COVERING CERTIFICATE

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So my mare was inseminated in June. She still appears to be in foal. Do i get a covering certificate in the post sometime soon? what happens next! This is my first foal i have bred myself and am a bit new to all the paperwork!
 
It depends on the stallion you used (whether he was graded or not) and the stud's t&c's, if he was a graded stallion then most studs should have issued their covering certificates by now because most stud books require the covering books or carbons to be returned by now. I wold ring the stud and ask
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My SHB(GB) certificates have all been issued and my stallion books returned to the SHB(GB) office prior to October 1st (okay they scrapped getting there for October 1st because I sent them next day delivery
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), i'd give the stud a ring if I was you and check, it maybe a case that its been lost in the post or it maybe a genuine oversight on the studs part
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My first time this year, I have a certificate which arrived this week but it has some mistakes, what do I do? Her colour is down as bay her weatherbys NTR passport says brown (she is really a sooty buckskin!) There is no reg number for her, even though she has the NTR passport as a broodmare (it has breeding unknown as she was not notified to them as a foal!) Will this affect the foal registration?
Also where should I register the foal, BWBS want the name to begin with the stallions letter but every animal on this farm starts with the dams, The stallion is not with weatherbys so if I go there I will lose another generation to unknown parentage Suggestions please.
 
If there are mistakes on your covering certificate, ring the stud concerned, if its just the colour I would leave it but it should have her registration number on it at least.

If she has breeding unknown in her passport, then the foal will be registered with no breeding details for the mare, except her name, unless she has separate breeding papers!?! or have her DNAed to get her parentage verified.

Most people register where the stallion is graded with, although I have registered a few foals via the mare's grading (I had a coloured colt this year and his sire was CHAPS and his dam is graded SHB, and I chose to register the foal SHB via the mare rather than CHAPS via the stallion, it will have no effect on the foal, later in life when/if I decide he is good enough to stay entire and go forward for grading), I suppose its what is more desirable to you, if I was looking at a horse to buy the BWBS would be preferable to Weatherbys but its each to their own.

I never knew that BWBS insist on the foal being registered with the same letter as the sire, see you learn something new everyday!!!
 
I used some of the brendon's stallions this year and got my stud certs through last week. As far as I am aware Shirley got them all done and sent out so if not with you soon I would give them a ring. As far as I am aware though I thought all of her come with AES certs and not SHB(GB) ones as it's the AES they are licensed/graded with.
 
Hi My Weatherbys covering certificate last year came with everything blank apart from the stallions details as my mare was not registered with weatherbys at that stage. The certificate I received includes the mares passport number and I inserted her passport number in (as far as I remember this is quite clear on the certificate). You hold the certificate until the foal is born and then submit it with the application form. All mares are DNA'd so there should be no bother in registering your foal. I hope this helps.
 
Darco Ferrari may be 'registered' with SHB(GB) in the same way that a filly or mare is registered, but I don't believe he is a graded stallion which makes a lot of difference to the covering certificate.
 
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Darco Ferrari may be 'registered' with SHB(GB) in the same way that a filly or mare is registered, but I don't believe he is a graded stallion which makes a lot of difference to the covering certificate.

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If this is the case, then the OP will not get a covering certificate. I advise speaking to the stud and finding out about how to register the foal.
 
I haven't recieved this years covering certificate yet either. I recieved the last one (2yrs ago) in a Christmas Card.... So not panicking yet!
 
A large number of studs have a scanned not in foal policy, often 1st - 31st October so many studs and stud books, depending on how they operate don't issue covering certifcates till after that date.
 
I'm late doing Tobago's covering certificates cos I've been v ill recently - the stubs were supposed to be sent back to the Arab Horse Society by 30 Sept. But they are being v nice about it and giving me extra time.
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But because of my boy's slightly unusual terms - LFG with no deposit/booking fee, stud fee not payable until birth of a live, healthy foal - I will be personally visiting each foal shortly after it is born, with a covering certificate and a bottle of champagne. I will collect the stud fee, hand over the certificate and the breeder and I will celebrate the foal's arrival with the champagne.
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I know we could just exchange certificates and stud-fee cheques in the post, but a personal visit seems more friendly and fun! Except I wasn't expecting quite so many mares in his first season - got about 20 foals to visit next year!
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Still, it will be super to see them all and celebrate with their owners!
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You are all so nice - I know some people think I am completely bonkers to do things this way. But I do firmly believe that breeders should not have to pay me a stud fee for anything less than a live and healthy foal.

This way, if the mare loses the foal, for whatever reason, at whatever stage of the pregnancy (including a stillborn foal or one that dies shortly after birth) at least the poor breeder will not have a financial loss to add to the sadness of losing their foal.

The champagne-visits just seemed like a nice idea. But no, it probably won't catch on LOL! And yes, he's got 3 mares in foal in Belgium, so that will be a longer trip - fortunately, it just happens that my mother lives in Bruges, so I can stay with her when I visit these babies...
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(Volatis you are welcome to a Tobago foal anytime!
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