Appendix Horse...let's talk registration papers

Reading and understanding registration papers of your horse.  Now you think...I understand name of horse, age, color, date of birth, state & country of birth, but then you look at the pedigree and this can be confusing.  The horse that is "registered" is at the top of the certificate.  The pedigree that follows is the horse's sire and dam.
The sire (which is the father to the horse) is on the top or first branch of the pedigree.  The second branch is the dam (the mother of the horse).  On this certificate of "Jetterbug Jewell"  The sire is Catcha Blue Jet the initials behind the name indicates the color of the horse.  In this case B RN means blue roan.  Under Catcha Blue Jet's name is the registration number of this horse in AAHA.  The "A" on the end of the registration number indicates the horse is the cross of a Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse.  The sire to Catcha Blue Jet is Tyroan Jet again a B RN or blue roan and his registration number follows his name this is AQHA registration number indicated by a "Q" at the end of the number.  The dam to Catcha Blue Jet is Mossbar Vaga Bond (BLK) or black in color and her number is an "X" number which is a horse that is in the appendix part of AQHA.  As you follow the pedigree back from Tyron Jet you see Midland Jet Jr with his AQHA number and also the dam to Tyron Jet with her AQHA number.

On the dam side to Jetterbug Jewell you is Powder Ball Coming (Bay) indicating her is bay in color.  Because the software program allows up to 6 digits for color code the word bay was used for this color code.  Powder Ball Coming registration number is below her name just like the sire's.    Her sire is Cannon Ball Coming also an "X" number horse in AQHA bred to Takeaway Baby a Quarter Horse.  If you will notice Cannon Ball Coming who has an "X" number registration number is out of Mito who is a TB or Thoroughbred.  Mito  was bred to Miss Flicka Reb a Quarter Horse in AQHA and because of this cross  Cannon Ball Coming received an X number and is placed in the "appendix" part of AQHA registry with restrictions to  him as a standing stallion as to which of his foals can be registered into AQHA.

Because of the first cross of Mito a Thoroughbred to Miss Flicka Reb a Quarter Horse the resulting foal...Cannon Ball Coming is put into AQHA's appendix registry.

Cannon Ball Coming can only be bred to a "regular" numbered Quarter Horse which as you see in this case was Takeaway Baby who has a regular number put if registered into AQHA would go into the appendix registry with restriction to who the breeder can bred this horse to.

Now if you look at Jetterbug Jewell's registration number in AAHA you will see it is at the top of the certificate and reads 205125D  the "D" indicates that this horse is a double bred Appendix horse in The American Appendix Horses Association.  This horse has NO restrictions when the owner breeds this mare to a Quarter Horse, Thoroughbred, Paint or another Appendix.  Now when we state Appendix we mean either two X numbered horse out of AQHA or Appendix registered horse such as Jetterbug Jewell who is fully registered in AAHA.

Cannon Ball Coming X248635 is a mare that could only be bred to a regular numbered Quarter Horse stalliion in AQHA.  She cannot be bred to a Thoroughbred, Paint or another X numbered or registered Appendix stallion and have the foal eligible for registration in AQHA.

The  AAHA's pedigree will show the Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse in the pedigrees.  You can see how much Thoroughbred is in the horse that you are registering with AAHA and bred the offspring the way you want with as little or as much Thoroughbred or Quarter Horse in their bloodlines.

There is a round and round cycle in the AQHA breeding program when you breed the Thoroughbred with a numbered Quarter Horse.  I say "numbered Quarter Horse" because most of the Quarter Horses that are numbered have a lot of Thoroughbred in their bloodlines but that becomes void when an  'X' coded horse ROM's (Register of Merit) in AQHA.  When an 'X' numbered horse ROM's then this horse is gave a regular number thus this same horse can now be bred to another regular numbered Quarter Horse and the foal is fully registered in AQHA.  But, if this same horse is bred to a Thoroughbred or 'X' coded horse the foal is once again in the appendix part of AQHA's registry and the cycle starts all over.

If the horse does not ever ROM then the 'X' number stay with this horse.  If the horse is a mare or stallion and you wish to bred the mare or stand the stallion, you will have problems registering the offspring or if you bred the "X' coded horse to a regular numbered horse once again the offspring goes into the appendix part of AQHA's registry and will have the same breeding restrictions.