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.

Allbreedpedigree.com is a great online resource for horse owners wishing to research their horse's bloodline. In this section, you'll learn how to perform a pedigree query with this site. Enter the horse's registered name in the top left corner.

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.

Using this test, horses may be identified as: H/H, meaning they have the mutation and it is hom*ozygous. These horses always pass on the disease. N/H, meaning they have the mutation and it is heterozygous. These horses are affected to a lesser degree and pass on the disease 50% of the time.

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.

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.

What two breeds make a Thoroughbred? ›

The term Thoroughbred describes a breed of horse whose ancestry traces back to three foundation sires – the Darley Arabian, the Godolphin Arabian and the Byerly Turk.

#1: Man O' War: The Best RaceHorse of All Time

Man O' War raced from 1919-1921. To this day, he is considered the greatest racehorse of all time. Man O' War was a chestnut stallion that won 20 out of his 21 races.

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. In Thoroughbred horse racing, a mare is defined as a female horse more than four years old.

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.

Sire – the father of a horse. Dam – the mother of a horse. Stallion – a male horse used for breeding. Broodmare – a female horse used for breeding. Broodmare dam – a female horse whose offspring are also broodmares.

If your horse raced, you can find the owner/trainer at the time of the horse's last race using the Horse Search feature at equibase.com and looking at the most recent chart or by ordering race records at equineline.com. You can view sample reports before you order, and sign up is free.

How do I obtain my horse's competition record? Sign in to your USEF Account and navigate to your horse's page. Click on the "Details & Results" tile then "Horse Report" at the top of the page. You can also Search Horses then click on "Horse Report" to pull up the horse's full competition report.

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.

How To Read a Pedigree Chart? First of all, determine whether the condition is recessive or dominant. If the trait is dominant, the trait must be one of the parents'. If the phenotype is recessive, because they may be heterozygous, no parent is expected to have the phenotype.