*RULES*
Please Read Before Requesting A Breeding *RULES*
My Foundation-bred Appaloosa breeding program is dedicated to breed recovery and development and mimics the requirements of the FAHR. Because of this I have a few breeding rules that must be followed when requesting horses as parents.
What exactly is all the fuss about?
It is my opinion that the Appaloosa horse has lost many of the characteristics that had made him so prized by owners in the past. Over the past years there has been a massive influx of Arabian, Thoroughbred, and Quarter Horse bloodlines into the breed. As a result the Appaloosa of today (Modern-bred) has changed a great deal physically. In the show arena these horses are winning where they should not be. The ApHA started out as a color registry and have since become a genetic registry with horses who do not meet the required characteristics winning at many shows. It is becoming trendy to breed fat, solid colored animals with an extremely low head carriage that lack versatility. Unfortunately the more these sub-par creatures place in real shows the more they will be bred. Fortunately there are MANY breeders out there who feel the same way I do and started the Foundation Appaloosa Horse Registry.
From the FAHR Webpage:
“The Foundation Appaloosa Horse Registry was incorporated in April 1998 by a group of dedicated, concerned Foundation Appaloosa breeders. The founder, Tom Taylor, headed the gathering of these breeders for the purpose of breed recovery. At this first meeting, the group concurred that its objective would be to protect, preserve, perpetuate and promote the bloodlines of the true Appaloosa horse, the breed traditionally recognized as Appaloosa.”
“In December of 1950, the Appaloosa was given purebred status by the National Stallion Board. This allowed the Appaloosa to be issued purebred papers, instead of the grade papers previously issued. It also allowed the Appaloosa to compete with all other recognized breeds in National competition. The deregulation of the Equine industry that shortly followed made the modern Appaloosa more dissimilar as a distinct breed than it had been before the previous attempt at breed recovery by Claude Thompson in the 1930's.
In December of 1950, the Appaloosa was given purebred status by the National Stallion Board. This allowed the Appaloosa to be issued purebred papers, instead of the grade papers previously issued. It also allowed the Appaloosa to compete with all other recognized breeds in National competition. The deregulation of the Equine industry that shortly followed made the modern Appaloosa more dissimilar as a distinct breed than it had been before the previous attempt at breed recovery by Claude Thompson in the 1930's.
In 1994, a leading authority of the Appaloosa industry wrote an article stating that by the most recent statistics of that time, no Appaloosas were found in the world with their first six generations (counting the individual horse as the first generation) being all of Appaloosa parentage. It further stated that only 39 Appaloosas could be found in the world with their first five generations being all Appaloosa blood. By industry standards, an animal must present at least 7/8th blood, by pedigree, to be representative of that specific genetic breed.
The public release of this information made many Foundation Appaloosa breeders realize the critical state of the breed. They pushed for recovery procedures to be implemented before these numbers became critical, and the window of opportunity for recovery was closed. These Foundation breeders realized that without preserving seed stock for the future, the Appaloosa would become extinct as an individual, distinguishable breed.
The historic Foundation Appaloosa was not only a Native American legend, but proved itself well in many different facets of competition. Many great Foundation
Appaloosas can be cited as the best in their event in breed competition as well as the best in many events in all breed competitions. They are noted for versatility, endurance and family oriented dispositions. To top off its superiority in performance, it is noted as a good all-around horse, generally with a very diverse and unusual coat color often with spots. The organization members feel that it would be a tragedy to see such a distinct breed become extinct.”
http://www.foundationapp.org/about-us/
From the FAHR homepage:
FAHR Percentage is the traceable % to the first 8 stud books of the ApHC For a horse to be eligible for registration it must trace a minimum of 75% to the first 8 stud books of the ApHC.
How to calculate a horses percentage:
From the FAHR webpage:
The method used by the Foundation Appaloosa Horse Registry is simple. It is easy for anyone to determine their horses Foundation percentage themselves. You just need a basic working knowledge of fractions and percentages. The system is based on a single concept – other breed blood which is added into a horse’s pedigree for horses registered with ApHC with numbers higher than 69,999 subtracts from that horses percentage of foundation Appaloosa Horse blood. It’s that simple.
