>>>> Do you do anything similar in the US? I imagine the USIHC must be doing >>>> something along those lines as it's one of the FEIF rules.
DNA is required now, and blood typing has been required for - 10 years or so...? But, that leaves a lot of breeding age horses whose parentage could be very questionable. In Runa's case, I think all that's PROBABLY debatable is her color and that's not a big deal to me. (I never saw her dad, but she sure looks like a clone of her mom in the few pictures I saw of her.) But, to correct that, I'd have to go first to the Canadian registry and have it corrected there, since she was born there, and since her US registration was basically transferred to the USA. It's not worth the trouble and expense to me, since she IS registered. The two horses whose whole pedigrees are in question...well, I'm not going to breed them. We paid essentially "retail" price for one of them, and we're so happy with him, that it wouldn't make any difference who his parents are...even if one was a Quarter Horse, and I really doubt that. He's a fine horse, and worth every penny we paid, no matter who his parents are, or aren't. If this sort of thing happens often enough that I've seen it twice just in my herd - without actively digging - it's pretty scary to think how rampant it probably really is. Moral: you'd better like the horse in front of you, because that illustrious pedigree might not be what you think it is! Karen Thomas, NC
