WhiteSox
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Hi all!
I'm new to the forum, but would like to see if I can get a couple of bits of advice ... I hope I'm posting in the right place!!
I've had my first foal, a colt just 3.5 months old. He's by a lovely Argentine polo mare (my 'old faithful' playing mare and horse in a million) and a registered thoroughbred racing stallion with absolutely cracking bloodlines. My hopes for him would be to keep him as my future horse, and not be used for polo now but eventing - if possible.
The dams Argentine bloodlines are not specifically known. I'm assuming even if I find out her bloodlines, I can't register the colt anywhere as the dam is likely to be of a mixed thoroughbred origin?
He's a super colt, I hope, for me he has great potential, but I don't want to be too complacent and not pursue any potential avenues which I may regret in his future!
I know it's longshot, but are there any registers I may not know of, that would accept a 'mare x' or mixed bloodlines in the UK? I'm going to look more into mares history, I know of the family who bred her, they breed a lot for international polo, but I may not get specifics (the mare has been around a fair while, and brought to the UK as a 4 year old. They may not have kept specific records from more than 15years ago!).
I need to get him chipped and a passport sorted - given his breeding and my future hopes for him, does anyone have any views on the best agency to go with for this? I don't know whether to just go with a BHS passport? I'll avoid a HPA passport (Hurlingham Polo Association) as the intention for him isn't now for polo, and they are renowned to be more than 'slightly flakey' anyway.
I hear HPA (Horse Passport Agency) are also slightly throwaway also? You would hope now it's a legal requirement all would be viewed in pretty much the same way, but I have my doubts. My other horses have HPA and Farmkey passports.
Any advice greatly appreciated!
Just for forum info - I've not bred for money or gain, but to keep a bit of a fab mare going for myself... a labour of love to hopefully have some adventures with (for my sins and my bank account!!), but certainly a competitive future of sorts will hopefully lie ahead for us and I want to make sure I've covered the paperwork side of things as well as possible so I've no regrets further down the line or a lightbulb moment once it's too late!!
Thanks in advance for any help
Hope you all have a lovely (not too wet weekend - at Blenheim maybe!)
I'm new to the forum, but would like to see if I can get a couple of bits of advice ... I hope I'm posting in the right place!!
I've had my first foal, a colt just 3.5 months old. He's by a lovely Argentine polo mare (my 'old faithful' playing mare and horse in a million) and a registered thoroughbred racing stallion with absolutely cracking bloodlines. My hopes for him would be to keep him as my future horse, and not be used for polo now but eventing - if possible.
The dams Argentine bloodlines are not specifically known. I'm assuming even if I find out her bloodlines, I can't register the colt anywhere as the dam is likely to be of a mixed thoroughbred origin?
He's a super colt, I hope, for me he has great potential, but I don't want to be too complacent and not pursue any potential avenues which I may regret in his future!
I know it's longshot, but are there any registers I may not know of, that would accept a 'mare x' or mixed bloodlines in the UK? I'm going to look more into mares history, I know of the family who bred her, they breed a lot for international polo, but I may not get specifics (the mare has been around a fair while, and brought to the UK as a 4 year old. They may not have kept specific records from more than 15years ago!).
I need to get him chipped and a passport sorted - given his breeding and my future hopes for him, does anyone have any views on the best agency to go with for this? I don't know whether to just go with a BHS passport? I'll avoid a HPA passport (Hurlingham Polo Association) as the intention for him isn't now for polo, and they are renowned to be more than 'slightly flakey' anyway.
I hear HPA (Horse Passport Agency) are also slightly throwaway also? You would hope now it's a legal requirement all would be viewed in pretty much the same way, but I have my doubts. My other horses have HPA and Farmkey passports.
Any advice greatly appreciated!
Just for forum info - I've not bred for money or gain, but to keep a bit of a fab mare going for myself... a labour of love to hopefully have some adventures with (for my sins and my bank account!!), but certainly a competitive future of sorts will hopefully lie ahead for us and I want to make sure I've covered the paperwork side of things as well as possible so I've no regrets further down the line or a lightbulb moment once it's too late!!
Thanks in advance for any help
Hope you all have a lovely (not too wet weekend - at Blenheim maybe!)