For FAHR registration purposes, all horses with an ApHC number lower than 69,999 are considered Foundation. That’s right; FAHR doesn’t just use the ApHC F numbers as foundation, but also includes all of those registered up to 69,999 as
foundation horses as well. The number of 69,999 is used because that is the eighth stud book, and the time when many felt the ApHC books should have been closed to crossbreeding. The purpose of using the 69,999 for FAHR registration was to have a blood pool to breed up from, since there were not many horses around at the time.
All horses carrying a “NC”, “ID”, or “PC” prefix before the ApHC number must trace to either F # or a horse with a registration number of 69999 or less to be given any kind of percentage. Some are 100% and some are 0% regardless of their number.
If another breed appears in your horse’s pedigree, with a number of less than 69,999 that does not matter. If he shows up as a sire or dam of an ApHC registered horse after 69,999 that will bring down that horse’s Foundation percentage.
A sire or dam contributes 50% to their offspring’s genetics. So, a horse possessing an ApHC number that was higher than 69,999, which also has another breed parent can only be a maximum of 50% foundation blood.
To calculate any FAHR percentage of foundation blood you would keep moving backwards in their pedigree until you arrive at a registered ApHC horse foaled with a number of 69,999 or less or an F# (100% foundation), or another breed (0% foundation).
All of the horses that you will find listed for Sire's and Dam's by DBS meets these genetic requirements.
Please Read Before Requesting A Breeding *RULES*
My Foundation-bred Appaloosa breeding program is dedicated to breed recovery and development and mimics the requirements of the FAHR. Because of this I have a few breeding rules that must be followed when requesting horses as parents.
- All horses are assumed to be 100% color producers. Breedings for foals that are solid colored (breeding stock) will not be approved.
- No BSO Breedings will be allowed for ANY Foundation-bred mare. (I will wave this rule for other hobby breeders that I have worked with before and who understand how valuable the bloodlines are of the FBA)
- A photo of the foal must be submitted with the request and is subject to use by DBS/FRRS/SOSA for Sire/Get or Dam/Produce classes as well as advertising for one or both parents.
- All offspring must exhibit at least three (3) Appaloosa characteristics to be approved, exceptions will be made in the case of some OF models.
- If you wish to use an outside stallion or mare (ie one not owned by me) you must submit a copy of the outside parents pedigree BEFORE breeding will be approved.
- There are no cross breedings allowed for ANY of my Foundation-bred mares. They may ONLY be bred to Foundation-bred Appaloosa stallions.
- Cross breeding will be allowed for any of my Foundation-bred stallions.
What exactly is all the fuss about?
It is my opinion that the Appaloosa horse has lost many of the characteristics that had made him so prized by owners in the past. Over the past years there has been a massive influx of Arabian, Thoroughbred, and Quarter Horse bloodlines into the breed. As a result the Appaloosa of today (Modern-bred) has changed a great deal physically. In the show arena these horses are winning where they should not be. The ApHA started out as a color registry and have since become a genetic registry with horses who do not meet the required characteristics winning at many shows. It is becoming trendy to breed fat, solid colored animals with an extremely low head carriage that lack versatility. Unfortunately the more these sub-par creatures place in real shows the more they will be bred. Fortunately there are MANY breeders out there who feel the same way I do and started the Foundation Appaloosa Horse Registry.
From the FAHR Webpage:
“The Foundation Appaloosa Horse Registry was incorporated in April 1998 by a group of dedicated, concerned Foundation Appaloosa breeders. The founder, Tom Taylor, headed the gathering of these breeders for the purpose of breed recovery. At this first meeting, the group concurred that its objective would be to protect, preserve, perpetuate and promote the bloodlines of the true Appaloosa horse, the breed traditionally recognized as Appaloosa.”
“In December of 1950, the Appaloosa was given purebred status by the National Stallion Board. This allowed the Appaloosa to be issued purebred papers, instead of the grade papers previously issued. It also allowed the Appaloosa to compete with all other recognized breeds in National competition. The deregulation of the Equine industry that shortly followed made the modern Appaloosa more dissimilar as a distinct breed than it had been before the previous attempt at breed recovery by Claude Thompson in the 1930's.
