| 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. The owners uses the registry to promote their breeding and photgraphy business. |
| Year Bylaws Written |
1998 |
? |
? |
| Has a Membership (Without Non-Profit Status, is Basically a Club)? |
Not currently-Until a Non-profit is established, the SHR works with the non-profit National Mustang Association instead. |
Yes-Number of Members not Known |
Yes-Number of Members not Known |
| 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 |
? |
| Has a Breed Standard and Inspects Horses 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 |
No |
| Requires Parental DNA Testing? |
No |
For some Divisions |
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 |