How To Register an Older Horse
August 11, 2009
AQHA has lowered the registration fees for older horses. Find out how easy it is to get a set of papers for everyone in your pasture.
AQHA Customer Service Rep Kayla Randall
AQHA makes an attempt to encourage early foal registration by setting weanling fees low. If you have a horse that is aged and unregistered, it can seem like quite a feat, financially and otherwise, to file the paperwork. AQHA has introduced a registration special that will lighten the load. Instead of paying $550 for a 36-month-old horse and $1,000 for horses that are 48 months old or older, you only pay $300 from 36 months on. The special will run from August 2009 until December 31, 2012. There has never been a better opportunity to get the inhabitants of your pasture registered with AQHA.
Since the registration process is the same at any age, the first step is to get a registration application. You will complete the application the same way you do for a weanling. The only problem I see people encounter is locating the breeders for the appropriate signature and, in some instances, DNA.
AQHA Customer Service is available via phone and e-mail to conduct any necessary research for you. If you are not the breeder of the foal you are trying to register, AQHA can locate the sire and dam and get the appropriate names and addresses for you. If you are missing a signature or other pertinent information, submit your application anyway, and AQHA will attempt to contact the appropriate people for you to acquire the necessary information. AQHA locks in registration fees from the time the application is received, so no matter what is missing, your fees will not increase while AQHA processes your work or waits for answers to correspondence.
Another hindrance with older horses can be the necessity of parentage verification. AQHA has required breeding stallions to be DNA typed for quite some time, but the requirement for a mare to be DNA typed was age and year specific. In some cases, it is not possible to get a DNA type from one of the horse’s parents. AQHA can sometimes achieve this by building a DNA type through grandparents and other offspring. This is never a definite, and is handled on a case-by-case basis. AQHA charges an extra $100 fee that is non-refundable for horses whose paperwork requires in-depth research and manpower.
Remember, so long as both the sire and dam are registered with AQHA (or if the horse is eligible for Appendix papers), you have a starting point. Leave a comment or contact Customer Service with any questions!
As Always, At your Service …
Kayla Randall
AQHA Customer Service
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August 22nd, 2009 at 10:22 pm
Hi
I was wondering if you could answer a couple of questions for me.
Last October a purchased a 4 yr old quarter horse (Mikey)at an auction. The reason the horse ended up at the auction was because the owner did not want to pay the trainer for the work that he did on this horse. A lady came to the auction shortly after I purchased him and told me his registered name,registration number and the previous owner of the horse. I have been looking for the previous owner since then to try to get the papers for Mikey and had no success in finding this guy. Is there any other possible way to obtain papers for Mikey? And what about DNA, do all registered horse get Dna work done? Is this a possibility too?
Thank you
Yvonne
October 21st, 2009 at 3:16 pm
I am trying to purchase a mare and filly right now but the mare is not currently registered, I just need to know what all i need to get from the current owner to register her and the filly. the mares parents are both registered with aqha. Also what type of membership do i need to have her registered is a general membership okay? Thanks for any help.
Thank You,
Ryann
October 22nd, 2009 at 4:26 pm
I was wondering what the process is and how much it would be to register a thoroughbred stallion into an apendix stallion?
October 23rd, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Jason,
Thank you for your comment! AQHA will require the following documents to establish a Thoroughbred for breeding purposes:
• Photocopies of the Jockey Club Certificate – front and back.
• Four current color photos ~ (front, back and both sides).
• There is one-time enrollment fee of $50 per for a current AQHA member or $90 for a nonmember (this fee includes a 1-year membership).
Thank you for your interest and support of AQHA! If you have any questions please feel free to contact the Customer Service Department Monday -Friday 8-5 CST, (806) 376-4811.
Kayla Randall
Customer Service Department
American Quarter Horse Association
806/376.4811
http://www.aqha.com/
American Quarter Horse Association is the largest Equine Breed Registry in the world.
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:57 pm
I am trying to figure out the paperwork to get my appendix filly registered. The mare was TB (Betty’s Babe) and was bred AI. The mare has a DNA type #QH441527 sticker on her jockey club papers. The stallion is Larks Tuff E Nuff. What other information do I need to put on the application and where? I have never done one like this before.
