MOUNTAIN PLEASURE HORSE ASSOCIATION

RULES OF REGISTRATION

Revised February 2001 

I. GENERAL CONFORMATION REQUIREMENTS

The general conformation of the Mountain Pleasure Horse is described in the bylaws of the Mountain Pleasure Horse Association. The Mountain Pleasure Horse Association does not consider color to be a criteria for quality. Therefore any color of horse is acceptable provided it meets all of the other requirements for registration. (i.e. No restrictions on white markings.)

II. FOALS

Any offspring resulting from the mating of a registered Stallion and a registered Mare shall be eligible for permanent registration provided that parentage is confirmed by bloodtyping.

FOAL REGISTRATION: (Upon submission of the following)

1. The Foal Registration Application
2. Payment of the foal registration fee
3. Four clear color photographs showing the foal from the front, back and both sides
4. Bloodtyping, the foal will be issued Permanent Papers.

The foal registration application should be completed by March 1st of the year following the birth of the foal. The foal registration application may be completed after that point, but penalty fees will be added to the registration charges (see "Fees" section).

III. FEES

MEMBERSHIP (All memberships will expire on 12-31-06)
$25.00 (If paid prior to 7/1/06)
$12.50 (If paid after 7/1/06)
$500.00 Lifetime

REGISTRATION
$50.00 (Until March 1st of the year following the horse's birth)
$90.00 (After March 1st of the year following the horse's birth)
NON-MEMBER CHARGE
$25.00 for each activity
DNA (Both Sire and Dam must have DNA on file)
$41.00
*DNA MARE AND FOAL PACKAGE (Until 9/6/06)
$55.00
**DNA CONVERSION (For horses that are already blood typed)
$25.00

BLOOD KIT
$46.00
TRANFERS
$25.00
NAME CHANGE
$100.00 (Name changes are not allowed on any horse who has produced a foal.)

Click here to download Name Change Form
DUPLICATE PAPERS
$25.00

*Foals may be registered by pulling tail hair.  The $55.00 fee also includes
conversion of the mare's bloodtype that is on file to DNA.  Both mare and
foal will then have DNA on file.  This opportunity will expire on 9/6/06.
**Any horse may have DNA derived from its blood on file.

IV. NAMING.

Names shall be no longer than 30 characters. Spaces and punctuation marks are included in the count of 30 characters. There will be no duplicate names. If a duplicate name arises in the ancestry of registered Mountain Pleasure Horses, those names will affixed with Roman Numerals to denote different horses.

V. REGISTRATION PAPERS

At the time of transferring ownership of a Mountain Pleasure Horse, the seller will complete and submit the transfer form along with the proper fee and the registration papers to the registry. After the registry has recorded the transfer the new owner will receive the transferred registration papers. Registration numbers will be shown on the registration paper pedigree for all registered Mountain Pleasure Horse Association horses appearing in the pedigree of a registered Mountain Pleasure Horse. Otherwise, the designation 'PNV' (which means "Parentage Not Verified" by bloodtyping) will appear in the space normally allocated for the Mountain Pleasure Horse Association registration number. Any discrepancies or disagreements regarding "PNV" parentage will be decided by majority vote of the Board of Directors.

VI. GLOSSARY OF TERMS

APPROVED: Animal has been accepted for permanent registration with the Mountain Pleasure Horse Association.

BREEDER: The legal owner of the mare at the time of birth of the horse being registered.

REGISTERED: Designation for a horse that has completed the Registration Process of the Mountain Pleasure Horse Association, and for which bloodtyping has been completed.

STALLION MANAGER: Person legally authorized to sign stallion service certificates and submit stallion-breeding reports.

YEARLING: Any animal after October I of the year following its birth, until October 1 of the second year following birth. Any circumstances not addressed in the above regulations will be decided by majority vote of the Board of Directors of the Mountain Pleasure Horse Association.