Important message to owners of Dual-Registered Paint racehorses

 The following message was released by the Oklahoma Quarter Horse Racing Association regarding names of dual-registered horses. As of July 1, 2010 Paints which are double-registered with the American Quarter Horse Association must race with the same name in both registries for Equibase to track their performance record. THIS ONLY AFFECTS THOSE HORSES THAT HAVE A DIFFERENT NAME AT BOTH ASSOCIATIONS. The details are listed below.

Please contact Karen Utecht, Director of Racing for the American Paint Horse Association if this applies to any of your Paint horses. We will be glad to assist any of our racing owners in getting this corrected so you do not have any delay in your racing schedule.

Karen Utecht, Director of Racing
American Paint Horse Association
(817) 222-6444 or e-mail: kutecht@apha.com

Important message to owners of Dual Registered Quarter Horse or Paint racehorses:
If you currently own or are racing a horse that is dual registered, or that can be dual registered with both breed associations you need to be aware of a recent change instituted by Equibase as of July 1, 2010. ALL DUAL REGISTERED HORSES with different names in each breed registry will only be allowed to race under the Quarter Horse name as Equibase has removed the Paint names from their system. Even if your horse has different names and is only racing in Paint races - the Paint name will no longer be available in the system and the overnight and racing program will only have the Quarter Horse name available. In some instances we have identified horses that will have to change both the Paint and Quarter Horse name because it is not available in one or other of the registries.

 In Oklahoma, the rules of racing will not permit those horses to race under the Quarter Horse name if different from the Paint name, even in a Paint race, unless the horse has previous race performance as a Quarter Horse. In the other states, the horses entered with the Paint name (even in Paint races) will not be recognized by the Incompass racing office software or by Equibase because it has been eliminated from their systems.

If you own a racing horse, or have yearlings or weanlings that do not have exactly the same name in both registries please contact either Marilyn Honea in the racing department at AQHA at 806-376-4811 or Karen Utecht at APHA 817-222-6444. It appears that every dual-registered horse will be required to have exactly the same name recorded with both breed registries to be able to race.

Debbie Schauf, Executive Director
Oklahoma Quarter Horse Racing Association