AMHA hardship

[SHANA]

Hi,

I plan to hardship my appaloosa mare, Risquefishers Winter Sky AMHA this year. Her sire is AMHA and her dam was AMHA but outgrew her papers. Who would come measure her? I am in Quebec, Canada(not far from North Troy, Vermont), so who is the closest person to Quebec who can measure? Also it is $600, plus registration fees and DNA fees right?? Now this mare has a colt at side, can he be progeny hardshipped now or does he have to be 3 years old? Any info you can give me will be greatly appreciated.

 

[ohmt]

Contact AMHA and they will tell you who is closest to measure for you. For the hardship its going to cost you quite a bit in extra fees-dna (for my progeny I had to do it twice but not sure if you'll need to for regular hardship), registration fees, back transfers (these are the worst) and I think others i'm missing but the amha office will let you know. For progeny you need to double dna, file back stallion report and pay the fines, and then the late registration papers too.

It's a huge pain, especially if you're progeny hardshipping but didn't own stallion and dam at time of service. Worth it though

good luck!

 

[ohmt]

Oh and yes, as soon as the dam is hardshipped the colt can be progeny hardshipped at any time as long as he is under the height limit for his age.

 

[SHANA]

Thanks. For the mare in question I bought her directly from her breeder so only one transfer. For the 2011 colt I own his sire and dam and I did put Risquefishers Winter Sky on my stallion, CN Kiss This's 2010 AMHA stallion report and put for her registration number(to be hardshipped). So at least the mare is on his stallion report already. The colt is very tiny so no problems with him passing the height limit for his age. I am only hardshipping the mare, the colt when he is sold his new owners can progeny hardship him if they want.

 

[HGFarm]

I hardshipped an Appy mare last year who was A bred also but the dam had gone over.... It was $600.00 fee, plus the DNA $41.00 or $42.00. The horse has to be inspected by a CURRENT officer of AMHA, not a past. I was lucky - last year we had no officers in my state but one from the neighboring state was coming to a show here and was able to do it. They didnt charge me a thing and were so nice. I am so happy she is double registered now, as all my other horses are too.

 

[Farina]

I have contacted the AMHA last moth about hardshipping and they told me they don't hardship outside the US. (I live in Germany.)

In my understanding you wouldn't be able to get your mare hardshipped.

 

[Minimor]

People here (Manitoba) have hauled their horses to the US (nearest show that has a Director in attendance) to be inspected for hardshipping. Seems to me someone said one time thay'd had one inspected at the Calgary show too but I could be wrong on that--so it is for sure possible for Canadians to get horses hardshipped into AMHA.

 

[StarRidgeAcres]

This is really unfortunate. If AMHA wants to be a "world registry" they need to figure out a plan to accommodate our friends in different countries. I hope this changes soon.

I have contacted the AMHA last moth about hardshipping and they told me they don't hardship outside the US. (I live in Germany.)

In my understanding you wouldn't be able to get your mare hardshipped.

 

[SHANA]

I know they will hardship in Canada as someone I know had some of her hardshipped but had to pay all the directors bills(gas, hotel, etc). I also am only 5 minutes from the Vermont border. I live near North Troy, Vermont.

 

[sfmini]

Yes, they will hardship Canada as that is part of North America. The overseas hardshipping was stopped because it is the AMERICAN miniature horse so how can you hardship a german born short horse and call it AMERICAN miniature horse?

The discussion will be moot soon anyway when all hardshipping ends in 2013, but that is the reasoning behind not hardshipping horses not on the North American Continent.

Also, hardship inspections can be performed by current and former directors as long as those former directors are certified measurers.

 

[StarRidgeAcres]

Thank you for explaining the overseas issue. I think I was assuming, obviously incorrectly, that it was an eligible horse, but wouldn't be allowed because of what continent it was on. Thanks for the clarification.

Yes, they will hardship Canada as that is part of North America. The overseas hardshipping was stopped because it is the AMERICAN miniature horse so how can you hardship a german born short horse and call it AMERICAN miniature horse?

The discussion will be moot soon anyway when all hardshipping ends in 2013, but that is the reasoning behind not hardshipping horses not on the North American Continent.

Also, hardship inspections can be performed by current and former directors as long as those former directors are certified measurers.

 

[sdmini]

The discussion will be moot soon anyway when all hardshipping ends in 2013

This just came up this morning does the cut off for hardshipping come 1/1/2013 or 12/31/2013.