• For the purposes of applying this Regulation, the following words and phrases – wherever they appear – shall have the meanings indicated opposite each of them:

  • Regulation: The regulatory statute for the disposition of horses owned by the King Abdulaziz Center for Purebred Arabian Horses.

  • Center: King Abdulaziz Center for Purebred Arabian Horses.

  • Council: The Board of Directors of the Center.

  • Director General: The General Director of the Center.

  • Horses: Purebred Arabian horses owned by the Center and officially registered in its approved records and documented with the World Arabian Horse Organization (WAHO).

  • Public Interest: The comprehensive benefit achieved from any decision or action taken by the Center regarding the horses it owns, contributing to the protection of public funds and preserving the purebred Arabian horse lineages.

  • Competent Committee: A committee formed by a decision of the Council to evaluate the horses intended for disposition.

  • Evaluation: Determining the market value of the horse in terms of health, genetics, and technical aspects including lineage, aesthetic traits, and capabilities.

  • Disposition: Sale, secondment, grant, gift, safe disposal, or any other lawful method of disposition of horses.

  • Sale: Transfer of ownership of horses owned by the Center to another person for financial consideration, through a public or electronic auction according to the applicable legal procedure.

  • Grant: Transfer of ownership of horses owned by the Center to a natural or legal person without financial consideration.

  • Secondment: Enabling a natural or legal person to use horses owned by the Center for a specified period and for a specific purpose.

  • Gift: Transfer of ownership of horses owned by the Center to a natural or legal person as a symbolic or honorary gift on a special occasion or in recognition of an achievement or distinguished contribution in the field of horses.

  • Safe Disposal: The process of ending the life of the animal quickly and with the least possible pain or suffering.

  • Announcement: Publishing the list of horses offered for sale through all means that ensure reaching the buyer.

  • Productive Age: The period during which the horse is in its best health and genetic condition qualified for reproduction and offspring production.

  • Show Age: The period during which the horse is in its best aesthetic and physical condition qualifying it to participate in beauty shows or exhibition events.

  • Material Defects: Any pathological, genetic, or physical condition or trait in the horse that affects its safety, value, or ability to be used for show or production purposes.

  • Buyer: The natural or legal person who has submitted a purchase request for a horse owned by the Center and has been approved in accordance with the procedures and regulations stipulated in the Regulation.

  • Person: Any natural or legal person, public or private.

• Scope of application of this regulation includes actions related to horses owned by the center, and includes:

  • 1- Sale by public or electronic auction.

  • 2- Secondment, granting, or gifting for public purposes.

  • 3- Safe disposal in cases of necessity.

• This regulation aims to achieve the following:

  • 1- Protecting and preserving the purebred Arabian horse lineage.

  • 2- Regulating the financial consideration in accordance with the applicable statutory procedures.

  • 3- Supporting the spread of purebred Arabian breeds and enhancing the Kingdom's position as a global center for horses.

  • 4- Managing the disposition of horses owned by the center as part of its assets.

  • 5- Strengthening the role of the center with government entities, institutions, and individuals.

  • 6- Unifying the procedures for evaluation, announcement, notarization, and contracting.

A committee shall be formed by a decision of the Council, specialized in evaluating the disposition of horses, consisting of five members for a period of (3) years, renewable and subject to reformation. The decision shall specify who will preside over it, provided that the chairperson is specialized in Sharia or regulations. The committee shall include a veterinarian, an expert in horses, and a financial specialist. Decisions on claims shall be made within a period not exceeding (30) days, and its recommendations shall be issued by majority vote and must be reasoned. In the event of a tie, the side voted for by the chairperson shall prevail, and its recommendation shall be approved by the Director General.

• It falls within the Committee's jurisdiction, before issuing its recommendation on the action regarding the horses, to verify the following:

  • 1- The suitability of the horses for production programs, shows, or training.

  • 2- The productive or show age of the horses.

  • 3- Genetic defects or diseases that prevent benefiting from the horses.

The center is obligated, when disposing of horses through sale, to announce via the official website, its affiliated accounts, notice boards, and any other appropriate means for a period not less than fifteen (15) days. The sale shall be conducted by public or electronic auction under an official contract between the center and the buyer, ratified by the council or its authorized representative, detailing the entire disposal process and officially documenting it until completion by collecting the amount and depositing it into the center's account in accordance with the applicable laws. A certificate of ownership shall be issued to the buyer. The center is also obligated to comply with all relevant legal provisions according to the type of disposal.

The center is obligated, in the process of horse secondment, to document the secondment process through a contract ratified by the council or its delegate, specifying the borrower's details, the purpose of the secondment, its duration, obligations, and conditions of use, including retaining ownership of the horse by the center and ensuring its return in the condition it was received.

The process of disposing of horses by grant and gift shall be by a decision of the Council or its delegate for national, social, cultural, scientific purposes, or special occasions honoring an achievement or distinguished contribution in the field of horses, in accordance with regulations included by the Committee in its recommendation to achieve the public interest and protect the pedigrees of horses registered with the center, with the latter being committed to recording the disposal in the official records.

The safe disposal process of horses shall be based on an accredited veterinary report proving the horse's unfitness or danger, supported by the Committee's recommendation and approved by the General Manager in accordance with Sharia standards, the Animal Welfare Law, and relevant veterinary regulations, with the process documented in the official horse records at the center.