TLDR: What are my European warmblood registry options for a dam who has known selle francais parentage but for whom I may not be able to get her papers?
I have a lovely riding mare who I adore. I bought her as a “selle francais” but she didn’t come with papers. Oh well, you don’t ride the papers, right? And I was never going to breed. So who cares.
Flash forward four years and I have a 2-year old I’m doing hunter breeding with (not out of her) and I am really enjoying it. So I am thinking… maybe I would like to breed my mare. So I go on a journey to trace her history and I ended up finding out exactly what her breeding is (and, wow, her breeder and former connections could NOT be MORE lovely. I am so glad I decided to try to trace her background).
She is by Ilian de Taute out of Quat’Sous Too. I reached out to SF registry and they have the stallion DNA on file but not the mare’s. And I am not sure I am going to be able to find the mare, or that she’s even alive. I am trying, but let’s assume that doesn’t pan out.
What are my options here to create a situation where the foal can be registered with a European warmblood registry? I know I can take her and get her inspected Westfalen or Oldenburg and as long as I use a stallion in their approved books, the offspring can get SOME papers. And there’s the KWPN book where (seemingly) you can register the cross of nearly any mare with a KWPN stallion. This would be with inspection of the foal.
Are there any options that don’t require inspection at all? I’m not SO anti inspection, but so far none of them appear to be happening anywhere even remotely near where I’m located. And if there’s a decent option that doesn’t require this, that would be easier.
I mean, I might not actually do this… but I would love to know the options from those who know better than me what they are.