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Re: [RC] Name for the Colt - k s swigartFrom: "Linda Marins" <coldeye22@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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. Breeders start doing stupid stuff like taking the owners of the horses they have bred to court, and people who show their horses in open competition and hate the stupid name their breeder gave it (along with a distaste for advertising in this way) will just lose the horse's papers. Only a really dumb breeder would take the owner that has trained and shown one of their horses to Grand Prix to court. Personally, I WILL lose a horse's papers before I will compete it with a name I don't like. And this is why I consider it much better to let the person who is actually going to compete the horse give it is official name. And because there are people who would rather compete an unregistered horse with a name they like than a registered horse with one they don't like, registries (if they want their owners to keep track of their horses' registration and papers) would be smart to allow owners to change their horses' names. And as long as owners are allowed to change a horses name, then breeders (because registries maintain the name of the breeder on the papers as long as the owner maintains the papers) will continue to be able to be recognized for their breeding choices. It is when owners abandon the papers that breeders lose their recognition. And not letting owners change names they don't like just encourages owners to abandon the papers. Since we now live in a world of computers that can easily keep track of horses' names no matter how many times they are changed, there is no good excuse for not allowing it. kat Orange County, Calif. :) kat Orange County, Calif. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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