Z horses - more information anyone?

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I posted this on another thread but I think I put it in the wrong place so I hope no-one minds me asking again?

I have a horse with a Z brand on his right thigh and I understand that it is the brand of the Zangersheide stud in Holland but what I don't understand is when he would have been branded and why? From his passport it looks as though he was bred in Belgium not Holland so I am not sure why he has a Zangersheide brand. Can anyone enlighten me?
 
Zangersheide stud, to my knowledge is in Belgium. I don't know of one in Holland I'm afraid.
 
Oh, sorry I am stupid aren't I? I was told it was in Holland so I believed that. I didn't think to check or anything!

Does that mean that Oliver was born at that stud then? And would he have been branded when he was very young?

Questions, questions. Sorry again!
 
Well we can't really know for sure. You'd have to look on his passport for that information. He may have been born there but more likely he would have been bred elsewhere and then branded at the grading? Who does it say is his breeder in your passport?
 
Sorry Tia, was looking at the Zangersheide site. His breeder was someone in Rue Haute Nivelle in Belgium so I don't think he was born at Zangersheide. Would he have been taken back to the stud and been branded then? I am not quite sure what the point of the branding is.
 
I'm not sure what happens with this sub-breed to be honest. I would assume that it is similar to other WBs though - they are all rounded up and taken to a meeting place when they are a few months old, sent through their paces, those who pass are branded then and there.
 
They send out a foal inspector whilst the foal is on the mare where ever they are (could be in a different country)and take DNA samples, setches etc then they branded them on site. they no longer do the bramding
 
The brand identifies them as coming from the stud or from the Zangersheide bloodlines. Most warmbloods are still branded in some way on the flanks. It just ID's them as belonging to a specific breed registry or as having originated from a particular bloodline or stud.
 
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