Prism Horses

National PMU Registry This is a registry formed to record all PMU horses. They donate part of their proceeds back to the many placement groups. They are growing and have member participation programs as well they have even had a PMU fun show. Check them out!

Draft Cross Breeders & Owners Association  This group encourages horse people to seek a kinder, gentler ride. They assist to educate and help folks find a calm, mellow horse with athletic ability to do anything. They even outline the process to go thru to find the right horse for you.

American Paint Horse Association This is for foals or horses from registered stock. Both with patches and solid foals. Not just a color registry.

Appaloosa Horse Club This is the registry for the glorious spotted horses. I think of them as the classic Nez Perce Indian mounts. Though the Appaloosa's history actually goes back to ancient times. It's fascinating reading.

Appaloosa Sport Horse Club This is for horses who have the traditional Appaloosa characteristics OR for horses with one registered Appaloosa parent. The guidelines are simple and laid out for you. Go read and see if your baby qualitifies.

International Pattern Sport Horse Registry A progressive registry for the most colorful Sport Horses and Ponies in the world. Sport Horses carrying the LP and Patn genes are registered here. They welcome Foundation Appaloosas, Knabstruppers, POA's, Stonewall Horses and Blood Horses. Grade horses showing pattern are welcome.

American Warmblood Society   Draft/Light cross purchasers can explore here. This is geared for sport horses aimed at competitions.

Pinto Horse Registry This is a color registry, not a bloodline registry. No draft blood allowed. But great for light horses down to pony size.

Spotted Horse Registry This group registers spotted horses, pintaloosas. Lots of flash and lots of spots!

United States Dressage Federation - Geared for dressage lovers riding any breed. Registration is for the horse's lifetime and is supposed to be easy to complete.

Performance Horse Registry - This is encouraged for all purchasers of TB cross horses. Particularly popular are the registered Percheron/TB crosses, so this may increase the value of your horse.

Buckskins .................... International Buckskin Horse Registry American Buckskin Registry Association

American Half Quarter Horse Registry Half Quarter Horse Registry - The registration process looks very simple. There is a breeders certificate that must be filled out by the breeder, but all it consists of is the registered parent's name and registration association and registration #. This breeders certificate can be printed out for free via the website, along with the registration application for the foal. A copy of the registered parent's registration papers must be sent in with application for the foal There doesn't seem to be any fees for the breeder, only for the person registering their horse. Also, if a paint foal who is by at least one registered paint or qh parent is inspected by a vet to be of qh conformation, it is eligible for the hardship registry in half quarter horse as well. (there are some extra fees for this tho) Anyway, the website is very well set up and easy to read.

Quarter Pony .................. American Quarter Pony Association International Quarter Pony Association

Paint ponies ........... American Paint Pony Association

Palominos ................ Palomino Horse Association Palomino Horse Breeders of America

Generic Horse Association

Would you like to explore various horse breeds? Check out Oklahoma State University's site. Breeds

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HYPP - Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis  This is a hereditary diease that can affect any descendent of the stallion 'Impressive'. All horses from this line should be tested. The appropriate clear tag is HYPP N/N. Anything else needs to be checked into, properly cared for and possibly never bred. Read more here ...  And here ...

SCID - Severe Combined ImmunoDeficiency This is a disease mainly found in Arabians but if your horse carries any Arabian blood, they could be a carrier. You can test for this diease and with care, SCID can be eliminated from the breeding pool. Read more here ....  and here

JEB - Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa JEB is an inherited disease that causes moderate to severe blistering of the skin and mouth epithelia, and sloughing of hooves in newborn foals. This condition is also known as red foot disease. Affected foals are typically born alive, but soon develop skin lesions at pressure points. The condition worsens with time and the foal eventually succumbs from severe infection or has to be euthanized. This is a disease found in Belgian's. Testing is available thru the Belgian Corporation for registered stock only. Read more here ...   And here ...