In December of 1950, the Appaloosa was given purebred status by the National Stallion Board. This allowed the Appaloosa to be issued purebred papers, instead of the grade papers previously issued. It also allowed the Appaloosa to compete with all other recognized breeds in National competition. The deregulation of the Equine industry that shortly followed made the modern Appaloosa more dissimilar as a distinct breed than it had been before the previous attempt at breed recovery by Claude Thompson in the 1930's.
In 1994, a leading authority of the Appaloosa industry wrote an article stating that by the most recent statistics of that time, no Appaloosas were found in the world with their first six generations (counting the individual horse as the first generation) being all of Appaloosa parentage. It further stated that only 39 Appaloosas could be found in the world with their first five generations being all Appaloosa blood. By industry standards, an animal must present at least 7/8th blood, by pedigree, to be representative of that specific genetic breed.
The public release of this information made many Foundation Appaloosa breeders realize the critical state of the breed. They pushed for recovery procedures to be implemented before these numbers became critical, and the window of opportunity for recovery was closed. These Foundation breeders realized that without preserving seed stock for the future, the Appaloosa would become extinct as an individual, distinguishable breed.
The historic Foundation Appaloosa was not only a Native American legend, but proved itself well in many different facets of competition. Many great Foundation
Appaloosas can be cited as the best in their event in breed competition as well as the best in many events in all breed competitions. They are noted for versatility, endurance and family oriented dispositions. To top off its superiority in performance, it is noted as a good all-around horse, generally with a very diverse and unusual coat color often with spots. The organization members feel that it would be a tragedy to see such a distinct breed become extinct.”
http://www.foundationapp.org/about-us/
From the FAHR homepage:
FAHR Percentage is the traceable % to the first 8 stud books of the ApHC For a horse to be eligible for registration it must trace a minimum of 75% to the first 8 stud books of the ApHC.
How to calculate a horses percentage:
From the FAHR webpage:
The method used by the Foundation Appaloosa Horse Registry is simple. It is easy for anyone to determine their horses Foundation percentage themselves. You just need a basic working knowledge of fractions and percentages. The system is based on a single concept – other breed blood which is added into a horse’s pedigree for horses registered with ApHC with numbers higher than 69,999 subtracts from that horses percentage of foundation Appaloosa Horse blood. It’s that simple.
For FAHR registration purposes, all horses with an ApHC number lower than 69,999 are considered Foundation. That’s right; FAHR doesn’t just use the ApHC F numbers as foundation, but also includes all of those registered up to 69,999 as
foundation horses as well. The number of 69,999 is used because that is the eighth stud book, and the time when many felt the ApHC books should have been closed to crossbreeding. The purpose of using the 69,999 for FAHR registration was to have a blood pool to breed up from, since there were not many horses around at the time.
All horses carrying a “NC”, “ID”, or “PC” prefix before the ApHC number must trace to either F # or a horse with a registration number of 69999 or less to be given any kind of percentage. Some are 100% and some are 0% regardless of their number.
If another breed appears in your horse’s pedigree, with a number of less than 69,999 that does not matter. If he shows up as a sire or dam of an ApHC registered horse after 69,999 that will bring down that horse’s Foundation percentage.
A sire or dam contributes 50% to their offspring’s genetics. So, a horse possessing an ApHC number that was higher than 69,999, which also has another breed parent can only be a maximum of 50% foundation blood.
To calculate any FAHR percentage of foundation blood you would keep moving backwards in their pedigree until you arrive at a registered ApHC horse foaled with a number of 69,999 or less or an F# (100% foundation), or another breed (0% foundation).
All of the horses that you will find listed for Sire's and Dam's by DBS meets these genetic requirements.
