American Warmblood:
American
Warmblood Society
American
Warmblood Registry (AWR)
Tel:+1
530 757 1377
American Sport Pony:
Anglo Arab:
Anglo & Part-Bred Arab Owners Association
Tel: 01404
814998
Australian
Warmblood:
Australian
Warmblood Horse Association Ltd
Tel: (61)2-46596600
Fax: (61)2-46596600
Australian Stud Brands:
Each
State (except Victoria) registers their own brands, either through the
Department of Agriculture, Department of Primary Industries or the
Rural Lands
Protection Board.
The
Registrar of Racehorses is the organisation which registers all
racehorses,
past and
present, in Australia and records their brands. They charge a fee of
$AUD30
to trace
a horse, if a full description of colour, sex, brands and any white
markings
is
provided. Their contact details are set out below:
The
Registrar of Racehorses
NSW
Thoroughbred Racing Board
P O
Box 832
KENSINGTON NSW 1465
SPPHAV - STANDARDBRED
PLEASURE & PERFORMANCE HORSE ASSOCIATION
OF VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA - HOW TO READ THE FREEZE BRAND
Baden Wurttemburg:
Pferdezuchtverband Baden-Württemberg e.V.
Heinrich-Baumann-Straße 1-3
D-70190 Stuttgart
Tel: 0049-7 11 - 16 65 50
Fax: 0049-7 11 - 1 66 55 20
Pferdesportverband Baden-Württemberg
Bavarian
Warmblood:
Belgium Sport Horse:
Belgian Sporthorse (sBs)
Avenue Brassine 38
B-1640
St Genesius Rode
Belgium
Tel: + 32 2 358 5200
Fax: + 32 2 358 5538
Email:
sbs@sbsnet.be
Belgium
Warmblood:
Belgium
Warmblood Horse Stud Book (BWP)
Tel:
+32
16 479980, E-mail:
info@bwp.be
Berlin-Brandenburg:
Landespferdzuchtverband Berlin-Brandenburg
eV
Hauptgestut 10
16845 Neustadt/Dosse
Germany
Pferdezuchtverband Berlin-Brandenburg
Landesverband Pferdesport Berlin-Brandenburg
British
Warmblood:
British
Warm-Blood Society (BWBS)
Tel:
01344 297197
Canadian Warmblood:
Canadian Warmblood Horse Breeders Association
Tel:
(403)-201-5996
Email:
office_gr@canadianwarmbloods.com
Danish
Warmblood:
Danish
Warmblood Society (DV)
Tel:
+45
86 109088
The Danish Warmblood brand, the crown over
the wave, is carried by the offspring of graded
parents only. For every
single horse, there is an internationally recognised pedigree
(Horse
passport), which is an absolute guarantee of origin and identity. Foals
out of two
Danish Warmblood graded parents are branded with the Danish
crown on the left thigh;
for further identification purposes since the
mid 1980s three digits reflecting the last three
figures of the foal's
registration number have also been included in the brand directly
underneath the crown. Foals/horses with a Danish heritage which are
unable to qualify on their pedigree/breeding for the DV brand are
sometimes branded with the DK brand.
Danish
Warmblood America:
Dartmoor Pony:
The Ponies of Dartmoor
Branding, ear cuts, ear tags and cutting the
tails in a distinctive pattern.
