tracing horses' past through freezemark?

[abracadabra]

I have a freezemarked mare whos history I would like to trace back asfar as posible, ive had her a couple of years and her previous owner had her for several years having bought her as a quite young animal already branded.

the freezebrand papers didnt come with her, has anyone any experience of getting old paperwork off freezebrand companies?

 

[Ziggy_]

Find out what company it is (google it - different companies use different styles of freeze mark) and get in touch with the freezemark company. Farmkey have a contact sheet on their website and respond in a day or two. They can tell you where and when your horse was freezemarked, and for a fee (I think around £10-15) will contact the old owners for you. Of course its then up to them whether they reply or not though....

 

[abracadabra]

thanks, heading for google...

 

[abracadabra]

nothing coming up, is DILO, or D1LO

 

[abracadabra]

I think was ess did one of my others and style is different his begins with a diamond shape then 2 letters and a number

 

[Donkeymad]

The two main freezemarking companies are Freezemark and Farmkey. Farmkey do 4 digit marks and Freezemark 3 digit marks.

 

[abracadabra]

thanks, looks like farmkey it is then

youve both been very helpful, thankyou