2025 MFTHBA Rulebook

30 b) Two identical left side photos. c) Horse image on the photos must be no larger than 2 1/2” high by 3” wide and must show complete head, trunk and legs. 4. Whenever an Application for Registration is incomplete, and the applicant has been notified but failed to provide all of the information required by rules, the application shall be considered null and void after four (4) months has elapsed from date of receipt of the original application by the MFTHBA. a) Registration fees submitted with an incomplete application are non- refundable. b) Failure to remit the required registration fee shall be deemed as submitting an incomplete application. D. DNA Required : All foals must be DNA tested and parent verified before registration. Any producing mare and all breeding stallions must be DNA tested before their offspring are eligible for registration. 1. DNA kits must be obtained from the MFTHBA office. The kit fee includes cost of the kit plus processing costs. 2. For horses born in 2007 or thereafter and subsequently DNA tested: Where the DNA type for that horse excludes either the horse’s sire or the horse’s dam as listed on the registration papers, the registration papers for the DNA tested horse (born 2007 or after) shall be declared null and void. The responsibility for any corrections shall rest with the owner. 3. In cases where sire is deceased and only blood typing is available, the parentage of the foal/animal will be verified through blood typing at the applicant’s expense. 4. For persons supplying inaccurate breeding information for 2007 or after foals, or for those born 2007 or after which are sold to a buyer, and where subsequent DNA excludes either the sire of the foal or dam of the foal as listed on the Application for Registration or the Registration Certificate, the following shall govern: a) The person owning the “excluded” parent at time of breeding of the mare shall be responsible to rectify the situation, and will be given a 90-day period to correct; b) For a single instance, this individual will be given a 90-day period to rectify the situation, and will bear any costs associated with resolving the issue; c) Upon a recurrence in the same or the following year, this individual will be subject to a fine of $150 per occurrence, with no suspension of the fine; d) Further violations of proper reporting practices in this connection will mandate a $500 fine plus subject the individual to other sanctions as deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors, which may include but are not limited to, being barred from registering future foals and loss of membership privileges. Members who have foals born in 2007 or thereafter, and the foal’s DNA report shows the dam or the sire as excluded, shall contact the MFTHBA office to obtain a written instruction sheet outlining steps which can be taken by the owner to rectify the situation. 5. For DNA requirements for the Missouri Fox Trotting Pony Registry, MFTPR, see Section 9. E. Horses Ineligible for Registration : Horses with only one parent registered with MFTHBA are ineligible for registration. F. Horses Age and Sex : 1. The age of a horse shall be computed on the basis of a calendar year starting on January 1 of the year foaled. It is a weanling during the calendar year in which it is foaled and a yearling during the first calendar year following its foaling date, regardless of the time of year foaled. a) For Show Purposes ONLY, foals born September 1 through December 31 areconsidered to fall in the following year. This provision is not valid for MFTPR or Weanling Model. 2. The following designations are used for ages as shown: a) A COLT is a male horse up to three years old. b) A FILLY is a female horse up to three years old. c) A FOAL is a colt (male) or filly (female) under one year old.