Dutch
Warmblood:
Dutch
Warmblood
Tel:
00
31 3404 32004
Royal
Dutch Warmblood Studbook
Warmblood
Paardenstamboek Nederland (WPN)
Tel:
+31
3069 34600, Email: info@kwpn.nl
Scottish
Dutch Warmblood Association (SDWA)
Tel:
01330
833487
The
Dutch Warmblood Studbook of North America
Tel: (541) 672-8145
Fax: (541) 672-1721
E-mail: nawpn@rosenet.net
Exmoor Pony:
The 4 point star on the shoulder denotes official
Exmoor Pony Society registration; the number below it is the pony's herd number. The number
on the flank is it's individual registration number in that herd. Ponies in the 'Anchor'
herd have no herd number but an anchor symbol on the flank above the individual number
Exmoor Pony Society
Tel:01398 341490
Finnish
Warmblood:
Suomen Hippos Ry
Tulkinkuja 2
FIN-02600
Espoo
Finland
Tel: + 358 9 511 00260
fax: + 358 9 511 00291
German
Riding Horse:
Deutsche Pferde
Am Allerufer
28
27283
Verden
Germany
Tel: + 49 4231 82892
Fax: + 49 4231 5780
Haflinger:
Haflinger
Society of GB (GBHS)
Tel:
01371 810216
Hanoverian:
Verband
Hannoverscher Warmblutzuchter eV (HANN)
Tel:
0049
4231 67 30
Verband der Pony-und Kleinpferdezüchter Hannover e.V.
Johannssenstraße 10
D-30159 Hannover
Tel: 0049-5 11 - 32 04 10
Fax: 0049-5 11 - 32 57 59
The
British Hanoverian Horse Society
Tel:
01604
492 750
Email:
info@hanoverian-gb.org.uk
The American
Hanoverian Society
Hessen/Hessian:
Verband
Hessischer Pferdezüchter e.V.
Pferdezentrum Alsfeld
An der Hessenhalle 5,
D-36304 Alsfeld
Fon: 06631 - 9655-0
Fax: 06631 - 9655-23
Mail: hessenpferd@t-online.de
Verband der Ponyzüchter Hessen e.V.
Rheinstraße 91
D-64295 Darmstadt
Tel:
0049- 61 51 - 89 39 55
Fax: 0049- 61 51 - 89 38 97
Holstein:
The brand may also have numbers
underneath it. These numbers are control numbers for
breeding
purposes and are used to
identify the horse, similar to a freeze
mark.
American
Holsteiner Horse Association
Danish Holsteiner Association
Verband
der Zuchter des Holsteiner Pferdes (HOLST)
Steenbeker Weg 151
D-24106 Kiel
Tel:
0049
431 30 898/9
Fax:49-4 31 - 33 61 42
Icelandic Horses:
Icelandic horses have different types of ear
cuts, ear tags as well as freeze marks. For more
information
click here.
Irish Sport Horse:
THE IRISH
HORSE BOARD
Telephone: 01-607 2816. Int: +353-1-607 2816.
Fax:
01-662 0763. Int: +353-1-662 0763.
E-mail
ihb@ihb.ie
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern:
Verband der Pferdezüchter Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
e.V.
Soeicherstraße 11
D-18273 Güstrow
Tel: 0049-
38 43 - 68 60 33
Fax:
0049- 38 43 - 6 60 33
Landesverband Pferdesport Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Morgan Horse:
American Morgan Horse Association
British Morgan Horse Society
Canadian Morgan Horse
Association
Morgan Horse Association
of Australia
NZ Morgan Horse
Assn
The Morgan Horse
Association (UK)
Namibian Warmbloods:
South
African Warmblood Horse Society
Voigtskirch
Harald Voigts
Okahandja brand used by the OTJOZONJATI STUD
Bodenhausen Stud
New Forest Pony:
A variety of
different brands but they can be pinned down to the breeder. A list
of these brands is available in the New Forest Stud Book from Randells
Farm, Burley street, Nr Ringwood,
Hants, BH24 4HJ.
New
Zealand Warmblood:
New
Zealand Warmblood Horse Owners Association
New Zealand Thoroughbred Brand - identification
The Stud Book Department
New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing
Ph: (64 4) 385 3988
Fax: (64 4) 384 5867
Email: studbook@nzracing.co.nz
If your horse's shoulder brands are the only identification you have,
you need to contact the NZ Stud Book directly with a full description
of the brands. This will allow Stud Book staff to identify the sire,
dam and registered name of your thoroughbred horse.
