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What exactly is FOUNDATION?
"A foundation-bred Appaloosa is a horse
who has an overwhelming majority of Appaloosa to Appaloosa bred ancestors, and
whose pedigree goes back in nearly direct
descent to the F numbered horses in the ApHC stud books, following the pattern
of breeding towards purebred status with standard livestock breeding techniques
as practiced by the early breeders of the registry."
Depending on which Foundation
Appaloosa Group you belong to, the definition of FOUNDATION APPALOOSA will be
different! I will give you links out to several off-shoot registries
trying to get the Foundation Appaloosa off the ground.
In the meantime, in my breeding
program at New Promise Farms, if I tell you the foal or mare or stallion is Foundation Appaloosa, it
means that the horse can trace it's lineage, through sire AND dam - not just
one parent, back to the founding horses of the ApHC registry.
Those horses
that are registered with an F#.
FAB
(Foundation Appaloosa Breeders)
 "A
Foundation-bred Appaloosa is a horse who has an overwhelming majority of
Appaloosa to Appaloosa bred ancestors and whose pedigree
goes back in nearly direct descent to the
F-numbered horses in the ApHC stud books, following the pattern
of breeding towards purebred status with standard livestock breeding techniques
as practiced by the early breeders of the registry."
FAHR (Foundation Appaloosa Horse
Registry)
 The
Foundation Appaloosa Horse Registry (FAHR) is dedicated to the protection,
preservation, perpetuation and promotion of the true bloodlines of the Appaloosa
horse (for more info, see Introduction
to Appaloosas by Mary P. Hare).
CRHA (Colorado Ranger Horse
Association)
 The
oldest of the western horse breed registries still in existence in the United
States. To meet the
requirements for registration with the CRHA, a horse must show a direct descent
from at least one of the two foundation stallions 'Max #2'
and 'Patches #1'. While many Colorado Rangerbreds have Appaloosa markings, CRHA
is not a color registry.
ApHC FPD (Appaloosa Horse Club
Foundation Pedigree Designation)
 Increasing
the blooded percentage of Appaloosa to Appaloosa breeding. Now offering
National Pointed classes for FPD registered Appaloosas with a minimum 73% FPD.
Program changed for 2004...any horses registered prior to 2004 are grandfathered
into the program, but all horses from 2004 on must meet new criteria for
registration. Visit their website for more information on this promising
program to preserve Appaloosa breeding.
ICAA
(International Colored Appaloosa Association
 Currently
the only registry that is successfully promoting Appaloosa to Appaloosa breeding
complete with national shows and nationally recognized points. Striving
for the F8 (eight generations Appaloosa only) bred Appaloosa horse, which is
said to be genetically pure blooded. Currently registering a few rare F7's
- their goal is not too far in the future.
| **NOTES**
The Appaloosa Horse Club,
which is the Natioanlly recognized registry for Appaloosa Horses,
currently promotes a color breed, not a blood breed. To say the
Appaloosa horse of today is a mutt, is a very true statement. The Foundation
Appaloosa Breeders are a group of dedicated breeders to bring back the
blood breeding using the old foundation bloodlines that founded the
registry in 1938. Our long term goal is to close the books to breeding
to outside breeds. Currently, the Appaloosa Horse Club allows a
colored Appaloosa to be bred to a registered Quarter Horse, Thoroughbred
or Arabian to produce a registered Appaloosa. Because of the heavy
influx of out crossing to these different breeds, the Appaloosa has
evolved into several phenotypes. The most commonly seen phenotype in
modern times, is the modern bred Appaloosa which is mostly Quarter Horse
breeding with the lovely Appaloosa color. The Foundation Appaloosa
Breeders have a goal to bring the phenotype back to the original long lean
athlete of yesteryear, while preserving the old foundation bloodlines and
producing horses that are conformationally correct, athletic, possess
people oriented temperaments and willing dispositions. New Promise
Farms specializes in endurance type horses, and with this goal has
selected the old foundation bloodlines for the stamina and diehard
temperament of those horses.
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