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There are several types of ATA memberships: Active, Junior, Lifetime, and Distinguished. Lifetime membership is equivalent to an active membership, and is available at ten times the current annual active membership rate. At the end of each membership year, all current active/junior members are invoiced for the dues required to retain good standing.

Owners of an ATA approved stallion are required to be active/junior or lifetime/distinguished members.

A member must own a purebred Trakehner horse recorded with the ATA in order to hold office or vote on registration and branding matters. Any member in good standing may participate in the year-end Awards Program.

  • Active Membership is available to natural persons or entities (families, partnerships, corporations, and similar entities). It is available on an annual basis. Membership expires on December 1 of each year.
  • Junior Membership allows those aged 21 years or younger to participate in the Awards Program on ATA-registered horses. Junior members may vote if they are 18 years old or older at the time the vote occurs. It is available on an annual basis. Membership expires on December 1 of each year.
  • Lifetime Membership (available at 10 times the current annual membership rate) is available to natural persons or entities (families, partnerships, corporations, and similar entities) electing to make this single, one-time payment.
  • Junior Lifetime Membership is available to individuals who have not yet passed their 22nd birthday at the time of paying dues. Voting privileges are limited to members who have passed their 18th birthday. (Good until the year you turn 22, can be upgraded to Full Life Membership at anytime after turning 22 with a discount.
  • Distinguished Members are selected by the membership for exemplary service to the Association and may hold office, serve on, or chair, committees and vote on all matters.
  • Entities (families, farms, partnerships, corporations, and similar entities) must select one voting member.

The ATA Provides the Following Member Services (not an inclusive list):

  • Reduced horse registration fees
  • Eligibility to participate in the ATA Year-End Awards Program
  • The Trakehner Times newsletter
  • All published issues of The American Trakehner magazine
  • Access to online membership directory, online newsletters, and more
  • Informational mailings throughout the year
  • Eligibility to attend and vote at the Annual Meeting
  • Stallion & mare inspections
  • Branding of horses
  • Eligibility to participate on committees & hold office
  • Two complimentary website sales horse advertisements per year with reduced prices for additional sales ads
  • Access to the sole Trakehner Verband-Affiliated Association in North America, our 15-year exclusive contract was renewed in 2022!
  • Access to the sole North American Trakehner Association recognized by the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses (WBFSH)

Join us and become part of our tight-knit network of volunteers and friends of the Trakehner horse! Develop friendships and professional relationships with others who share the same interest in the breed. The intangible benefits of membership may soon become your most important reason for being an ATA member.

EXISTING MEMBERS: Please use the form below to renew your membership.

To join or renew your membership, please use the form below.
Note: * designates a required field

Membership Form

Membership Options

Please select your membership level:
(Active/Junior annual memberships expire on December 1 of each year.)
Please tell us how you plan to pay for your membership. Your membership will be processed once payment has been received. Please note: credit card transactions will be assessed a $5.00 fee to cover the ATA’s additional cost.

Please enter your membership information & confirm that all Information is correct, then press “JOIN NOW”

Member name or primary Farm/Group contact name
*If you ARE applying for a farm/group membership, enter the farm/group name here. Farms/Groups: (families, farms, partnerships, corporations, and similar entities) must select one voting member.
Address:
Address:
City
State/Province
Zip/Postal
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Enter the Name You want to Display instead of your website address (i.e., ATA Farm)

Confirm Edits:
This is your authorization that this information is correct. Please note that this information will be saved in the online web database. An email will be sent to you AND to the ATA office confirming this information.

By submitting this membership form, I agree to comply with, and be bound by the requirements in, the Corporate Regulations of the American Trakehner Association and to observe the policies established by the ATA office and committees. The full set of Corporate Regulations can be viewed here

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Figure 2

a – 1st and 2nd cervical vertebrae
b – thoraco-lumbar joint (T18 connection of last rib)
c – last rib
d – lumbo-sacral joint
e – hip joint (pelvis/femur)

Figure 1

Horse Figure 1

a – the back (withers to peak of croup)
b – the body (point of shoulder to point of buttock)
c – the pelvis (point of hip to point of buttock)
d – the rib length (withers to last rib)
e – the shoulder (withers to point of shoulder)
f – the arm (point of shoulder to point of elbow)
g – the elbow to the stifle
h – the knee to the hock

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