When did the parentage verification program start? Beginning in 1974, any mare that was exposed to two or more stallions during a heat cycle had to be blood typed as well as the foal.
A random sample blood-typing program was adopted in 1977 which caused 1% of the foals being registered to be parentage verified. Blood typing of all breeding stallions became a requirement in 1981. Beginning in 1985, every foal that was conceived using transported semen had to be blood typed as well as the dam. Beginning in 1986, all horses two years old and over at the time of application for registration were required to be typed as well as both of their parents. Beginning in 1987, all mares foaling for the first time had to be blood typed before their foal could be registered. (mares that had produced foals were exempt) Beginning in 1992, all foals born after 1/1/92 had to be typed before being registered. Beginning in 1994, and all mares producing foals were required to be typed including the mares that had previously been exempt. Effective with January 1, 2001, all foals were required to have a DNA type on file before being registered. .
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