The NZ Studbook:
Free access to the records of all thoroughbred broodmares
in New Zealand from 1991 onwards (includes sex, birth date, sire
and breeder of each foal), also imported mares, stallions standing
in New Zealand and their progeny listed by crop, named & un-named horses sent overseas
and industry statistics. If you know the sire and/or dam of your horse, and they were included
in the 1991 NZ Stud Book, this is the place to go.
Oldenburg:
International
SportHorse Registry & the Oldenburg Registry N.A.
The
"North American Division" of the Verband der Züchter des
Oldenburger Pferdes e.V. can be found at
www.oldenburghorse.com
Verband
der Zuchter des Oldenburger Pferdes (OLD)
Phone: 0049-4441- 91 49 - 0
Fax: 0049-4441-91 49 - 99
E-Mail: info@oldenburger-pferde.com
Polish Warmblood
(Wielkopolski):
Polish
foals born in a national stud farm have a numerical brand under
the saddle:
The
right side is the number of stud farm.
The
left side is the foal's number.
Foals
from private breeders (regional breeding) are branded on the left leg
(thigh).
Okregowy Zwiazek Hodowcow Koni
Association of Horse Breeders
Podwale 23
00-261 Warszawa
Tel. 022-8312178
Rheinland:
Rheinisches Pferdestammbuch e.V.
Rheinland-Pfalz-Sarr (Zweibrucken):
Pferdezuchtverband Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar e.V.
Pferdezentrum
D-67816 Standenbühl
Tel: 0049- 63 57 - 897
Fax: 0049- 63 57 - 15 01
Email:
zentrale@pferdezucht-rps.de
R.P.S.I. (Rheinland
Pfalz-Saar International)
The brand for the Rheinland-Pfalz-Saar territory was
created By Duke Christian. The symbol is the joining of two famous
bridges found in the city of Zweibrücken. A replica of the Duke's Crown
rests above the bridges. The literal translation of Zweibrücken is "two
bridges".
Sachsen:
Pferdezuchtverband Sachsen e.V.
Winterbergstraße 98
D-01237 Dresden
Tel: 0049-3 51 - 2 36 10 01
Fax: 0049-3 51 - 2 54 90 63
Sachsen-Anhalt:
Pferdezuchtverband Sachsen-Anhalt e.V.
Frommhagenstraße 55
D-39576 Stendal
Tel: 0049- 39 31 - 21 28 59
Fax: 0049- 39 31 - 21 28 59
Landesverband Pferdesport Sachsen
Selle
Francais:
Selle
Francais Society
Tel: 00
33 555 73 83 83
Studbook
du Cheval de Selle Francais (SF)
Tel:
+33
555 7383 91
ASSOCIATION NATIONALE DES ELEVEURS
DE CHEVAUX DE RACE SELLE FRANCAIS (ANSF)
8,rue d'Athènes;
75 009 Paris
France
Tél : +33 (0) 1 44 53 15 37
Fax : +33 (0) 1 48 74 08 21
E-mail : ansf@wanadoo.fr
Shagya Arabian:
North American Shagya Arabian Society
Phone 765-665-385,
Email: gwyn@starband.net
Swedish Warmblood:
Swedish
Warmblood Association
Swedish
Warmblood Association of North America
Swiss
Warmblood (also known as the Einsiedler or the Swiss Halfbred):
Zuchtverband CH
Sportpferde (Swiss Warmblood)
Les Longs Prés, Case Postale
1580 AVENCHES
Tel: (41) 26.676.63.40
Fax: (41) 26.676.63.45
Email:
info@ch-sporthorse.ch
Swiss Studbook:
Postfach
CH-1580
Avenches
Switzerland
Tel: +41 26 676 63 40
Thuringen:
Verband Thüringer Pferdezüchter e.V.
