This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > does this happen, where someone accidentally gets the wrong horse?
Undoubtedly! There have been assorted instances in the Fjord literature of folks having either the wrong horse, or the wrong papers (depending on your point of view). Some involved European imports whose brands didn't match their papers. Some involved North American breeders for whom DNA typing pointed out some "oops"s in their record-keeping. Fjords do tend to look a lot alike, and the fact that the mares will form "nursery co-ops" can make it hard to decide which foal belongs to which mare. For this situation, DNA typing is the way to go. When I bought Sleepy (his barn name), I "broke up a set"---two geldings, Trond and Trondleif, who were 3/4 brothers (same sire; mares were mother/daughter), born 2 months apart, and had moved together thru 4 homes! I was given NFA papers for Trond. Somewhat later, I went to double-register him with NFHR. As part of the paperwork, I sketched Sleepy's whorls (required by NFHR then), and checked his lip tattoo (required by NFA at that time). It was hard to read (green dots in a grey-flecked lip), but after he'd had a bran mash, it stood out fairly well. Hmmm, sure didn't look like the tattoo on Trond's papers; looked more like the one that the NFA studbook said should be on Trondleif! This got a little complicated, as by then, the other gelding had been sold to someone else, who had cross-registered him with NFHR under the wrong name. However, when I brought it up, the seller persisted, and got both registries to straighten things out. No biggie on a couple of using geldings (other than to have the proof-of-ownership papers straight), but on a broodmare, you'd really like to get the pedigree right. Marsha Jo Hannah Murphy must have been a horseman-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] anything that can go wrong, will! 15 mi SW of Roseburg, Oregon
