
https://www.32auctions.com/organizations/36997/auctions/70962

Thank you to all the donors and bidders!

You do not need to be there to win- but you do need to pay for shipping!  Katrina will send you a PayPal invoice for payment and then email them a picture of their numbers.  Several items are pictured below, but not all.  Watch the ATAA Facebook page for more items.  Contact Katrina Ardiel at: [email protected]


Raffle Information


Tickets are
10 tickets for $20.00
or
40 tickets for $50.00


They need to choose which items they would like their ticket to be put towards


The drawing will be Sunday, October 6th


Winner ships item at their expense.

Attention everyone!!
VNIIK wants to stop accepting purebred AT registration for older non-VNIIK registered horses soon (older horses that not have been VNIIK registered yet).   This means that the day is coming that if your horses are NOT in the closed VNIIK studbook, they will NOT be considered Purebred Akhal-Tekes.
They want current year foals registered by October 1st (or the process started):
Please: 

• Fill out the VNIIK Foal form (for horses of ALL ages if not already VNIIK registered)- sire and dams need VNIIK numbers, not the ATAA numbers. (Questions, see below)

• Fill out ATAA registration form

• Take photos, fill in markings in application in RED INK.

• Send forms, photos and fees to the Registration Secretary to start the process. PayPal and email is ok.

 Don’t panic if your horse’s older relatives aren’t VNIIK registered  We have a grant to help with that:
‘Previously unregistered purebred ancestors will be “noted” in VNIIK with a foal registration number for a fee of approximately $41 per unregistered ancestor or parent, paid by our grant.
This is instead of a full blown VNIIK passport of each unregistered parent/ancestor of $186 each. Contact the registrar or Registration Secretary to see if your horse’s ancestors qualify for this program.  YOU STILL NEED TO PAY FOR YOUR HORSE’S VNIIK REGISTRATION!!!!’
Questions:  Ask Amrita at [email protected] or Cathy at [email protected]
  
Amrita Ibold
Cathy Leddy
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