2025 MFTHBA Rulebook

36 B. DNA Required : 1. All foals born prior to 2005 shall be required to have DNA on file before registration may be completed. All horses born in 2005 and thereafter shall be required to be parent verified by DNA before registration can be completed. No foal shall be eligible for registration whose DNA shows “excluded” regarding relationship to DNA of the parent. DNA kits, along with instructions, may only be obtained from the MFTHBA/MFTPR National Office. The DNA Kit Fee includes the cost of the kit and the processing. 2. Horses whose DNA type excludes either sire or dam as listed on the registration papers, said papers shall be declared null and void. The expense for correction of papers shall rest with the owner. C. Age of Horse : 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 foaled and a yearling during the first calendar year following its foaling date, regardless of the time of the year it was foaled. The Fall Foaling Rule for shows does not apply to the MFTPR registry. D. Types of Registration : 1. Tentative Registry: A horse of this category includes horses from foaling to the age of 5 and does not require an inspection. However, gait inspection may be performed at any time from the age of 2 to 5 years. Height inspection may not be performed until the age of 5. Horse must have at least one permanent MFTHBA-registered parent or two MFTPR-registered parents, one of whom must be permanently registered. Registration application, including breeder’s certificate, copy of registration papers other than MFTPR, and proper fee may be sent to the MFTPR office. Tentative registration will expire 6 months after the horse’s 5th birthday. 2. Permanent Registry: A horse of this category requires a height inspection by a veterinarian. Horse must be more than 44 inches and less than 56 inches in height at the withers and must be 5 years old or older. If not previously registered and inspected for gait under the Tentative Registry, horse must be inspected for gait and exhibit a foxtrot. Once positive inspection has been completed, registration application, copy of registration papers other than MFTPR if any, inspection form, and proper fee may be sent to the MFTHBA/MFTPR office. a) In the event that a horse tentatively registered with the MFTPR but is over or under the specified height requirements at 5 years of age but has met all other requirements for permanent registration, the owner of record may file to receive green color papers. This must be done prior to the expiration of the tentative registration. MFTPR registered ponies with green papers may be used for breeding stock. 3. Inspection: Gait Inspection will require exhibition of the fox trot gait in videotape form. Gait inspection may be performed at any time from the age of 2 to 5. Inspection is to be performed by MFTHBA Board of Directors at the MFTHBA/MFTPR office. A video for inspection must be mailed to the MFTHBA/MFTPR office with either a tentative registry application, including breeder certificate, or tentative registration papers, plus the proper registration fee. Height inspection will require measurement of more than 44 inches and less than 56 inches at the withers and must be performed by a licensed veterinarian and veterinarian certification placed on file in the MFTHBA/MFTPR office. Height inspections may not be performed until the age of 5. It is not necessary that both inspections be done at the same time. a) Gait inspection will not be required on horses of this category also permanently registered with the MFTHBA.