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