November 5th, 2009 at 8:58 am
I have the breeding cert. on a 10 year old that I want to have registered.Both of the parents are DNA verified, but I wasnt the breeder of the mare What info. do I need to complete the reg.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Lexi and Mark,
Thank you for your comment! Please utilize the link below for information regarding registration/transfer requirements and fees.
http://americashorsedaily.com/images/pdfs/registeraquarterhorse.pdf
Transfer – (if person registering was not the mare owner at time of foaling)
http://www.aqha.com/association/registration/transfer.html
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our Customer Service Department, Monday-Friday, 8-5 CST, (806) 376-4811.
Thank you for your interest and support of AQHA!
Kayla Randall
AQHA Customer Service
November 5th, 2009 at 10:38 am
Thank you for your comment! AQHA will require the following documents to establish a Thoroughbred for breeding purposes:
• Photocopies of the Jockey Club Certificate – front and back.
• Four current color photos ~ (front, back and both sides).
• There is one-time enrollment fee of $50 per for a current AQHA member or $90 for a nonmember (this fee includes a 1-year membership).
Thank you for your interest and support of AQHA! If you have any questions please feel free to contact the Customer Service Department Monday -Friday 8-5 CST, (806) 376-4811.
Kayla Randall
AQHA Customer Service
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November 9th, 2009 at 7:14 am
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November 17th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
I have an older mare(13) that I bought just based on her looks and the person I bought her from doesn’t know any background information on her is there anyway I could see if she was registered??? She looks 100% quarter horse no doubt!!
November 25th, 2009 at 10:59 am
hello, i want to register my 6 year old mare but i don’t know who her parents are. i saved herfrom a meat house and i know her breed. do you think you will be ableto tell me what to do next?
November 25th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Do you know anything about registering a older thoroughbred?
November 27th, 2009 at 8:57 am
Whoops was doing a google search on horses related sites and came across this post. Not exactly what I was searching for but much more interesting lol! Oh well, gotta get back to work…bp
December 3rd, 2009 at 8:09 pm
I bought a quarterhorse colt from a guy three years ago, when he was 8 months old. Birthday is March 15, 2006. He said the sire and dam were registered and that my horse was a pure-bred quarter horse and that I could register him. I’ve considered doing it many times; but I want to get a lot more serious about doing it. So I was wondering if you could tell me the first things I need to do or figure out?….It’ll only cost $300 even if I don’t get him all registered before he turns 4, right?
December 22nd, 2009 at 1:16 am
three years ago I bought a mare, who was 4 at the time, that had a 9 month old filly. the lady said the filly was registerable at the time. she also gave me the stallion’s name. I know he is registered and DNA typed. How do I find out if she is registered.
December 22nd, 2009 at 9:32 pm
I own an unregistered gelding born 4/25/2004. I purchased his Dam (AQHA #2496011)as a weanling in 1986. I was present when she was bred (live cover – hand breeding) to a registered (AQHA #4072932) and DNA typed young stallion. The stallion owner properly filed a breeding report. I had no other foals born in 2004. My gelding has been in my possesion since his birth. His dam remained in my possesion until her death on 12/22/04 due to complications of colic. This mare was very special to me. I was unable to even see my other horses for months. I am now trying to “get back in the saddle”, and I found the discounted registration fees! I was so happy that I would have a chance to right my wrong and register the only foal of my beloved mare. Just days after her death, I did have a lucid moment of panic when I realized that I had just buried my foal’s parentage DNA evidence. I was not an AQHA member at the time, but I immediately contacted the AQHA to find out if I had to now, somehow, manage to dig up my mare to recover DNA. A very kind representative assured me that my mare was too old to be required to be tested. She explained that I would never need DNA testing for registration or any other purposes. Your article sounds pretty hopeful when you say that if a horse has two registered parents, that is enough to get a good start. I was given a very different attitude on the phone today. I was told a flat “NO.” No DNA on the mare, no DNA on multiple offspring – absolutely no options. What about testing body/coat hair? I have her half- sister and lots of tack that has been essentially unused since this mare’s death. I have photos. This is a gelding. It doesn’t matter to anyone but me, I know. I was very discouraged and surprised by how bluntly I was denied. Is there any hope at all? Do I have any options left?
December 26th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
I purchased a 5 yr old Quarter horse.His breeder cert and registration app has been lost and sellers will not provide the necessary info. I do not have sire and dam information. Can he be dna’ tested ,to retrieve that info. Thank you.
