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Re: [RC] Name for the Colt - Linda Marinsk s swigart <katswig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> said: Maybe this is something I learned from the TB people. Young TBs are rarely ever named by the breeder, they are usually named by the person who actually races it, ... ...Because I guarantee you if I bought a weanling colt with any of these names: Canadian Immigrant, Canadian Innukshuk, Imagine Canadian, Impossible Canadian Dream, one of the FIRST things I would do is change the horse's name... Letting the purchaser name the colt is a TB convention. In Morgans, the breeder almost always names the foal, the prefix (or, rarely, suffix) is registered with the American Morgan Horse Association and very jealously guarded, functioning as a kind of brand name. And the registry forbids changing the registered name of the horse without the approval of the breeder. There was even a case where a dressage rider was using a made-up show name for a registered Morgan and the breeder tried to bring legal action to force her to use the horse's registered name in competition. Something about an AHSA or USDF rule to that effect. The breeder wanted the advertising value of having bred a Grand Prix level Morgan. I don't know where these conventions came from. Prefixes have been floating around Morgandom since the 1930's. I've always wondered if they picked it up from the show dog people. Linda Marins =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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