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I think the only time it matters is if your horse is registered with that breed registy/association and you are going for high point and/or year end awards in that association.  AERC doesn't care if your horse is registered or not.  But, I think they ARE interested in the different breeds, crossbreds, etc., that are competing in endurance. 

 

As a former Half Arab (registered) owner I can tell you after showing my 1/2 Arab, 1/2 Qtr horse in halter and performance, that lots of them that we competed against can be 15/16th, 31/32nd, etc., purebred Arab, but still registered in the Half Arab registry. 

 

So you can view this from a breeders standpoint, or a rider/loving horse owner's standpoint. 

 

 As a breeder of foundation Appaloosas we consider any unregistered Appy as a "grade" horse.  We will not breed our stallions to any Appaloosa mare that is not registered with the ApHC.  To register, or not to register........that is a subject that can take on a life of its own. Our stallion, Pratts Toby IV, received the 2004 NATRC High Point Appaloosa award. This award was sponsored by the ApHC.  We were in shock when we received it, as we knew of several Appaloosas that we were sure  had more NATRC points.  But you know what?  That horse/horses apparantly were not registered with the ApHC and taken out of consideration for the award.  Anyone that knows Bill, also knows that we do not ride to garner trophies. Well...........Bill's collection of Turtle Awards would be the exception. *grin*

 

Merry

 

Sharon Levasseur <sharon1359@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I bet I wasn't the only person who thought since my horse didn't have a
registration number, I wasn't ALLOWED to choose half-Arab.

I'll be making the change soon, thanks. Although, if there WAS a "gaited"
designation I think I would not mark it, as the trot is our endurance gait of
choice. His foxtrot is too slow. The only reason I ever tell anyone he's
gaited is that the vets sometimes see him foxtrot and if I didn't tell them in
advance they'd definitely be surprised!!

Thanks,
-Sharon L. & Zephyr the Arab/RMH



Quoting Michael Maul :

> Laney,
>
> The categories we have now just "grew" in response to member requests
> for their particular breed.
>
> If I had to guess - half Arab means that the horse is listed in the
> partbred section of the AHA registry and that Arab cross is not. I
> could be wrong on this. In the partbred AHA records - we can get
> pedigrees for AAHR and HAHR.
>
> I personally would chose grade only if I didn't have any clue what the
> breed was. Other is if none of the other 59 categories fits but is a
> real breed.
>
> There are certainly horses that gait and the owner doesn't have a clue
> what they are.
>
> At the Old Glory ride last w/e, I was riding behind a gal and noticed
> she wasn't posting. I asked her what type of gaited horse she was
> riding and she didn't know. She certainly liked riding him though.
>
> Making sure your horse is listed correctly in the records helps us get
> better statistics for breed awards as well as just better data.
>
> Mike
>
> Laney Humphrey wrote:
> > Maybe the time has come to really encourage people to update their
> > horses' information. I wish that the "arab cross" and "half arab"
> > groups could be combined because they are the same thing. However, it
> > would be very nice to know what the other "half" or "cross" is too. If
> > folks are interested in whether a horse is gaited or not, there should
> > be a way to indicate that for breeds where it wouldn't be normal. That
> > would include even "arab cross" and "half arab." There are also gaited
> > appaloosas, morgans and quite a few others, including "arab" and
> > certainly "grade."
> > laney
> >
>
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