Foundation Bred Appaloosa Stallion (with Model Bodies)
Age Blue Varnish Roan Blanket
1982 – Blue Varnish Roan w/ Spots over Hips (100%)
DBS New Age Pagan (DBS Apache's Blue Spotted Pagan (BSO) x Ghafil's
Mischief ® )
CM PS ISH by DBS
Years Open US: 1986 - 2006
Foals: None To Date
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DBS New Age Pagan (DBS Apache's Blue Spotted Pagan (BSO) x Ghafil's
Mischief ® )
CM PS ISH by DBS
Years Open US: 1986 - 2006
Foals: None To Date
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Age Blue Varnish Roan Semi-Leopard
DBS Winter Solstice (Sire x Dam)
Breyer CM Classic Sliding Stop by Drathir Barra Stables
Years Open: Pending
Foals: None To Date
Breyer CM Classic Sliding Stop by Drathir Barra Stables
Years Open: Pending
Foals: None To Date
Age Black Leopard
DBS Vision Quest (Sire x Dam)
Breyer CM G1 SM QH by Drathir Barra Studios
Years Open: Pending
Foals: None To Date
Breyer CM G1 SM QH by Drathir Barra Studios
Years Open: Pending
Foals: None To Date
Age Black Leopard
DBS Spotmeifyoucan (Sire x Dam)
Breyer OF G2 SM Galloping Foal
Years Open: Pending
Foals: None To Date
Breyer OF G2 SM Galloping Foal
Years Open: Pending
Foals: None To Date
Age - Black Leopard
DBS Scorpios Kiss (Sire x Dam)
CM Stone Pebble by Drathir Barra Stables, Brenda Varian
Years Open: Pending
Foals: None To Date
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CM Stone Pebble by Drathir Barra Stables, Brenda Varian
Years Open: Pending
Foals: None To Date
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Foundation-bred Appaloosa Stallions (Breeding Stock Only)
1964 -1996 – Blue Roan Blanket (100%)
DBS 's PaganSpotted Chief (Chief of Fourmile ® x J&B's Spotted Fawn ®)
BSO
Years Open US: 1969 - 1989
Foals: DBS Apache's Blue Spotted Pagan 1975 (DBS)
1975 - 1995 – Blue Varnish Roan w/ Spots over Hips (100%)
DBS Apache's Blue Spotted Pagan (DBS Pagan's Spotted Chief (BSO) x DBS Apache's Blue Squaw (BSO) )
BSO
Years Open US: 1980 - 1995
Foals: DBS New Age Pagan 1986 (DBS)
Foundation Bred Appaloosa Mares (with Model Bodies)
Age Chestnut Blanket
DBS My Toot Toot (Sire x Dam)
Breyer CM G1 SM Standing Foal by Sue Sudekum
Years Open: Pending
Foals: None To Date
Breyer CM G1 SM Standing Foal by Sue Sudekum
Years Open: Pending
Foals: None To Date
Foundation-Bred Appaloosa Mares (Breeding Stock Only)
1947Blue Roan Blanket (100%)
DBSApache's Comanche Squaw (Apache ® x Polka® )
BSO
Years Open: 52 – 53 –54 – 56 – 57 – 58 – 59 – 60 – 61 – 62– 63 – 64 –65 - 66
Foals: DBS Apache'sBlue Squaw 1955 (DBS)
1955 Blue Roan With Spots Over Hips (100%)
DBS Apache's Blue Squaw (Joker B ® x DBS Apache's Comanche Squaw (BSO) )
BSO
Years Open: 60 – 61 – 62 – 63 – 64 – 65 – 66 – 67 – 68 – 69 – 70 – 71 –72 – 73
Foals: DBS Apache's Blue Spotted Pagan 1975 (DBS)
DBSApache's Comanche Squaw (Apache ® x Polka® )
BSO
Years Open: 52 – 53 –54 – 56 – 57 – 58 – 59 – 60 – 61 – 62– 63 – 64 –65 - 66
Foals: DBS Apache'sBlue Squaw 1955 (DBS)
1955 Blue Roan With Spots Over Hips (100%)
DBS Apache's Blue Squaw (Joker B ® x DBS Apache's Comanche Squaw (BSO) )
BSO
Years Open: 60 – 61 – 62 – 63 – 64 – 65 – 66 – 67 – 68 – 69 – 70 – 71 –72 – 73
Foals: DBS Apache's Blue Spotted Pagan 1975 (DBS)
Appaloosa Orphans
Age Chestnut Blanket - Mare
DBS The Dance We Do (Sire x Dam)
Bred By: Pending
Breyer OF G3 SM Stock
Years Open: Pending
Foals: None To Date
Bred By: Pending
Breyer OF G3 SM Stock
Years Open: Pending
Foals: None To Date