All Breed Database (2024)

FAQs

How to look up a horse's pedigree? ›

Pedigree refers to a horse's family tree, with its paternal ancestors- sire/father – on the top, and its maternal ancestors – dam/mother – on the bottom. A horse's pedigree provides insight into its potential ability and value as well as what type of racing your horse will be most suited to.

Nearly all of today's racehorses can be traced back to one of three 'foundation' stallions – The Darley Arabian, The Godolphin Arabian and The Byerley Turk. These Arabian horses were imported into England between the late 17th and early 18th Century by gentlemen who wanted to breed better racehorses.

When reading Quarter Horse pedigrees, remember that the sire will be on top, and the dam will be on the bottom. The tree reads from left to right, with each successive generation branching out. The dam's mother is known as the second dam, and her mother is the third dam, etc.

Another way to determine what breed of horse you own would be to look at its pedigree. If your horse is registered with a breed organization, it should have a set of registration papers with an abbreviated pedigree on file. If your horse is not registered with a specific breed organization, this becomes more difficult.

Pedigrees for Thoroughbreds as well as many other horses can be found at www.allbreedpedigree.com, though care should be taken to verify all pedigrees. Like the well-known Wikipedia website, www.allpedigree.com allows users to input data, which may or may not be precise.

After testing, horses are given one of three designations: normal (N/N), heterozygous positive (N/H), or hom*ozygous positive (H/H). Because HYPP is a dominant trait, it is readily passed from generation to generation.

The male parent of a horse, a stallion, is commonly known as the sire and the female parent, the mare, is called the dam.

Using this method, on average, pedigree-based inbreeding coefficients for Thoroughbred horses are reported to be between 12.5%-13.5%, however individual horses may have values that range from less than 5% to over 20%.

One genetic study indicates that 95% of all male Thoroughbreds trace their direct male line (via the Y chromosome) to the Darley Arabian.

Who is the most famous racehorse ever? ›

One of the most famous racehorses in America is Secretariat. To this day, Secretariat still holds the records for all three of the Triple Crown races: the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes. Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes race by an astonishing 31 lengths.

Most Thoroughbreds can be traced back to Darley Arabian. In 95% of modern Thoroughbred racehorses, the Y chromosome can be traced back to this single stallion. This is mainly through his descendant, Eclipse, who is the direct male ancestor of 95% of all thoroughbreds and in the pedigree of many of the rest.

A mare is an adult female horse or other equine. In most cases, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse three and younger.

Sire and dam: A sire is a horse's father, a dam its mother. To produce and to sire: A mare produces foals; stallions sire foals; stallions do not produce foals. Out of and by: A horse is always out of a mare and by a stallion.

The Blue Hen is named for the horse breeding term "Blue Hen," meaning a mare who has proved herself exceptional in producing high quality foals, almost regardless of which stallion might be the sire. These sons and daughters would also affect the breed.

Master Registration With All Owners Plus Pedigree

Is a 3 generation pedigree that shows the breeder and current recorded owner, as well as a list of previous owners, will also list the date of birth, registration number and color of each horse in the pedigree.

All online research pedigrees are viewed on the web and are available for any AKC-registered dog, 24 hours a day. An online research pedigree includes complete information about dogs in the pedigree, including competition titles and any related health information available (i.e., OFA).

If you think a horse came from a different area you can contact the brand inspection board for the state that you are interested in. The brand department is usually under the jurisdiction of the state's department of agriculture. These professionals have the records to check to find out who owns the brand in question.

Finding the race record: Once you know your horse's Jockey Club name, you can enter it at Equibase and access the horse's full race record. You'll be able to find sire/dam information, birthdate, race record and earnings, and detailed results of every race that horse ever ran.