All the information about the procedures related to the area of the Stud-Book of the Purebred Menorca Horse can be accessed immediately after. Both, the animals of the breed and the ones that can be included in the Stud-Book.
A. Identification for the registration
Description
To registry a foal on the Stud-Book of the Purebred Menorca Horse, it is necessary to request an identification for an official registration. It is recommended that this registration is asked for during the animal’s first month of life.
Documents to present
- Service request form (001)
- Receipt of the charge
- Assignment of the name request form (006)
- Original of the model of the certificate of mating for the mare’s owner. It must include the signatures of the sire’s and mare’s owners at the moment of the covering. The vet’s signature is also needed in case it is a artificial covering. Moreover, the owner of the mare has to declare the birth of the animal filling in a form with the requested data
- Copy of the passport of the mare
Notes:
-According to the Spanish rules, if it is an identification out of time, the animal must be previously identified as a horse by the autonomous region of residence. Because of this, furthermore, it is necessary to present the documents corresponding to this identification to get all the information needed to complete the official documents.
-If the animal is identified as a horse in the regios on residence, even if it is a service on term, the owner must inform and present the documents of the animal when asking for the identification for the registration. It is to obtain all the information necessary to fill in the official documents.
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Forms to complete
B. Duplicate of documentation
Description
The owner or representative of the stud can request a duplicate of the identification documents of an animal in case of loss, theft, deterioration, etc. For this, the committee management will issue a substitute document as a duplicate.
Documents to present
- Requesting service form (001)
- Receipt of the charge
- Copy of the registration certificate or genealogical papers in case of having them
Note
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Forms to complete
C. Mating certificate
Description
The foals can only be registered in the birth register of the Stud-Book, if they have their mating and birth declared among other requirements. It was established by the Royal Decree 662/2007 of May 25th. The sire’s owners have to ask on the mating year a certificate for each foal is going to born on the following year. The requesting period starts the 1st of January and finishes the 31st of December of the mating year.
The owner of the stallion has to return to the office of the Studbook the document named ejemplar para el propietario del semental of the mating certificate filled in and signed for all the certificates requested in the year, before December 31st of the mating year, including the certificates that have not been used.
Documents to present
1. Requesting service form (001)
2. Receipt of the charge
3. Copy of the passport of the stallion
Note
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Forms to complete
D. Change of name
Description
According to the article 17 of the Real Decree 662/2007, of 25th of May, the original name of a horse can be preceded or followed by another name, but always keeping the first name in brackets during all the animal’s life. The Stud-Book of the Breed offers this service to those breeders who are interested in changing his horse’s name.
Documents to present
1. Requesting service form (001)
2. Receipt of the charge
3. Assignment of the name request form (006)
4. Copy of the registration certificate or passport of the horse
Note
- After verifying the documents, the committee management of the Stud-Book will change the name of the animal. And, it will also issue a new passport for the horse that will be registered with the new name, always maintaining the first name in brackets.
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Forms to complete
E. Evaluation of reproductive
Description
The following rule is according to the modification of the zootechnic regulation consented to this breed, by the resolution of the 21st of August in 2012 of the State Productions and Agrarian Market Office. The owners of the horses from age three can ask a valuation of their quality. If they are suitable, they can be used as reproducers. Their offspring could be registered in the official Stud-Book when born. In this test the breed quality is assessed by body regions. The minimum points in males are 70 and 65 in females. The lack of discredit defects for the breed and species that can be transmitted to progeny are also evaluated. For instance, the minimum height of the withers in males is 1.54 meters and in females is 1.51 meters.
Due to organizational reasons, the sessions of reproductive aptitudes evaluation are not opened all year. So, the owners must get into contact with the committee management of the Stud-Book to be informed of the next session.
Documents to present
1. Requesting service form (001)
2. Receipt of the charge
3. Declaration form of the animal location (007)
4. Copy of the registration certificate or passport of the horse
Note
- The animals which are in unsuitable conditions for their presentation according to the Evaluation Committee criteria, will be qualified as “Not suitable because of its presentation and preservation conditions”. (It will be recorded on the animal passport and in the official data base). These animals have the opportunity to be presented to a second, but never a third session of reproductive aptitudes evaluation.
The official document for the evaluation of the animals which is used by the Evaluation Committee can be consulted in:
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Forms to complete
F. Request of analytic
Description
The owner of the horse can ask for an analytic of a blood sample of an animal with the aim of finding the following:
- Genotype: in case it is not available as a genetic formula stored previously, it will be analysed and the correct genotype obtained. Its formula will be included in the data base of the Vet Central Lab of Algete (depending on MAGRAMA).
- Identity control: Only for horses of which there is a previous sample in the Lab but also if there are doubts about its identity because of loss of documents or because it is not possible to read the microchip.
- Filiation control and proposal of new parents: The pedigree must be authenticated before an animal is registered in the Stud-Book. It is only in case the first pedigree examination is not compatible with the first ancestors proposed for the foal.
Documents to present
1. Requesting service form (001)
2. Receipt of the charge
Note
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Forms to complete
G. Change of ownership
Description
At the moment a horse changes its owner, it is imperative to inform the committee who manage the Stud-Book. It will take the necessary steps to record the information on the official data base and on the animal’s passport.
Note: The breeders must have into account:
- In case the horse is not found at the owner’s name requested, it will not be possible to do the procedures.
- The services will not be recorded in case the breeders who do not have their stud registered, although they have only a horse.
- The document of change of ownership is not proof of ownership. It is an informative document for managing the official Stud-Book.
Documents to present
1. Change of ownership form filled and signed by the old and new owner (008)
2. Copy of the NDI/CIF of the old owner
3. Copy of the NDI/CIF of the new owner
4. Receipt for the charge
5. Original passport of the animal
Note
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Forms to complete
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