2011 Registration Update:
In the past, Legend has been activated with the Dutch Warmblood Registry. It is fairly expensive to register foals with them. When all the fees are added up, it costs $320 - $380 per foal. Most of our mare owners the last few years have opted for other registries, and because Legend is 18 years old now, and we don't expect to be breeding as many mares in the future, we decided not to activate him for the 2011 breeding year. This means that his foals will not be able to be registered with the Dutch Registry. The good news is that this reduces our costs, so we have reduced his stud fees from $900 or $700 to $750 or $600 for 2011.
Foals can be registered with the American Warmblood Society. They hold inspections around the country and offer year-end awards as well. Visit their website for more information: http://www.americanwarmblood.org.
Breed History:
The American Warmblood Society is an International, non-profit Performance horse corporation founded in 1983, dedicated to the development of Sport horses from grass roots through the Olympic levels.
As one of the Associate Members of the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses (WBFSH), the AWS promotes , represents, Nominates, Records and Registers horses for the Olympic sports and Combined Driving.
US Breed Association:
American Warmblood Society
2 Buffalo Run Rd
Center Ridge, AR 72027
Another registration possibility is the Performance Horse Registry. This registry is owned by the US Equestrian Federation and is open to all sporthorse breeds. The PHR will track the performance records of the top horses in Dressage, Jumping and Eventing and correlate it to the bloodlines which are producing these top performers. The Europeans have had access to information like this to make breeding and purchase decisions for decades! (PHR offers a nice awards program as well). Registration with PHR is simple and inexpensive. Website: http://www.phr.org.
About PHR:
The Performance Horse Registry (PHR) offers horse owners and breeders the opportunity to obtain identification papers for their horses, record pedigrees and collect performance records—all in one setting. Not only does this provide a place to track success, it also provides an avenue to explore the importance of making breeding decisions. Since the PHR is part of the United States Equestrian Federation, your horses’ records will be part of one of the largest equine databases in the world.
The Silver Stirrup Awards program is exclusive to horses in the registry. Each year national, regional and state awards are presented to equestrian athletes competing in dressage, dressage sport horse, hunters, hunter breeding, jumpers, eventing and driving. In addition, the program recognizes leading sires, owners and breeders.
Depending on the breed of the mare being bred, there may be other registration possibilities as well. Foals out of Arabian mares can be registered as half-arabian for example, and there are a number of sporthorse registries for crosses such as Pinto, Appaloosa, Freisian, Andalusian, etc.
