Registration Tips
December 18, 2008
Registering your foal with AQHA can be a snap.
Download a helpful brochure on taking correct pictures for your foal's registration certificate.
AQHA’s online registration system saves horse owners time and helps catch omissions that could delay the registration process.
Before you sit down to your computer, use this checklist to gather everything you’ll need.
Online Foal Registration Checklist
- Date foaled
- Breeding method
- Embryo transfer date and number
- Dam’s name and registration number
- Current breeding reports
- Foal description
- Five photos of foal
- Six foal name choices
- Other foal information
- Tax ID or Social Security number
Be prepared for the big day. Download AQHA’s FREE report, Guide to Foaling. Share it with your friends!
The Name Game
Your new foal’s name can’t exceed 20 characters and can’t contain punctuation. Each name must be unique. Your name choice will be denied if it sounds too similar to an existing name in the database.
Want to name your horse Reba McEntire, Denzel Washington or John Elway? Gotta get written permission from the celebrities first.
Say Cheese
You’ll need to submit five photos of your foal – one from each side and one from a three-quarters view from the front. If your foal’s markings are complex, extra photos detailing the markings will help the Registration department describe your horse’s markings in detail on his papers.
Click here for a free brochure with helpful tips for taking your foal’s pictures for registration.
Have questions? Call (806) 376-4811 or e-mail registration@aqha.org.
Can you recognize the signs of a mare that’s moments away from foaling? Do you know what complications to watch for? AQHA’s FREE report, Guide to Foaling teaches you how to be prepared for the day your new foal enters the world. Download it today!
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August 24th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
Hi I have a 2 year old Blue Roan Stallion and I have know paper work on him and we have know info on the dam or sire what should we do to get him registered with out and problems.
August 26th, 2009 at 10:02 am
Jackie,
To register a foal, AQHA requires a completed, signed registration application. AQHA does not currently have a system in place to identify a horse based on DNA type alone. The identity of the horse’s sire and dam must be known at the time of registration.
Kayla Randall
AQHA Customer Service