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Current NZ Pinto Registration Requirements

Colour Sizing

Pintos with either known or unknown parentage which meet the colour requirements are eligible for registration. Horses must have definitive white markings within the box of the picture below.

This must be on the body and not including face, below the elbow and stifle on the legs. Horses may be white or any other colour, only colour visible from a normal standing position shall be considered for measuring. The lesser of the two colours should meet one of the following: No discrimination will be made against the fading colour in the case of a grey & white horse whose markings have faded with age.

HACKS - current or estimated mature height to be over 148cm
A. One coloured area approximately 210 x 297mm. (A4 sheet of paper)
B. Two coloured areas approximately 148 x 210mm. (A5 sheet of paper)
C. Three or more coloured areas approximately 105 x 148mm. (A6 sheet of paper)

PONIES - current or estimated mature height to be over 95cm & under 148cm
A. One coloured area approximately 148 x 210mm (A5 sheet of paper)
B. Two coloured areas approximately 105 x 148mm (A6 sheet of paper)
C. Three or more areas approximately 74 x 105mm. (A7 sheet of paper)

MINIATURE - current or estimated mature height 95cm & under
A. One coloured area approximately 105 x 148mm (A6 sheet of paper)
B. Two coloured areas approximately 74 x 105mm (A7 sheet of paper)
C. Three or more coloured areas approximately 52.5 x 74mm (A8 sheet of paper)

Artificial Markings
Any horse photographed with artificial markings will be rejected for registration and the owner may be barred from the Society. When a protest is filed questioning the eligibility on the grounds of having artificial coat markings and this protest is deemed valid by a classifier, the Society has the right to suspend registration until such time as to determine whether or not the horse has been artificially coloured.

Pintaloosa
Horses with Appaloosa/Palouse markings are not eligible for registration as a Pinto but can be registered as a Pintaloosa as long as the colour patch requirements match those above. Horses developing such colouring after registration will be de-registered as a Pinto and transferred to the Pintaloosa category. 

 

Website that might be of interest:
> Horse Colour Testing USA Genetic Colour Testing

> Horse Colour Testing NZ Genetic Colour Testing

 

 

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