Why Register your Arabian horse?

Registering your Arabian horse is an important process to complete. By having your horse registered, it allows for more detailed record keeping of lineage, breeding records and competition records. Additionally, registered horses tend to have a higher value, which makes them more marketable in breeding, competition and sale settings.

Registering your Purebred Arabian

• Fill out the application with care – don’t forget to include:
  • The foal's information – name, foaling date, gender, color
  • Sire and Dam names/registration numbers
  • All necessary signatures
  • Type of service
  • Breeding dates
  • Markings

*All Purebred Arabians must be DNA tested and qualify to their Purebred parents. DNA Typing for the foal included with registration*

• Transfer of Eligible but Unregistered Foal Form
  • Complete this form, if the owner of the foal is not the same as the recorded owner of the dam at the time of foaling.

• Assignment of Breeder Designation Form
  • Complete this form, if the breeder is not the same as the recorded owner of dam at time of breeding.

• Transported/Stored Semen Certificate
  • Include a Transported/Stored Semen Certificate if your foal was bred with transported, stored, or frozen semen.

• Embryo/Oocyte Transfer Certificate
  • Include an Embryo/Oocyte Transfer Certificate OR fill out a Request for Embryo/Oocyte Transfer Certificate signed by the dam owner at time of breeding, if your foal was conceived using embryo transfer.

Registering your Half-Arabian/Anglo-Arabian

• Fill out the application with care – don’t forget to include:
  • The foal's information – name, foaling date, gender, color
  • Sire and Dam names/registration numbers
    • A copy of the non-Arabian parents registration papers
  • All necessary signatures
  • Type of service
  • Breeding dates
  • Markings
  • DNA

• Will I need to do DNA typing on my Half-Arabian for registration?
  • All Half and Anglo Arabians registered January 1st, 2026, and after must be DNA tested and qualify to their Purebred parent. DNA Typing for the foal included with registration*

• Transfer of Your Foal
  • Complete this section on the back of the registration appliation, if the owner of the foal is not the same as the recorded owner of the dam at the time of foaling.

• Assignment of Breeder Designation Form
  • Complete this form, if the breeder is not the same as the recorded owner of dam at time of breeding.

• Pictures
  • Pictures are required for the following colors/patterns: black bay, brown, liver chestnut, grullo, tobiano, overo, leopard, blanket, snowflake, roan

Breeding with Transported Semen and/or Embryo Transfer

• Transported/Stored Semen Registration Applications
  • A registration that was the result of transported/stored semen requires a Transported/Stored Semen Registration Application.

• Transported/Stored Semen Permit

  • Stallions that are breeding with transported, stored or frozen semen are required to have a current Transported/Stored Semen Permit on file before any collection or use of transported semen.
  • Once the recorded ownership of the stallion changes or the horse is exported, the stallion’s Transported/Stored Semen Permit will expire.

• Transported/Stored Semen Service Certificate

  • One Transported/Stored Semen Service Certificate is required to register a foal conceived using semen that has been transported, stored or frozen.
  • Once the recorded ownership of the stallion changes or the horse is exported, the former stallion owner may no longer purchase Transported/Stored Semen Service Certificates.

• Embryo/Oocyte Transfer 2008 and Later Foals Registration Application
  • Embryo transfer foals will be registered using the Embryo/Oocyte Transfer 2008 and Later Foals application.

• Embryo/Oocyte Transfer Permit

  • Mares must have a valid Embryo/Oocyte Transfer Permit on file before any collection or implantation of an embryo/oocyte.
  • Once the recorded ownership of the mare changes or the horse is exported, the mare’s Embryo/Oocyte Transfer Permit will expire.

• Embryo/Oocyte Transfer Certificate

  • One Embryo/Oocyte Transfer Certificate is required to register a foal conceived using embryo or oocyte transfer.
  • Once the recorded ownership of the mare changes or the horse is exported, the former mare owner may no longer purchase Embryo/Oocyte Transfer Certificates.

For additional information, contact Registry Services at 303.696.4500 #2

or info@arabianhorses.org