How do I find my Standardbred tattoo?
To identify your Standardbred, the USTA offers a free basic information search: Free Horse ID Search If you need additional help, simply call the USTA offices. Please have as much information available as you can, including freeze brand, microchip number or lip tattoo, color, sex, white markings, etc.
How do you read a Standardbred freeze brand?
Both types of brands are read from the top line starting on the left hand side, working across the line before moving onto the left hand side of the second line. Australian freeze brands use the “alpha angle” symbols – with two lines of four symbols each.
How much is a Standardbred horse?
The cost to adopt or buy an American standardbred ranges from around $500 to $5,000 on average. This can widely fluctuate, depending on the horse’s age, training, health, and pedigree.
What breeds make a Standardbred?
Breeds that have contributed foundation stock to the Standardbred breed included the Narragansett Pacer, Canadian Pacer, Thoroughbred, Norfolk Trotter, Hackney, and Morgan. The foundation bloodlines of the Standardbred trace to a Thoroughbred foaled in England in 1780 named Messenger.
Are standardbreds tattooed?
Lip tattooing is found on Thoroughbreds, Standardbreds, Appaloosas, Arabians and Quarter Horses, because these breeds also race. A horse with an official tattoo is necessarily registered, meaning he has papers out there somewhere.
Do standardbreds have tattoos?
A Standardbred tattoo always has five characters, either a letter and four numbers or two letters and three numbers. The first letter in the tattoo indicates the year of birth. Arabians are also tattooed with the last six digits of the horse’s registration certificate number.
How do I find my freeze brand?
The hair at the site of the mark will grow back white and show the identification number. In addition to the freeze mark on the left side of the neck, sanctuary wild horses are marked on the left croup with 4 inch high Arabic numerals that correspond with the last four digits of the freeze mark on the neck.
Are Standardbreds gaited?
The American standardbred is a star in harness races. But these horses are great for riding, too. They have two distinct gaits: pacing and trotting.
Why are standardbreds tattooed?
Tattoos are used for identification purposes on the track. While it takes skill and knowledge to read these markings, you can use them to identify your horse. Lip tattooing is found on Thoroughbreds, Standardbreds, Appaloosas, Arabians and Quarter Horses, because these breeds also race.