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Title:Equine Notes Conference
Notice:Topics List=4, Horses 4Sale/Wanted=150, Equip 4Sale/Wanted=151
Moderator:MTADMS::COBURNIO
Created:Tue Feb 11 1986
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2080
Total number of notes:22383

2042.0. "Appaloosa registry" by MTADMS::DOUGLAS () Thu Jun 20 1996 12:33

    Help!
    
    I just purchased and Appaloosa mare from auction. She has
    no papers and unfortunately, I do not know her origin.
    
    I just called the APHC club and they stated that the only
    way I could register her is to have her spayed !!!
    
    This seems totally unfair, since I want to breed her.
    She is obviously and Appaloosa.
    
    If anyone might know of this horse, please call me. 
    She is a red roan with a blanket, about 9 years old,
    only 14.3hh, 3 roan socks and one white hind sock. She 
    still has milk so she recently had a foal.
    
    
    Any suggestions would be helpful.
    Tina
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2042.1it miay seem unfair, butSUBSYS::MISTOVICHThu Jun 20 1996 12:565
The purpose of a breed registry is to ensure the purity of the breed. Appaloosa
color doesn't prove that she is a purebred appaloosa. She could easily be a
half-bred, 3/4-bred, etc. Without papers, there is no way of knowing her
origins. Providing papers to a breedable horse of unknown origins defeats the
purpose of maintaining a registry.
2042.2I agreeMTADMS::DOUGLASThu Jun 20 1996 14:0417
    RE. .1
    
    Yes, I guess I can understand that.  
    
    I realize the fact that my mare can be bred poses a problem
    because she may in fact be 1/2 something else and it would
    dilute the breed if everyone did this.
    
    But, maybe there should be a registry with a clause in
    it that states "not breedable" or something like that
    So that I could at least show her.
    
    If anyone knows of this horse, I would still like to hear
    from you.
    
    thanks, Tina
2042.3TUXEDO::ROMBERGSo many log files, so little documentation.....Mon Jun 24 1996 12:4114
The 2 appy geldings that my sister and I had were both registered, although
their papers were different.  Mine came with his papers.  I believe they were
blue.  My sister's horse had different colored papers.  I believe they were pink.  
They identified him as not being breeding stock, but then, he was a gelding, so 
it was kind of a moot point.  He had unknown lineage, and barely qualified as an 
app.  You might want to call the registry back and ask about registering her, 
but not as breeding stock. Granted, the rules may state that any registered 
non-breeding stock must be neutered. If you want to register the foals, you 
will need to register your mare. For that you will need to find her papers.

There are a lot of horses out in the world that *look* like apps, but aren't.
Kind of like paints.  What you see is not necessarily what you have.

kathy