CONDITIONS OF ENTRY TO THE JAPANESE STUD BOOK
Article 1

Definition of a Thoroughbred

A Thoroughbred is a horse which is recorded in the Thoroughbred Stud Book of thecountry of foaling, that Stud Book having been granted Approved status by theInternational Stud Book Committee (hereinafter referred to as “the ISBC”) at the timeof its official recording.
Article 2

Qualification

For a horse to be eligible to be recorded in the Japanese Stud Book issued by the Japan
Association for International Racing and Stud Book (hereinafter referred to as “theJAIRS”), all of the following requirements must be satisfied:
1. Status of Sire and Dam
1.1

The horse must be the product of a mating between sire and dam, both of which

are recorded in an approved Thoroughbred Stud Book or either or both must have beenpromoted from a Non-Thoroughbred Register under the terms of set out below.
1.1.1

A horse may be promoted from the Non-Thoroughbred Register of Japan to theJapanese Stud Book when the following conditions are all satisfied.
1.1.1.1 The pedigree of the horse demonstrates eight thoroughbred crosses
consecutively including the cross of which it is the progeny.
1.1.1.2 The pedigree of the horse contains animals which can show such performancesin races open to Thoroughbreds, in both the Thoroughbred and Non-Thoroughbred
sections of its pedigree, as to warrant its assimilation with Thoroughbreds.
1.1.1.3 The promotion is approved by the unanimous agreement of the ISBC.
2. Service to Produce an Eligible Foal

2.1

The Thoroughbred must be the result of a Stallion’s mating with a Mare whichis the physical mounting of a Mare by a Stallion with intromission of the penis andejaculation of semen into the reproductive tract.
3. Gestation to Produce an Eligible Foal
3.1

A natural gestation must take place in, and delivery must be from, the body ofthe same Mare in which the Foal was conceived. Any Foal resulting from or produced by
the processes of Artificial Insemination, Embryo Transfer or Transplant, Cloning or any
other form of genetic manipulation not herein specified, shall not be eligible forrecording in the Japanese Stud Book.
Article 3

Disqualification

Modification of the heritable genome of a prospective or registered Thoroughbred,during its conception, gestation or at any stage thereafter in its existence, will result inthat horse forfeiting its status as a Thoroughbred.
Article 4
1.

Registration for Breeding

No stallion or mare can be entered in the Japanese Stud Book, unless it isregistered as breeding stock by the JAIRS. The owner of the animal to be registered asbreeding stock must submit all the following documents accompanied by theregistration fee to the JAIRS.
1) A Certificate of Foal Registration issued by the JAIRSIn case of an imported breeding stock, either one of the following documents
must have been lodged to the JAIRS directly from the Stud Book Authority ofthe exporting country of the horse by mail, facsimile, or via internet.
a) Export certificate for permanently imported horseb) Breeding Clearance Notification for horse visiting Japan for aperiod of nine months or less
It is recommend that passport issued by the Stud Book Authority of the countryof birth is submitted to the JAIRS.
2) An Application Form for Registration for Breeding signed and sealed by theowner of the animal describing the animal's name, sex, color, date of birth, andpedigree2.

Before it can be registered as breeding stock, the animal’s identity must beestablished:
1) By comparing the animal's markings with those recorded in the Certificate
of Foal Registration, the Export Certificate, or the Passport. This should bepracticed by officers and officials of the Registry or persons commissioned orappointed by the JAIRS (hereinafter referred to as “Registration Examiner”).
2)

By establishing the DNA type of the animal. In respect of animals, thismay require the provision of a current sample taken by the Registration
Examiner.
3.

No animal may be registered as breeding stock retrospectively after it has died,

except in the case that the DNA type of the animal has been officially established prior
to the animal's death and the markings can be confirmed.
Article 5
1.

Foal Registration

No animal foaled in Japan can be entered in the Japanese Stud Book, unless it isregistered as foal by the JAIRS. The owner of the foal to be registered must, in principle
before weaning, submit all the following documents accompanied by the registration fee
to the JAIRS:
1) An Application Form for Foal Registration signed and sealed by the owner ofthe foal, describing the foal’s sex, color, date of birth, pedigree, place of birth,and the name of breeder.
2) The dam’s Certificate of Registration for Breeding, in the case that dam has
been registered as breeding stock by the JAIRS.
In the case of an imported horse, an Export Certificate must be sent to JAIRS
directly from the Stud Book Authority of the exporting country of the horse by
mail, facsimile, or via internet.
3) An official Covering Certificate describing the date of all coverings in theprevious year as prescribed in section 4 of Article 9 of the Law for Improvement

and Increased Production of Livestock (Law No. 209, 1950).
For the produce of a mare covered abroad, a document certifying the fact ofcovering issued by the Stud Book Authority of the country where the dam
thereof was covered, in lieu of the foregoing Covering Certificate.
2.

The Registration Examiners must conduct the identification of the dam based on

the markings recorded on the Certificate of Registration for Breeding presented by theowner, and examine the sex and color of the foal, and record the markings. The sample
must be taken from the foal, and where necessary, its sire and dam, for DNA typing toverify its parentage.
3.