Thüringer Landesverwaltungsamt
Carl-August-Allee 1a
D-99423 Weimar
Tel: 0049- 36 43 - 2 48 80
Fax: 0049- 36 43 - 24 88 15
Trakehner:
American
Trakehner Association
CANADIAN TRAKEHNER
HORSE SOCIETY
P.O.Box 1270 New Hamburg, ON N0B 2G0
CANADA
Tel/Fax (519) 662-3209
e-mail: cantrakhsivh@golden.net
History of the Canadian Trakehner Brand
British Trakehner
Trakehner
Breeders Fraternity (TBF)
Tel:
0121
329 2719
NZ
Trakehner Assn
Trakehner
Verband (TRK)
Tel:
+49
43 21 90 270
Central European Branding Of Horses
United States
Trotting Association (USTA)
It is
possible for USTA to identify horses through freeze brand numbers if
parties are interested to know who there standardbred is.
United States Horse Brand Laws
All animal brands in the USA are registered with the
Department of Agriculture within each state. Contact the Department of
Agriculture in the state you think your horse came from, you should then be able
to trace the owner of the brand.
US State
Department of Agriculture Links
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
http://agriculture.state.az.us/ASD/asd.htm
The bar N brand on the left shoulder, -N , is the brand
of the Navajo Nation in Arizona and New Mexico. That, along with the three
character brand on the animal's left hip designate the grazing permittee that
owns the stock.
For more information contact:
Navajo Nation Veterinary and Livestock Program (928) 871-6615
Navajo Nation Switchboard (928) 871-6000
Arkansas
California
http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/ahfss/li/index.htm
Colorado
http://www.ag.state.co.us/brand/brand.html
Florida
Georgia
To register a brand in Georgia, contact
Dr. C. Carter Black III,
at the Georgia Department of Agriculture, 19 MLK Jr. Drive SW, Atlanta, GA
30334,
404-656-3667.
Hawaii
Idaho
http://www.isp.state.id.us/brands/
P.O. Box 1117
Meridian, ID 83680-1177
700 S. Stratford Dr
Meridian, ID 83642
Ph: 208.884.7070
Fax: 208.884.7097
Toll Free: 1.800.772.8442 (Idaho Only)
Here is an interesting private page referring to Idaho livestock brands as a
genealogical source:
http://home.rmci.net/dyingst/brands.htm.
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas Kansas Animal
Health Department:
http://www.ink.org/public/kahd/
Kentucky
Louisiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Montana
www.liv.state.mt.us
For questions regarding new brands, or
brand transfers please call 1-406-444-3812. For any other questions regarding
the brands department please call 1-406-444-2045.
ALL MAIL SHOULD ADDRESSED TO:
DEPARTMENT OF LIVESTOCK
BRANDS ENFORCEMENT DIVISION
PO BOX 202001
HELENA, MONTANA 59620-2001
http://www.discoveringmontana.com/liv/brands/forms/bookrequest.asp
This link is to purchase a copy of the Montana book of
brands.
Nebraska
Nebraska: http://www.nol.org/home/NBC/brandbook/
An online database of 8000 brands (pictures of them) from Nebraska.
Nevada
Nevada Department of
Agriculture,
Division of Livestock Identification.
Address: 1351 Elm St., Elko, NV 89801
Phone: 775 738-8076
Website:
http://agri.state.nv.us
http://agri.state.nv.us/NevadaBrands.htm online database of brand
pictures.
Includes a page on brand symbols
Symbols.pdf
New
Mexico
For Information on New Mexico Brand Books
Contact the
New Mexico Livestock Board
300 San Mateo Blvd. NE
Suite 1000
Albuquerque, NM 87108-1500
(505) 841-6161 Main Number
(505) 841-6160 Fax
New
York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas In the State of Texas, each county is in charge of brand
registering for livestock. Individuals, farms and ranches may
register per county and per species. Thus if you are large farm or
cattle company, you must go register County by County. The fee is
around $7 USD per county.
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Washington State Department of Agriculture
Livestock Identification Program
P.O. Box 42560
Olympia, WA 98504-2560
(360) 902-1855
EMAIL:
livestockid@agr.wa.gov
http://agr.wa.gov/FoodAnimal/Livestock/WhoToContact.htm
Wisconsin
Wisconsin contact information
Wyoming
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