February 4th, 2010 at 10:54 am
Hi last summer I purchased a registered quarter horse, named Bonnett real name is I Good Blue. I have been researching her background and want to make a book about her with pictures of her grand parents and back as far as I can go but some of the older horses have already passed away. Is there anywhere that I can find more info and pictures of her grand parents, and great grandparents, and even farther back than that. She has three bars, and pretty boy buck and Chicado V, three moore. But the older the line gets the less infomation I can find and pictures seem to be nonexistant. Please let me know if there is anywhere else I can look. Also I would like to find out about her offspring but don’t now where to look she was used as a broadmare for a long time. Thank-you
February 19th, 2010 at 10:42 am
Could I get the correct registation papers sent to me for older horses, I need two sets thank you.
March 23rd, 2010 at 7:13 pm
Hi, I have a black quarter horse mare i want to register. The only thing is her dam has no papers even tho she could have been registered and there is no way to get them. The dam is almost thirty and my black mare just turned ten. The father is fully papered and registered. Is there any way at all i could register her with the aqha. Even just half? Through dna from the dam and with the father’s papers? Thank you for any help in advance.
March 26th, 2010 at 6:38 pm
I purchased an 18 month filly whom I was told could be registered and had it shipped 1/2 way across country. Now that she’s here I am being told that her sire was a registered stallion, and the mare could have been registered, but wasn’t due to financial reasons. If and how can I get my filly registered? Do I have to get DNA on her grandparents as well as the dam? I have no idea where to begin with this. Please help…
May 12th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
5 months ago I rescued a pregnant mare who was dumped at a feedlot.She foaled a colt a week ago, and I have no idea if she is registered or not. We have no papers or anything, and we know she is not here from California. She does have a specific brand and we had our vet look at her and have a guess of 16 years.She has pretty identiful markings and has a total profile of a Quarter horse. I do have picture documentation.Is there anyway we can look up registration papers if we have just the brand, and her markings? I am willing to get a DNA Sample or whatever is needed to try and find out
May 13th, 2010 at 9:00 am
Julia,
Thank you for your comment! AQHA does not currently have a system in place to identify a horse based on DNA type, color, markings or brand alone. The registered name/number of the horse or the registered name/number of the horse’s sire/dam are required to search AQHA records.
September 21st, 2010 at 3:28 pm
hi this jesus torres i by this old mre 3 year ago and she give me two liltle filly sand now i want to get my registration peper my mare was tatuo and the number is 64601 she was runn on ruidoso nm. the last time i know her color is palomino she is abut 22 years old she was very fast mare is why i keep her in good sahp for now if is somting i can do to get my paper let me know i thanks for i i will pay for the service
November 13th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
hello,
my daughter is considering purchasing a quarter horse, the lady selling it said that when she bought it she was told that the horse is registered but she didnt get the papers for her and doesnt have any info on her except that the horse is 5yrs and part of her name was Ruffian, is there a data base that i might be able to go through to track down if this horse is a registered quarter horse… i already tried one site and shes not registered with them. thanks
November 22nd, 2010 at 8:14 am
I have a horse that is registered to some one else and need to know how do i change it to me . now that he is my horse . how do i get that done .thanks
November 23rd, 2010 at 3:47 pm
Ughhhhh. . .I am twelve years old and my mother is making me register our two horses who are 7 and 9 years old. OMG I am so frusterated. Plus I have tons of homework and my little siblings…
!I NEED HELP!
December 10th, 2010 at 12:26 pm
I have a colt that is 7 months old. His mother is registered with the AQHA but his father is not. The father’s parents were both registered. The grandfather under the APHA and the grandmother under the AQHA. Can I register the colt without the father being registered?
Thanks Sheri
December 28th, 2010 at 12:59 pm
I have three mares from the same dam and sire. The eldest is registered as were the dam and sire (both deceased). The stallion was gentic typed but the mare (dam) was not. Can I have the sister typed in order to register the sisters?
Thanks,
Vianne
January 22nd, 2011 at 12:52 pm
Hi. How much is it to reg a 4 yr old quarter horse.
February 10th, 2011 at 1:53 pm
Just talked to AQHA–the fee to register horse 4 years or older is $300 (plus the parentage verification fee of $40) and will stay at $300 until 12/31/2011. Hope this helps anyone wondering!
February 18th, 2011 at 6:08 pm
I rescued a QH who was nearly dead from starvation. Previous owners called him “MUD” was he was the victim of a divorce, domestic violence and a foreclosure in “09. I have pictures to show if you need them. His body was eating his organs and I took him in June, 2009. I called Mud’s owner and she was clinically depressed and subsequently hospitalized. I spent close to $10,000 on Vet bills – cholic 5 times, founder, absesses, to name a few. I cannot get a hold of her and her number has changed. I renamed “Mud” Sir Baron Von Beckel – “Baron” for short. I want him registered so bad. My other QH is registered with you. Her name is “Lady Sophie Irene”. Please help me. Baron and Sophie’s Mom.
