HORSE REGISTRATION

PAINT HORSE CHARACTERISTICS

White markings outside the shaded area on this diagram are considered Paint Horse characteristics.
Any horse rejected by the AQHA for the excessive white markings may be eligible for registration in one of the registries of the PHAA.

Paint Horse Characteristics include:
1. White on legs above the point of hock and top knee.

2. Glass, blue or watch eyes.

3. Apron face.

4. White on the jaws.

5. Pink skin under white hair and/or a blue zone between white hair and other colour present.

6. Two-coloured mane and/or as characterised by the Tobiano type (excluding flaxen).

BLOODLINE REQUIREMENTS
In general, to quality for registration a Paint Horse must:

1. Be at least 14hh high at 5 year old.
2. Must have both sire and dam registered with the PHAA, Australian Quarter Horse Association or Thoroughbred (Australian Stud Book), or a combination of these Associations.

Rule 102: Bloodline Requirements
(a) All horses foaled after July 31, 1977 must be sired by a stallion with a Regular Registry number in the PHAA; a 'Q' number in the AQHA; a page and volume reference in the Australia Stud Book (Thoroughbred).

(b) All horses foaled after July 31, 1979, must have both sire and dam registered in the PHAA Regular or Breeding Stock Registry, AQHA or ASB, or a combination of any two of these Associations. A Stallion Service Certificate (breeders certificate) must be furnished with all applications.

Note: AQHA registered 'Q' and 'R' mares will have the same status for registration of Paint foals.

(c) All Appendix registered Quarter Horse mares foaled prior to August 1st 1990 shall have the same status for registration (of Paint foals) as 'R' and 'Q' mares.

(d) All Quarter Horse mares foaled after August 1st 1990, provided they meet the bloodline requirements for two generations, will be accepted as part of the bloodline requirement.

(e) All 'A' numbered quarter horse mares foaled after August 1st 1995, which are by a 'Q' numbered stallion and out of a foundation mare, will only be accepted if the outcross is studbook thoroughbred.

(f) Gelding Amnesty - An amnesty on Bloodline requirements for Geldings is in place at this time. This option is open to geldings who meet the colour requirements, and height requirements, and who are of Quarter Horse or TB type.

All of these registration applications must be passed by the Board of Directors and will be viewed on quality, type and performance, prior registration approval and admittance to the Regular Registry. This amnesty is only open at this time and may be cancelled at any time without notice.

From 1 August 2002 gelding amnesty applications will only be accepted if the sire and / or dam is registered PHAA, AQHA ("Q" or "A") or ASB (TB) (Gelding amnesty applications will only be accepted from August 1, 2001 only if a parent or grandparent is registered quarter horse (studbook or appendix), PHAA registered or thoroughbred (ASB or AJC).)

The amnesty gelding must not be registered as an Appaloosa, Standardbred, Warmblood, Draught, Pony, Arabian or Arabian derivative. If the horse is found to be registered with any of those breed associations its PHAA papers will be revoked.



COLOUR REQUIREMENTS
TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR REGISTRATION IN THE PHAA REGULAR REGISTRY, A HORSE MUST HAVE A DEFINITE "NATURAL PAINT MARKING".

A. What is a "Natural Paint Marking"?
For the purpose of this rule the term "Natural Paint Marking" shall mean a predominant hair coat colour and contrasting area of white hair which has underlying pink skin. The area of white hair must be such that it cannot be covered by a 50mm circle and the area of underlying pink skin must be such that it cannot be covered by a 20mm circle. The marking can be anywhere on the horse behind reference line 1 and above reference lines 2 & 3. In the event that a horse is predominately white, there must be a colour in contrast.


Reference Lines
The reference lines mentioned above may be described as follows:

Reference Line 1: From the base of the ear forward horizontally to the base of the other ear; from the base of the ear past the outside corner of the eye to the corner of the mouth, from the corner of the mouth under the chin to the corner of the mouth.

Reference Line 2: A level line around the foreleg at the top of the knee.

Reference Line 3: A level line around the hindleg at the point of the hock.



IMPORTANT NOTE: White marking leg reference lines for Australian Paint Horses are slightly different to those for APHA in the USA.

PAINT BRED REGISTRY
Any colt, filly, mare or stallion that meets the bloodline requirement but does not meet the minimal colour requirement is still eligible to be registered. These horses would be registered as a "Solid" in the Paint Bred registry.

COAT COLOUR AND PATTERN TYPES

For information on coat pattern types, go to our Identification Guide page.

For information on base coat colors and descriptions go to our Coat Colour page.

Download PHAA Horse Registration Form (140kb PDF)
Download Extract from PHAA Rule Book (Registration - Rules 101 to 133) (154kb PDF)


Date of last page update: 17.03.2008

Paint Horse Association of Australia
PO Box 1008, Dubbo, NSW, 2830, Australia
Phone: (02) 6884 5513 Fax: (02) 6884 5517
Email: office@painthorse.com.au