American Bashkir Curly Registry

American Bashkir Curly Registry The American Bashkir Curly Horse Registry (ABCR) was founded in 1971 and is the oldest Registry of Curly Horses. Please visit the ABCR Shop.

Welcome to the wonderful world of the American Bashkir Curly Horse! These horses with the curly coat are a rare and beautiful breed, coming in different conformation types, but generally with a wonderful disposition that usually makes them great beginner horses. They are not just Curly Horses, but the curly coat seems to be also hypoallergenic. People who suffer from horse allergies often react ve

ry little, if at all, to the Curly Horse. The goals of the ABCR are to preserve this rare breed, to promote the Curly Horse as much as possible in shows and in the media, provide education about the special features of the horses, and to protect the genetic pool of the small breed population worldwide.The ABCR has registred over 4,100 Full, 750 Straight and 750 Part Bred Curly Horses since 1971 and is the largest Registry for American Bashkir Curly Horses worldwide. For more than 40 years, volunteers have been providing leadership for the American Bashkir Curly Registry, serving the enthusiasts of this unique horse breed with registration services, information and marketing support. Over the past several years, the ABCR has become officially organized in Canada and Europe. With this expansion, the American Bashkir Curly Registry is now an international registry. We invite you to surf our website and explore the mysteries of the American Bashkir Curly Horse, find information about the Curly Horse breed, it's breeders and the history. Fall in love with this beautiful breed like we did! The ABCR is operated by volunteers and registered as a 501c5 Corporation.

03/18/2026

We are saddened to learn of the closing of CSI, and wish to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of its director, Linda VavRosky.
With the closing of the registry, we would like to invite and welcome all CSI members to register your horses and ponies with the American Bashkir Curly Registry (ABCR). We want to assure you that we’re committed to working with you to include the special interests that made this group unique. We are pleased to offer discounted fees for registration, transfer and DNA in addition to a complimentary 1-year membership.
Please email our Registrar at [email protected] or text her at 859-250-4364 for all the details.
We look forward to hearing from and welcoming you into the ABCR.
Joan Olson
President, ABCR

Ancestry genetics testing
01/31/2026

Ancestry genetics testing

Genotyping & Breed Testing NOTICE: The Animal Genetics Lab will close Dec-20-2025 for the Holidays. We will reopen Jan-5-2025.

Sharing a photo of our BLM Curly Mustang Nevada’s Golden Elko. Elko was gathered near Elko, Nevada. His breed line test ...
01/31/2026

Sharing a photo of our BLM Curly Mustang Nevada’s Golden Elko. Elko was gathered near Elko, Nevada. His breed line test show a high percentage of Cleveland Bay. Does anyone have a Curly who also carries Cleveland Bay or was gathered in the area by BLM. Please share their photos.

Happy Holidays to all and a safe and healthy 2026!
12/23/2025

Happy Holidays to all and a safe and healthy 2026!

Wahoo, let's see those Curls and Smooth Curly friends in their Holiday attire. This is my wonderful Sparky Claus, a BLM ...
12/10/2025

Wahoo, let's see those Curls and Smooth Curly friends in their Holiday attire. This is my wonderful Sparky Claus, a BLM Curly Mustang gathered in Black Rock East HMA near Winnemucca, NV. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from ABCR - Angie Gaines - At Large Board Member Page

Let's share our first Curly horse and how we met them. My sweet Lakota, ABCR registered name is Warrior Meads Berndt Lak...
11/25/2025

Let's share our first Curly horse and how we met them. My sweet Lakota, ABCR registered name is Warrior Meads Berndt Lakota. He was bred by Barbara Carroll in Texas and sold to a Curly friend in East Texas as a stallion. I found that he was for sale and he became the namesake for our ranch, Golden Curls Ranch. Unfortunately, he had been gelded for oh the gorgeous babies he would produce with fabulous Mead, Warrior lines. He is still giving riding lessons and occasional trail rides. Angie

Our wonderful Board Member Marion Huurman-de Roos with Hidden Cave Ranch in Kentucky shared a photo of her beautiful Cur...
11/17/2025

Our wonderful Board Member Marion Huurman-de Roos with Hidden Cave Ranch in Kentucky shared a photo of her beautiful Curly horses coats as they prepare for winter. Share photos of your beautiful Curly horses in the comments.

10/16/2025

Hello friends and members Here is the link to the latest Curly Cues. Inside are updates from our annual meeting, activities with board members and their Curlies and, of course, beautiful Curlies. Joan, thank you for an awesome job on the newsletter. Angie

08/05/2025

Hello Members! Here is a tentative agenda for our 9/21/2025 Zoom meeting. Please send an email to [email protected] if you would like to add an item to the agenda.

American Bashkir Curly Registry

2025 Zoom meeting
Date: Sunday, September 21, 2025
Meeting Time: 2:00 EST...

Meeting Agenda - Tentative

• Welcome
• Approval of 2024 Meeting Minutes
• Approval of 2024 Treasurer’s Report
• District Reports
• Committee Reports
• Old Business:
1. Curly coat book change discussion
2. Membership update
3. Finances 2025-2026

New Business:
1. New Password for Database
2. Curly Mustang Book Update
3. Update Breed Standards

Adjourn

08/04/2025

Remember save the date for our zoom meeting 9/21/2025

Dear Members,I hope this finds you well. There are a few things I would like to share with you.The Board of Directors wo...
08/04/2025

Dear Members,

I hope this finds you well. There are a few things I would like to share with you.

The Board of Directors would like to cordially invite you to attend our Annual Membership Meeting on September 21st. It is a zoom meeting. The agenda will be posted ahead of time in the next issue of the Curly Cues. We are compiling items now for discussion. If you have anything you would like to discuss, please send me a quick note with the information so that it can be added. If you are unable to Zoom, also let me know, so we know to add a phone number.

The Website software was recently updated. This has created a change in the way you will access the Pedigree database. The process has been changed to a single login from the Member Only section. The new login is: Promotethecurlies@2025. Once you are there, you will scroll down past old minutes and other documents stored there, click on the link; abcregistry.com. You will immediately see the blue fill-in the info page. Once finished, go back to the Member Only login drop down and log out.

Lastly, I would like to invite all of you to get more involved in the organization starting with the Annual Membership meeting. So, email any topics you feel should be discussed and check the website for the agenda and updates. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82418437531?pwd=qsa1Q6xc0k77aFbOn5XK8c89m7zDRQ.1

Meeting ID: 824 1843 7531
passcode: 685523

Meeting Times: 2:00p Eastern, 1:00p Central, 12:00p Mountain, 11:00a Pacific.
My apologies, I'm not great with European Times...Germany 8:00p/20:00

Sincerely,
Melinda Martino, ABCR Registrar
District 7 Trustee

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