February 27th, 2011 at 1:03 pm
I have a 10 year old AQH that as far as we know has never been registered under AQHA .I have recently talked to his old owner and she said she knew both his sire and dam, she is overseas and has no more information with her.She didn’t own the sire or dam.Would it be 1000 dollars to register him? I will aquire his sire and dams names and if they were register AQHA.
April 9th, 2011 at 12:28 pm
I HAVE AN OLDER 1/4 THAT WAS NOT REGISTERED BECAUSE HE IS A CREMELLO. I WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER HIM NOW BUT ON THE BREEDERS CERT. THERE IS NOT THE COLOUR CREMELLO. HOW DO I FILL IN THE COLOUR WHEN IT IS NOT THERE.
THANKS
TRUDY
April 9th, 2011 at 1:33 pm
fORGOT TO ADD THIS DAM DIED WHEN HE WAS 1 YR OLD. SHE IS NOT DNA’D. ALSO HE IS DNA’D WITH AAHA SO DOES AQHA STILL NEED A SAMPLE OF HIS MANE?
April 16th, 2011 at 12:26 pm
Hi, It is now 4/16/2011 How much is the registration fee for older horses now? Thanks Thomas
April 26th, 2011 at 7:47 pm
If my horse was in someone elses name and I want Her in my name how do I change it? Please I need the answer how do I change owner ship on AQHA? Please and thank you.
April 27th, 2011 at 8:40 am
Savannah,
Thank you for your comment! Check out my post about transfers of ownership at the link below.
http://americashorsedaily.com/aqha-transfers-cheap-and-painless/
If you have further questions, please contact AQHA Customer Service at 806-376-4811 Monday-Friday 8-5CDT.
May 17th, 2011 at 6:59 pm
I have a 9 year old Regestered Thoroughbred mare That I would like to breed in 2012 to a regestered Barrel racing Stallion. I have all the Regestration papers from The Maryland Horse Breeders Association,The letter from the Jockey Club Interactive Registration in my name and the Jockey Club Certificate of Foal Registration signed by the previous owner over to me is there anything else that is required as far as paper work goes? And the 4 pictures are also in hand. Where can I get the paper work that I need to fill out to Regester her. I clicked on the download and it comes back as not available. Also what is the cost to regester her since it is past the 2010 date you have referred to?
Thank You
Robert Kennedy
May 28th, 2011 at 10:11 am
I am about to purchase a 5 yr old gelding
sire : TK Smooth Zippo reg AQHA
dam: TB mare no papers (that I know of)
1.)can I registered this type of horse with AQHA?
2.)and/ or can he be reg as Appendix with AQHA?
3.)and what docs/info would AQHA require?
thankyou for your assistance
Bonnie
June 14th, 2011 at 4:26 pm
I just found this article today, I have a very well bred 6 year old mare that I would Luke to register but it said this was only going on until December 31 2010. I didn’t own the mare then. Is there any way I can get this deal? I have her application and a transfer that is filled out – the transfer was from the first owner so the dates are wrong for when I bought her. Thanks do you help it’s greatly appreciated
July 8th, 2011 at 9:30 pm
I recently got this 3 or 4 year old quarter horse from a guy and I don’t think shes ever been registered or anything like that my question to you is, is there a way I could get her registered? She is sorrel in color and she is solid colored except she has a white blaze other thabn that she is solid. I would really like to register her if possible. Any info on what I can do would be greatly appreciated and helpful
July 18th, 2011 at 8:40 pm
hello , i have a 7yr old horse. he’s not reg. and i have no clue about he’s sire and dam. how can i find this info. i don’t know his origanl owner or any thing. can i find these things out though DNA testing ?
October 21st, 2011 at 10:18 am
Hi. I recently purchased a four year old mare that was orphaned at birth. My mare is not registered but she has a full sibling who is. Is there any way I can get her registered or is it too late now?
January 3rd, 2012 at 4:19 am
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January 16th, 2012 at 8:58 pm
I have a 12 year old QH Mare who was a barrel champion and registered to a farm in Idaho. I bought here in Oregon and only know that she was once registered. Is there a way to find her registration through AQHA? If so I would like to transfer the registration.