What is the point of having a horse inspected & is it required?
Many people have been emailing with questions like, do we have to have our horse inspected and why should I have my horse inspected, what is the advantage? Or, how would inspecting my horse benefit my horse? First, please note that a variety of registries REQUIRE that registered horses be inspected at some point in the horse’s life. These registries include the Friesian registries FOA, FHANA, and FPZV, among others. At this time, inspections for FSH and Moriesian are OPTIONAL only. It is generally viewed as a good way to assess the quality of the horses breeding and producing offspring within a registry. Inspections also help to educate breeders and buyers about the type and quality they are aiming to produce or buy. The FSH has decided to have inspections be an optional service available to their members who would like it. No one within the FSH is required to participate. Some owners find these inspections useful in terms of having the horse(s) professionally evaluated for conformatio
