2025 MFTHBA Rulebook

33 Red (Bay) Silver Dapple – Red body with flaxen, white or silver mane and tail; legs usually darker than body. Yellow (Buckskin) Silver Dapple – Yellow body with flaxen, white or silver mane and tail; legs usually darker than body. WH: WHITE – Dominant color gene which produces a white bodied horse with pink skin and dark eyes. Dominant white horses have a white parent and produce white offspring 50% of the time when bred to dark colors and 100% of the time when bred to another dominant white. This color should not be confused with Gray. The color is rare within the breed. SP: SPOTTED – Colored with white spots; white with colored spots. Beginning in 1995, the Temporary Application for Registration for a spotted foal must have two (2) identical prints of a picture showing the left side view of the horse plus one (1) right side view submitted with the registration application. Picture must fit in 2-1/2” high x 3” wide space. Good sharp pictures are required, and no Polaroid’s or slides will be accepted. If horse is not spotted on the left side, send two (2) additional identical photos of the right side to show spotted pattern. More than one spotted gene can be present on an individual – use the most evident. Please indicate both body color and spotting pattern. T: Tobiano – Body any solid color with white spots and white legs. Spots are regular and rounded with even borders and usually cross over the back between the ears and the tail. All spotted horses registered as tobiano must have one spotted parent and verify parentage through DNA. S: Splashed White Overo – Large white spotting usually comes up from the belly, looking as though paint has splashed up from below, and does not cross over the back; usually lots of white on head, and may have blue eyes. F: Frame Overo – Solid color topline, usually with dark legs. White patches are normally on the side of the body and are “framed” by the dark areas. May have blue eyes. NOTE: Frame to frame breeding can result in lethal white foals. SABINO – White lacey patches, especially on the barrel, face and legs; and scattered white hair throughout the coat that appears roan-like. DOES NOT have the solid color head and legs of a true roan. Body, mane and tail may be any color (black, bay, chestnut, palomino, etc.); usually have high white jagged-edged stockings that are higher on the front of the leg. May be so minimal as to only have a white spot on the chin, or so maximum as to appear totally white; parents may not exhibit any of the characteristics. Usually have dark eyes. Medicine Hats and War Bonnets usually fall in this category. CS: Chestnut/sorrel sabino SB: Black sabino SA: Bay sabino SP: Palomino sabino SK: Buckskin sabino SW: White sabino TVO: Tovero – Combination of tobiano and overo characteristics. Section 5. Transfer of Ownership A. Every change in record ownership must be recorded at the MFTHBA office. For the purposes of this section, the record owner shall be deemed to be that established by the original certificate of registration issued upon the original application for registration, or if a change of record ownership has been registered with the MFTHBA, then the record owners shall be the owner under the last certificate of registration issued by the MFTHBA. Before a change in record ownership shall be recorded and a new transfer entered, the following rules shall be complied with by the buyer. B. The established fee for transfer shall be paid to the MFTHBA office. C. A registration certificate properly completed showing change of ownership shall be presented to the MFTHBA, duly signed by the recorded owner, or an authorized agent. In the event the recorded owner is deceased, a transfer may be signed by legally authorized party or parties in accordance with policies established by the Board of Directors. 1. Authorized signatures: