Prepare Your Horse for a Safe Landing

Right Horse Initiative. Roytz further expands on those simple skills.
By putting a basic foundation of skills on a horse such as teaching him to stand at a mounting block or in crossties or to walk trot and canter without getting too quick or behind the leg you will make a horse more marketable and essentially more appealing to potential buyers or adopters says Roytz. To me its like an insurance policy for that horse. In addition if the horse isnt in regular work that is an investment of time skill and money the potential buyeradopter will have to invest in the horse beyond the purchase price.
Registration for All
Beyond skills for some prospective buyers an individual horses registration status may play an important role when deciding whether to purchase him. Feeling connected to a greater organization and the ability to show and participate in that organizations programs are all part of the bigger picture. In the past particularly for those horses with unknown backgrounds registration wasnt always possible. But times are changing.
The Right Horse Initiative industry partner the Pinto Horse Association of America Inc. PtHA now makes enjoying the benefits of horse registration available to all horses regardless of background. Emily Wolf corporate partner and special events coordinator with the PtHA helps explain the program also available on the associations website.
The organization maintains multiple registries most notably the Color and the Solid registries. Horses registered with the Color Registry must meet the associations white marking requirements with underlying pink skin in the qualifying zone requirement but do not have to be of documented parentage. These horses may also hold dual registration with an approved outcross breed. Certain characteristics however such as those associated with Appaloosas are excluded from registration in the Color Registry. But noncharacteristic Appaloosas with qualifying eligible white may

be registered in the Color Registry according to Wolf.
Like the Color Registry the Solid Registry accepts horses without documented parentage. Horses registered in this division do not meet the Color Registry requirements. Characteristic Appaloosa horses and colored POAs can also be registered here.
Almost any noncolored horse fits into the Solid Registry and the registration process for both divisions is easy. Simply fill out the Solid Registry form and submit the required paperwork and fees. While membership is not required to register a horse with the association an additional fee is assessed to nonmembers.
Registered horses and current members can enjoy full