. Her dad shouldn’t have his testicles IMO, but I got lucky that her mama gave her the good build.
If this is really true, don’t breed your mare. Her dad could be what comes out in the next generation.
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Haven’t looked at her papers in a bit, so I’m a little fuzzy. But my mare is registered Appendix[/QUOTE]
I was unclear, my apologies. For AQHA, Appendix is TB x QH, or Appendix x QH.
Appendix x Appendix doesn’t get AQHA registration, but might get registration with the American Appendix registry.
If one of the Appendix parents ended up with a QH ROM, then you could get AQHA registration as an Appendix. If that’s the case, and registration matters, then going back to a QH stallion would allow AQHA registration. If AQHA show points are something you’re interested in, that’s a good reason to look for a QH stallion. If AQHA isn’t what you’re (necessarily) going for, then you have lots of TB and WB options (or a nice Welsh if you don’t need something big) that still allow registration.
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I was unclear, my apologies. For AQHA, Appendix is TB x QH, or Appendix x QH.
Appendix x Appendix doesn’t get AQHA registration, but might get registration with the American Appendix registry.
If one of the Appendix parents ended up with a QH ROM, then you could get AQHA registration as an Appendix. If that’s the case, and registration matters, then going back to a QH stallion would allow AQHA registration. If AQHA show points are something you’re interested in, that’s a good reason to look for a QH stallion. If AQHA isn’t what you’re (necessarily) going for, then you have lots of TB and WB options (or a nice Welsh if you don’t need something big) that still allow registration.[/QUOTE]
Yes exactly. A horse can be an “appendix” - ie half tb and half qh, but if they compete successfully on the AQHA circuit can be granted their regular qh papers, because they have proven themselves to be “worthy” of the breed. Then that same horse can breed to a tb, qh, or appendix. For example, my gelding is 7/8 tb. His sire is 3/4 tb, but both he and his sire performed extremely well and were granted the regular papers. My gelding’s dam was a tb. So my gelding had appendix papers until last year, when he made the requirement for regular registry. Clear as mud, huh?
Main thing to know if if your mare is appendix (with blue papers is what we call them), and you want the foal to be registered you have to breed to a qh with regular papers. If she has shown qh and performed well, gotten her regular papers, then she can breed to tb, appendix, or qh.
