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Stolen Horse International, Inc.
PO Box 1341
Shelby, NC 28151
(704) 484-2165
stolenhorse@netposse.com
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Lip
Tattoo discussion
AQHA
Lip Tattooer and Identifier Schedule
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Tattoo Examples
All racehorses are required to have a lip tattoo for
identification purposes prior to racing. Any of the
racing breeds can have a lip tattoo if they were raced. This tattoo positively identifies the horse and
its owner through the horse's registration papers.
We suggest that a professional do your tattoo,
especially if you know nothing about the process. This is
not our only means of identification. However, should
you decide to do it yourself, tattooing kits are available through
vet supply catalogs and can either be applied by a veterinarian or
by the horse owner.
Preparation for tattoo application.
Lip tattooing is another form of
"branding" a horse and involves having a tattoo made of
letters and numbers put on the inside of the upper lip. The
downside regarding lip tattoos are that they are not visible
without flipping the lip up, they
can fade with age and many times they are not
readable due to mottling on the horses lip.
Our first tattoo was applied to Skeeter.
Thoroughbreds, Quarterhorses, Appaloosas, and Standardbreds,
who have raced
will have tattoos that definitively establish their ages with the
exception that Standardbreds also allow freezebranding.. In
thoroughbreds, the letter A means a birth year of 1997 and the
letter B would 1998, C 1999. When you finish the alphabet
you go back to A .
Idaho's tattoo.
TRPB Tattoo - more
info
Through the use of a distinctive
parallel cluster lip-tattoo die brand designed by the TRPB and
registered as a Certification Mark in the United States and
Canada, the TRPB has, since 1947, provided the Thoroughbred
industry with the single most effective, secure, practical and
economical method of horse identification available today. The
utility of this lip-tattoo identification system for racing
purposes is demonstrated daily by attentive identifiers
conscientiously following established guidelines and procedures in
varied racing situations at Thoroughbred racetracks throughout the
United States and Canada. (from
TRPB
website)
Stolen Horse International, Inc. would like to
thank the TPPB
, with a special thanks to Jim and Rex, for their assistance in
helping us obtain tattoo's for our demonstration horses.
We hope this helps you make you decision
to tattoo, or not to tattoo.
Debi and Harold Metcalfe
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