The 2009 American Saddlebred Reference Directory, the breed’s most comprehensive publication each year, goes into the mail this week and is now also available electronically on the association’s website to all active ASHA members. Just visit www.saddlebred.com/members/reference.php and log in. Once a member has logged in, instructions are provided. The reference directory physical copy has been mailed to all active ASHA members by USPS book rate mail. In the meantime, the association is providing its online service as a convenience to its members.
New this year for the first time, Kentucky State Fair World’s Championship Horse Show dams (both mares under 40 as well as older, historic mares) are presented online in new, web-accessible databases that are sortable and searchable. In addition, high-quality PDF-format sections are searchable with methods that may vary according to each user’s computer program.
ASHA offers two options for viewing the reference directory online. Members may choose to view and/or print the directory by sections or download the entire directory to one’s computer. Members should keep in mind that a dial-up Internet connection will slow the process of downloading the entire directory. Due to the size of the reference directory file, expect to wait a few minutes when downloading the entire directory, even with a high-speed Internet connection. However, accessing the directory by individual sections should take little time regardless of Internet connection. Viewing by section provides members the freedom of clicking on an item from the reference directory’s table of contents and accessing only that specific portion of the directory.
Only active ASHA members can view the reference directory online. In addition, Adobe Acrobat Reader must be installed. To obtain a free download of Adobe Acrobat Reader, visit http://get.adobe.com/reader. An electronic version as well as a hard copy of the reference directory will soon be available for purchase by non-members at the Saddlebred Store. Non-members who join ASHA now will receive a free copy of the reference directory as a benefit of membership. Visit www.saddlebred.com/ASHA-Membership to become a member today.
If you experience difficulty in accessing the reference directory online, contact ASHA Technology Manager Will Wood at [email protected].