A foal is not eligible for Foal Registration and cannot be entered in the JapaneseStud Book unless:
1) It is the product of a natural service or covering, as described in the section 2of the Article 2.
2) A natural gestation took place in, and delivery was from, the body of themare in which the foal was conceived, as described in the section 3 of theArticle 3.
3) Sex is clearly recognizable.
4) Parentage is verified by DNA typing and /or blood typing.
No foal, which was conceived by Artificial Insemination, or was subject of an EmbryoTransplant, Cloning or any other form of genetic manipulation not herein specified, canbe entered in the Japanese Stud Book.
4.

Notwithstanding that a complete return may be made for a foal, and that the foal

may qualify by DNA typing as being the progeny of its stated parents, the Application
for Foal Registration may be refused either if its reported coat color is inconsistent withthe registered coat color of its stated parents, or if the reported gestation period of its
dam is significantly at variance with generally accepted limits.
5.

For a home-bred horse, if all the requirements for Foal Registration are not received

by the JAIRS by 31st December of its yearling year, it will no longer be eligible for FoalRegistration.
Article 6Ownership

The owner of the animal is deemed to be the person or entity whose name has beenrecorded as such in the Application for Foal Registration or for Registration forBreeding. It is stressed that ownership recorded in the Japanese Stud Book does notamount to legal registration of title to the animal and must not be construed as such.
Article 7

BreederThe breeder is the person or entity whose name has been recorded as being the owner ofthe mare at the time that her foal was dropped.
Article 8Export

Prior to exporting a horse registered by the JAIRS, the owner must submit the following
documents accompanied by the appropriate fee to the JAIRS
1) A Certificate of Foal Registration or a Certificate of Registration forBreeding
2) An Application Form for Export Certificate and Passport
In the case of breeding stock which will be exported and returned to Japan innine months or less, only the Application for Passport is required.
When exporting a horse which has already been issued with an Export
Certificate and Passport by a Stud Book Authority approved by the ISBC, anApplication for the Endorsement of Export Certificate and/or Passport must besubmitted in lieu of an Application for Export Certificate and/or Passport.
3) In the case of exporting broodmares in-foal, the Covering Certificate is also
required.
Article 9

Identity Documents

1.

A Certificate of Registration for Breeding shall be issued to the owner of the horse

registered as a breeding stock by the JAIRS.
2.

A Certificate of Foal Registration shall be issued to the owner of the horseregistered as a foal by the JAIRS.
3.

An identifying document, containing a written description and diagram whichshows the markings, shall be issued to the horse registered by the JAIRS.
4.

When exporting a horse registered by JAIRS, an Export Certificate and a Passportshall be issued. The Export Certificate must be sent directly to the Stud Book Authorityof the importing country, and Passport shall be issued to the owner of the horse
In the case of breeding stock which is exported and returns to Japan in nine months orless, only Passport shall be issued.
Article 10
1.

Report from Owners

If any stallion or broodmare already registered as breeding stock falls within one of

the following categories, its owner must notify the JAIRS of the change incircumstances in writing within 30 days
1) In the event of a change of ownership resulting from sale, donation,inheritance, and etc. (both the previous and new owners in the case of domesticchange of ownership).
2) In the event of death or altercation of use.
3) In the event of exportation or importation.
2. Return of Mare Form is distributed to every mare owner each season. It must becompleted and returned to the JAIRS not later than 31st May of the foaling year,
describing:1) Covering stallion, foal’s sex, color, date of birth, and place of birth. If a mareis covered by more than one stallion, s separate entry must be made for eachstallion.

2) In the event of no live produce the official Return must still be completed
indicating whether the mare was barren, slipped, or not covered in the previousyear, or that foal was dead at birth, or died since birth.
3. A book of Covering Record is distributed to every stallion owner each season. It must
be completed ad returned to the JAIRS not later than 30th September in the year ofcovering. Stallion owner is also requested:
1) To describe the details of covering record of every mare covered by thestallion in the season.
2) To issue a Covering Certificate to the owner of each mare covered by thestallion.
Article 11DNA Typing

1. DNA typing must be carried out by the laboratory designated by the JAIRS(hereinafter referred to as “the Laboratory”), and the Laboratory must:
1) Be the Institutional Member of the International Society for AnimalGenetics (hereinafter referred to as “the ISAG”), participate in every ISAG
comparison test and achieve a ranking of 1.
2) Perform the full repertoire of tests recognized by the ISBC.
2. For the purpose of these Conditions of Entry, an animal’s DNA type will not be
considered to be officially established unless either it has been established by theLaboratory based on a sample submitted to the Laboratory, and notified to theJAIRS, or, in certain circumstances, it has been established by the laboratory
designated by the Stud Book Authority overseas, and notified to the JAIRS. The
circumstances under which DNA types established by overseas laboratories asabove will be accepted are:1) In exceptional cases, and only if the animal concerned has died before a valid
sample could reasonably have been taken from it, to establish the DNA type of

an imported broodmare or stallion.
2) In the case of stallion only, for the purpose of parentage testing a foal
conceived abroad and imported in utero.
Note: Japan Association for International Racing and Stud Book ca be interpreted as
Japan Race Horse Registry, former name of organization issuing Japanese Stud Book,when applicable.