How we register our horses
Dutch Stamboek (European Falabella studbook)
All our new pure bred babies are registered and passported with the European Studbook in Holland. Why? - because they insist on DNA testing, they manage all ACCF ('Asociacion de Criadores de Caballos Falabella') registrations for Argentina, and they do not register part bred falabellas.
The European Falabella studbook was the first to start DNA testing falabellas and has established a database of dna information with the Van Haeringen lab in Holland.
The European studbook is also trying to encourage the improvement of the breed by vetting stallions and rating horses using a point system so you can clearly see the good and bad points of your horses.
What about the British Falabella studbook?
They now call themselves 'The falabella studbook' in fact and although they are half the price to dna test, register and pasport horses, we have found from personal experience that they do not tend to provide the paperwork within what we consider to be a reasonable timeframe. As we export most of our horses we do not think it is not fair for new owners to have to wait so long for their horses because of paperwork problems.
If you would like your horses to be registered with the English Falabella studbook then our horses are fully accepted by them as in fact the English registration business is a 'sister' business to the Dutch Studbook, and you are welcome to register them there once they are with you!
What about the FMHA?- The Falabella Miniature Horse Association
Our horses are accepted by the American FMHA and many of our older stock is registered with them but as there is no dna testing we prefer to register firstly with the Dutch European studbook. Of course anyone who buys one of our horses is free to register with the FMHA as well!
And the IFMHS? - the International Falabella Miniature Horse Society
This registration society registers mostly fake Falabellas. We know of perhaps only one horse a long time ago registered with this society that was a pure bred Falabella. No dna checks are carried out so a horse registered with this society may in theory not have the mother or father stated on the paperwork. As we have had personal experience with foals who did not have the father they were expected to have once a dna test has been carried out.. we do think that it always the best idea to dna test!
This society , the IFMHS actually speaks out against dna testing! In addition the stud who set this society up was called Holding Park and they only ever had one pure bred Falabella, but of course all the horses they bred were registered with the IFMHS. Beware!!!