Registration of horses for breeding

It is mandatory for all stud farms to register their stallions and mares as also the newly born horses in order to be eligible to race in India. The following requirements have to be fulfilled by the stud farms.

General

No horse born in India will be registered by the Stud Book Authority of India unless it has been issued a Certificate of Identity and parentage validated by Blood-typing/DNA typing. No horse born abroad will be registered unless its Export certificate has been received and its parentage report received from abroad matches the parentage report derived in India.

Application

Application for registration of a horse must be made on the form prescribed by the Stud Book Authority of India. This form, for convenience, will hereafter be referred to as the “pink form”.

The pink form must be filled in by physical examination of the horse. Forms which contain verbatim description of a horse from its passport are liable not to be accepted.

Mares And Stallions Retired from Racing in India

Applications for registration of Indian-born broodmares and stallions who have raced in India will be considered by the Stud Book Authority of India on receipt of the following:-

(a) Pink form duly filled in.
(b) Registration fee of Rs. 5,000/- (per mare) and Rs. 25,000/- (per stallion).
(c) Passport in original, for endorsement by the Stud Book Authority of India.

The Stud Book Authority of India will endeavor to register broodmares and stallions within 15 days of receipt of the pink form with the relevant charges, provided no discrepancies as regards markings or ownership are found. In the event of finding any discrepancies which need clarification, the applicant will be informed within 15 days.

Mares And Stallions Retired to Stud without being Registered For Racing

Applications of Indian-born broodmares and stallions, who are registered in the Indian Stud Book and who have not been registered for racing will be considered by Stud Book Authority of India for registration on receipt of the following:-
(a) Pink form duly filled in.
(b) Certificate of Identity from a Panel Veterinarian and passport, if issued.
(c) Registration fee of Rs. 5,000/- (per mare) and Rs. 25,000/- (per stallion).
(d) Blood-typing/DNA charges of Rs. 3,800/- per horse, if not already parentage tested as a yearling in India or the identity of the mare/stallion is in doubt.

Imported Mares and Stallions

The Stud Book Authority of India shall consider the registration of imported mares and stallions upon receipt of the following:-

(a) Pink form duly filled in.
(b) Certificate of Identity from a Panel Veterinarian.
(c) Copy of Commercial Invoice.
(d) Final Quarantine Clearance Certificate.
(e) Health Certificate/Passport received from abroad showing descriptive and diagrammatic markings.
(f)  Registration fee of Rs. 30,000/- per mare and Rs. 1,00,000/- per stallion.
(g) Blood-typing/DNA charges of Rs. 3,800/- per horse.
(h) Export Certificate.
(j)  The blood-type/DNA profile from the Stud Book Authority of the country where the horse was parentage validated earlier.

The Stud Book Authority of India is responsible for obtaining the parentage report of the horse from abroad. Final registration will be accorded only when the DNA/blood-type profile received from abroad matches the profile derived after sampling in India, provided that all other requirements of Rule 28 are duly complied with. In such a case if there is any delay, then no late fee shall be levied on the breeder/breeding establishment.

{All these requirements must be met within one year of the date of landing of the horse otherwise late fees may become payable as specified below.
It is hereby expressly PROVIDED that none of the provisions of Rule 80 of these Rules will in anyway affect/override the provisions of Rules 29 and 30}

As the Export Certificate/Quarantine Clearance Certificate can sometimes take a long time to arrive, provisional registration will be accorded to imported horses from the date of receipt of all other requisites (as stated in Rule 28) in the Stud Book Department on receipt of a provisional Quarantine Clearance Certificate/Landing Certificate and also accompanied by an Indemnity Bond on a duly stamped paper as required from time to time. The text of the aforesaid Indemnity Bond is prescribed in Appendix “A” to these rules. It is further clarified that :-

(a) The provisional registration accorded under Rule 29 will hold good for a period of one calendar year which will be deemed to have commenced from the date of landing of the horse.
(b) The provisional registration will be confirmed only upon receipt of all the requisite certificates as stated in Rule 28. 30. Where the requisite certificates under Rule 28 are not received within a period of one year of landing in India of the horse/mare concerned, then, in such a case, late fees shall be levied for purposes of registration of Mares and Stallions as stated herein below.

(a) Scale of late fees for Mares
  (i)  1 to 90 days. Rs. 25,000/-.
  (ii) 91 to 180 days. Rs. 50,000/-.
  (iii) More than 180 days. At the discretion of the Stud Book Authority of India but for a fee not less than Rs. 75,000/-.

(b) Scale of late fees for Stallions
  (i)  1 to 90 days. Rs. 75,000/-.
  (ii)  91 to 180 days. Rs. 1,50,000/-.
 (iii) More than 180 days. At the discretion of the Stud Book Authority of India but for a fee not less than Rs. 2,25,000/-.

(c) However, the registration of mares and stallions upon payment of late fees as hereinabove prescribed shall not in anyway be mandatory upon the Stud Book Authority of India who shall have the discretion not to register a mare and/or a stallion if not satisfied with the reasons for the delay.

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