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Pyramid Society

Definition of a straight Egyptian Arabian:

As defined by the Pyramid Society, a horse must trace in every line of its pedigree to a horse which falls into the following categories:

a. Registered or eligible by pedigree for registration by the Arabian Horse Registry of America;
b. Traces in every line of its pedigree to horses born in Arabia Deserta; and
c. Traces in every line of its pedigree to a horse which falls within one or more of the following:

    1.  Owned or bred by Abbas Pasha I or Ali Pasha Sherif

    2.  Used to create and maintain the Royal Agricultural Society (RAS) / 
         Egyptian Agricultural Organization (EAO) breeding programs
         with the exclusion of Registan and Sharkasi and their lineal descendants
    3.  A horse which was a lineal ancestor of a horse described in (A) or (B) above; and
    4.  Other than those excluded above, who was conceived and born in a private stud program in
         Egypt and imported directly to the United States and registered by the Arabian Horse
         Registry of America prior to the extension of the EAO's supervision to private Egyptian
         stud programs as reflected in Volume IV of the EAO's Stud book.

Egyptian Sired

An Egyptian Sired (previously known as Egyptian Bred/Related) horse, as defined by The Pyramid Society, is a purebred Arabian who is produced by breeding a Straight Egyptian stallion to a purebred Arabian mare who is not Straight Egyptian, beginning with registrations of 2005. All existing horses presently meeting the definition of Egyptian Bred/Related will be grandfathered in through the remainder of their lifetime.

Only horses of certifiable ancestry are eligible for classification as Straight Egyptian or Egyptian Sired, as defined by The Pyramid Society.