How To E Register A Horse Into The Aqha

Buckskin Mare and Foal When we purchased our new horses a few weeks agone, we knew we would take some work to practise to get the foal registered and the papers edited to show our ownership of the mare. Whenever you're buying a horse, it'south important to sympathize the registration process and what the requirements are for registering a horse. Some horses only aren't registerable, and it's important to know the difference, because a horse that is registered has added value. If y'all've never endemic an American Quarter Horse and if you're unfamiliar with the awarding process, this web log mail service might exist a help to you. Since nosotros are going through the registration process correct at present, I'll share with yous the steps you have to take when you plan to register a horse with the American Quarter Horse Association.

When nosotros paid the seller, she handed over the mare's registration papers and signed a unproblematic Bill of Sale. She didn't have a transfer class on hand, so nosotros knew our paperwork wasn't complete, simply since she seemed very open and honest, we told her we'd postal service information technology to her later. It should be noted that if your seller is non trustworthy, they could be conning yous into paying a higher price for a horse they claim is registered, but if they don't accept the papers on hand, or if they don't sign a transfer report at the time of buy, y'all may notice yourself with an unregisterable horse. When you buy a horse, you need to be sure you get the horse'south original registration papers (check the description, colour, and markings of the papers and make sure they match the horse) and a Transfer Written report that is signed and dated by the seller. You can become to AQHA.com and find a printable Transfer Study and Application for Registration forms. Then fill them out completely, and send them to AQHA with your payment. There is fifty-fifty an online registration application, only I prefer the sometime standard paperwork, it seems more than fool-proof.

I was unsure near proving buying of the foal, since it had never been registered before. And so I chosen and spoke to a customer service representative at AQHA, who told me that I also need a signed Transfer Study for the foal. Since the mare was bred when she was under different ownership, we too have to mail the foals Registration Awarding to the breeder for them to sign, as owners of both the sire and dam. All of this needs to be completed earlier the foal is 7 months erstwhile, or the price for the registration goes up.

As far as AQHA fees go, the membership fee alone is $twoscore per yr, or you can buy a lifetime membership for $500. Registering a foal under 7 months is $25 for members, and the transfer fee per horse is $xv. Then for a full of $55, we tin can get the chore done, since we're already AQHA members. But if you put off your paperwork, the prices get up drastically!

For a 7-12 calendar month sometime equus caballus, the fee is $50. If you lot expect until the foal is a twelvemonth old, it'south $125 to register it. If the colt is ii years sometime, information technology costs $300. A three year old costs $550 to register, and after a equus caballus is iv years erstwhile, information technology costs $1000 to register information technology, and requires parentage verification. Wow….the $50 fee is enough motivation to keep me from procrastinating! I had the papers in the mail the first week we had ownership.

But now I'm working on naming the foal, and information technology's not quite so piece of cake. You take up to six name choices to listing on the application, they have to be xx characters or less, including spaces. And the proper noun can't be the same every bit a previously registered horse. I always adopt using a mixture of both the sire and dam's registered names, mostly from a sense of tradition, but also to bespeak what bloodlines the colt possesses.

Hither is the stallion's pedigree: AQHA Pedigree for Cooked To Par, 1998 Buckskin Stallion

And this is the mare's pedigree: AQHA Pedigree for Command A Cowgirl 2003 Buckskin Mare

So here are some of our ideas to name the new filly:

Cooked To Command
Cooke County Command
Cooke Canton Cowboy
Cooke Canton Cowhand
Cookin Commander
Command A Cooke
Commander Cooke
Out Due west Etc

We would be thrilled to get more than suggestions for a registered proper noun for this little guy. We as well need barn names for both the mare and foal. The mare went by "Katy" at her previous home, just we have a niece with that proper noun and don't want to misfile our children. So far they are answering to "Girl" and "Buddy", but they tin't stay that way forever! Please annotate with your ideas, or visit CowgirlDiary's facebook page to easily leave your suggestions.

Here are more than photos of them for inspiration:
Buckskin AQHA Mare and Foal