Abbreviations for Horse Registries

Below is a list of abbreviations for some common horse registeries. If you know of a registry abbreviation that is not here, please email me. I will try to keep this updated as current as I can. If a registry has a webpage that I know of, I will try to link to it here.

  • ABCR - American Bashkir Curly Registry - Registry dedicated to preserving and promoting the Curly Horse since 1971

  • ADMS - American Donkey and Mule Society - Donkey and mule registry established in 1967.

  • AMBA - American Mustang and Burro Association - Registers American mustangs and burros that are adopted from the Bureau of Land Management.

  • AMHA - American Morgan Horse Association - The registry for the Morgan Horse.

  • AMHA - American Minature Horse Association - A registry for miniature horses.

  • APAR - American Pinto Arabian Registry - Registers Pintos of at least 25% Arabian ancestry.

  • APHA - American Paint Horse Association - Registers Paint horses of Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred bloodlines.

  • AQHA - American Quarter Horse Association - Registers Quarter Horses.

  • ASHA - American Saddlebred Horse Association - Registry for American Saddlebred Horses.

  • AWPR - American Welara Pony Registry - Registry for Welara ponies (1/2 Welsh and 1/2 Arabian).

  • AWR - American Warmblood Registry - The only American Sporthorse Breed Organization who is a member of the World Breed Federation for Sporthorses.

  • ApHC - Appaloosa Horse Club - Registry for Appaloosa horses.

  • AHA - Arabian Horse Association - New registry combining the old Arabian Horse Registry and the International Arabian Horse Association. Registers purebreds and part-Arabians.

  • BEHA - Blue Eyed Horse Association - New registry for blue eyed horses. To be Eligible for Registration your horse must have at least a NOTICIBLE (easily seen via photographs) blue spot in one or both eyes.

  • FAHR - Foundation Appaloosa Horse Registry - The Foundation Appaloosa Horse Registry is dedicated to the protection, preservation, perpetuation and promotion of the true bloodlines of the Appaloosa horse.

  • FQHR - Foundation Quarter Horse Registry - The purpose of the Foundation Quarter Horse Registry is to preserve, protect, and perpetuate the working cow horse bloodlines of the Foundation Quarter Horse by the individuals that the FQHR deems as Foundation bred.

  • FHANA - Friesian Horse Association of North America - The Friesian registry for North America.

  • ICHO - International Curly Horse Organization - Home of North American Curly Horse Registry.

  • ICHR - International Champagne Horse Registry - Registers all horses of champagne coloring.

  • IPWHR - International Pleasure Walking Horse Registry - A non-profit registry dedicated to the promotion of the Pleasure Walking Horse breed on an international level

  • ISHR - International Spotted Horse Registry - Registers all spotted horses, Pinto/Paint, Appaloosa, and Pintaloosa.

  • ISR - International Sporthorse Registry - ISR's goal is the development of breeding top performance horses through the establishment of an effective and uniform standard of evaluation.

  • MFTHBA - Missouri Fox Trotting Horse Breed Association - Registry and association for the Missouri Fox Trotter.

  • NACHR - North American Curly Horse Registry - Registers all Curly horses and crossbred Curly horses.

  • NSHR - National Show Horse Registry - Registry for the National Show Horse - a combination of Arabian and Saddlebred bloodlines

  • NASDHA - North American Spotted Draft Horse Association - Formed in 1995 to preserve and promote draft horses with pinto spotting, and to increase public awareness of these beautiful and rare horses.

  • NFHR - Norwegian Fjord Horse Registry - Registry for the Norwegian Fjord horse

  • NFQHA - National Foundation Quarter Horse Registry - Preserving and promoting the foundation bred Quarter Horse.

  • PHR - The Performance Horse Registry -

  • PPHRNA - Peruvian Paso Horse Registry of North America - North American registry for teh Peruvian Paso Horse

  • PHRI - Pintabian Horse Registry, Inc. - Registers horses of 99% or more Arabian blood and the tobiano pinto color pattern.

  • PtHA - Pinto Horse Association - Registers Pinto horses of any breed or cross.

  • PWHR - Part Walking Horse Registry - Registers horses that are at least half Tennessee Walking Horse.

  • QPA - Quarter Pony Association - A new registry that is a merger of the International Quarter Pony Assocation and the Western Quarter Pony Registry.

  • SAHR - Sabino Arabian Horse Registry - The SAHR's mission is to recognize and promote the sabino traits of the purebred Arabian horse.

  • TIGRE - The Tiger Horse Registry - Registry for the Tiger Horse

  • UOAHC - United Ontario Appaloosa Horse Club - Appaloosa horse club based in Ontario Canada.

  • WPCSA - Welsh Pony and Cob Society of America - Registry for the 4 sections of Welsh Ponies and Cobs.

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