04/11/2024
If you saw my previous post, you would have read the statistics on the number of horses and breeds that I have helped (at least most of them).
This next post will highlight statistics about each horse’s registration status. Why is this important? Well, you’ll find out 😉
Out of all breeds, how many were registered when rehoming/rescue was needed? Let’s have a look 🧐.
Thoroughbreds: 32 (31 registered)
Standardbreds: 6 (4 registered, 2 registerable)
Shetlands: 6 (0 registered)
Stockhorse: 6 (1 registered)
Arabians: 5 (2 registered)
Brumbies: 4 (1 registered, 3 registerable)
Quarter horse: 4 (1 registered)
Paint: 3 (0 registered)
QH x Arab: 2 (0 registered)
WB x TB: 2 (0 registered)
Appaloosa: 1 (0 registered)
Appaloosa x QH: 1 (1 registerable)
Dartmoor x: 1 (0 registered)
Morgan x: 1 (0 registered)
Holstein: 1 (1 registerable)
STB x Welsh: 1 (0 registerable)
Anglo Arabian: 1 (0 registerable)
Clydesdale x Paint: 1 (0 registerable)
Percheron x Warmblood: 1 (1 registered)
Obviously, the Thoroughbreds and Standardbreds create a large number of registered horses (which is a good thing), but, let’s take them out of the equation. Out of 47 horses of all different breeds (excluding TBs and STBs), 6 (12.76%) were registered at the time of intake, whilst a further 6 (12.76%) were able to be registered with a breed society, leaving 35 (74.46%) horses unregistered, and unable to be.
Almost SEVENTY-FIVE (75%) of horses cannot be registered. These horses take up a LARGE position in rescues/rehoming programs. There is a reason not many registered, healthy, and trained horses end up in rescues/rehoming programs.
Registered horses make life easier for everyone, especially the horses. Being able to track down information, know their breeding, training history, age, previous owners/breeders, and medical issues is such a blessing. And you know what? They are so much easier to rehome and usually much safer long term!
Ethical breeding isn't the issue, it's people breeding for the sake of breeding and producing horses set up for failure. I absolutely don't have a problem with good breeding practices and producing good horses, and you'll find a lot of people in rescue agree, because time and time again, it's the horses that are not well bred, not registered, not handled, not broken in, have conformation issues, genetic diseases, and injuries. In my opinion, small ethical breeders play an important role in maintaining the breed standards. It's the unethical and irresponsible breeders that are the issue.
Nonetheless…on to the next subject! (Which you’ll find out in my next post).