| Sulphur Horse Registries-At A Glance |
Sulphur Horse Registry |
American Sulphur Horse Association |
SulphurSprings Horse Registry |
| Year Established |
1998 |
2003 |
2006 |
| Year Registered with State |
1999 |
? |
2006 |
| Registered as a Non-Profit? |
No-DBA |
No-? |
No-For Profit Corporation |
| Year Bylaws Written |
1998-Modified in 2003 to require stud reports. |
? |
?? Says it uses the original Sulphur Horse Registry Bylaws for Registration Criteria |
| Has a Membership (Without Non-Profit Status, is Basically a Club)? |
Not currently-May Resume a Membership after a Non-profit Organization is established. |
Yes-Number of Members not Known |
Yes-Number of Members not Known |
Gives Registration Discounts for National Mustang Association Members? |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Considers the Sulphur Horse to be a "Breed" |
No-Consistent with Dr Phil Sponenberg, the SHR Considers the Sulphur Horse to be a Strain of Colonial Spanish Horse |
Yes |
? |
Tailors Registration Policies to Allow Some Registered Horses to be included in the Iberian Sporthorse Association and Warmblood Registry (ISAWR)? |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Has a Breed Standard and Requires Inspections of Horses from non-registered Stock Prior to Registration? |
No-But encourages anyone considering commercially breeding his/her horses to ensure they are of excellent Colonial Spanish Horse type. |
Yes-From Video and Photographs; Physical Inspections for inclusion in the ISAWR. |
No |
| Requires Parental DNA Testing? |
No |
Originally Required All Horses to be Tested, now it is only required for inclusion in the ISAWR |
No |
| Requires Stud Reports? |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Considers Horses not actually Registered with the Registry as Registered? |
No |
No-except for Sulphur's Chance; posthumously |
Yes-200 Horses from the Sulphur Horse Registry, many were deceased prior to establishment of the registry. |
| Has Documentation of Pedigree of All Horses "Registered" |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Considers the Registry to be an Independent Organization? |
Yes-except that it defers membership to the NMA. Has no affiliation with the SulphurSprings Horse Registry. |
Yes |
No-Considers itself a reorganization of the Sulphur Horse Registry |
| Has its Own Original Logo? |
Yes-Registered with the US Copyright Office in 2003 |
Yes |
No-Modified the Copyrighted Sulphur Horse Registry Logo |
| Has its Own Original History? |
Yes |
No |
No |