EPSM - Equine Polysaccharide Storage Myopathy This can affect any and all draft breeds as well as horses or mules who are part draft. With proper diet and exercise, horses may never shows any signs of this condition. But you must follow the draft diet guidelines whether your hose shows any signs or not. It is a preventive measure. Read more here ...

EPM - Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis EPM is an infection of the central nervous system of horses. The neurologic signs that it causes are most commonly asymmetric incoordination (ataxia), weakness and spasticity, although they may mimic almost any neurologic condition. The current thinking is that this is caused by various or vicarious contacts with opossums.  Read more here ...

HC/HERDA - Hereditary Equine Regional Dermal Asthenia The sireline associated with the brutal affliction known as hyperelastosis cutis (HC) or hereditary equine regional dermal asthenia (HERDA) has been identified. It is primarily down through Poco Bueno's bloodline. This is a fairly new and rather gruesome disease. Read more here ...  also read  .... http://www.traill.uiuc.edu/horsenet/paperDisplay.cfm?ContentID=6725

Growth and Maturity in horses       by Dr. Deb Bennett The process of fusion goes from the bottom up. In other words, the lower down toward the hoofs you look, the earlier the growth plates will have fused; and the higher up toward the animal's back you look, the later. The growth plate at the top of the coffin bone (the most distal bone of the limb) is fused at birth. What this means is that the coffin bones get no TALLER after birth (they get much larger around, though, by another mechanism). That's the first one. In order after that: 2. Short pastern - top & bottom between birth and 6 mos. 3. Long pastern - top & bottom between 6 mos. And 1 yr. 4. Cannon bone - top & bottom between 8 mos. And 1.5 yrs. 5. Small bones of knee - top & bottom on each, between 1.5 and 2.5      yrs. 6. Bottom of radius-ulna - between 2 and 2.5 yrs. 7. Weight-bearing portion of glenoid notch at top of radius - between      2.5 and 3 yrs. 8. Humerus - top & bottom, between 3 and 3.5 yrs. 9. Scapula - glenoid or bottom (weight-bearing) portion - between         3.5 and 4 yrs. 10. Hindlimb - lower portions same as forelimb 11. Hock - this joint is "late" for as low down as it is; growth     plates on the tibial & fibular tarsals don't fuse until the animal is     four (so the hocks are a known "weak point" - even the 18th-    century literature warns against driving young horses in plow or     other deep or sticky footing, or jumping them up into a heavy load,     for danger of spraining their hocks) 12. Tibia - top & bottom, between 2.5 and 3 yrs. 13. Femur - bottom, between 3 and 3.5 yrs.; neck, between 3.5 and      4 yrs.; major and 3rd trochanters, between 3 and 3.5 yrs. 14. Pelvis - growth plates on the points of hip, peak of croup (tubera     sacrale), and points of buttock (tuberischii), between 3 and 4 yrs. ...and what do you think is last? The vertebral column, of course. A normal horse has 32 vertebrae between the back of the skull and the root of the dock, and there are several growth plates on each one, the most important of which is the one capping the centrum. These do not fuse until the horse is at least 5 1/2 years old (and this figure applies to a small-sized, scrubby, range-raised mare. The taller your horse and the longer its neck, the later full fusion will occur. And for a male - is this a surprise? -- you add six months. So, for example, a 17-hand TB or Saddlebred or WB gelding may not be fully mature until his 8th year - something that owners of such individuals have often told me that they "suspected" ). The lateness of vertebral "closure" is most significant for two reasons. One: in no limb are there 32 growth plates! Two: The growth plates in the limbs are (more or less) oriented perpendicular to the stress of the load passing through them, while those of the vertebral chain are oriented parallel to weight placed upon the horse's back. Bottom line: you can sprain a horse's back (i.e., displace the vertebral growth plates) a lot more easily than you can sprain those located in the limbs. And here's another little fact: within the chain of vertebrae, the last to fully "close" are those at the base of the animal's neck (that's why the long-necked individual may go past 6 yrs. to achieve full maturity). So you also have to be careful - very careful - not to yank the neck around on your young horse, or get him in any situation where he strains his neck.