MTRA Model Thoroughbred Registry

The racing registry is for Thoroughbreds only. Thoroughbreds may be previously registered with the Express TRR, NAMTOBA, and MRF's ONR- most horses produce foals for one or the other.
All horses owned by members of MTRA that were previously registered with the Model Racing Forum (MRF) and the North American Model Thoroughbred Breeders Association (NAMTOBA), and the Express group may be registered with MTRA. NOTE: In the case of duplicate names among horses from the three different registries, each horse with a duplicate name will have a letter added to its TNR# to indicate that it was previously registered with one of those groups. For example, if three horses named “Georgia” were to be submitted for MTRA registration and all three were previously registered with the MRF, NAMTOBA, or the Express, then they would be registered as follows, with a letter following their registration number to indicate which group they came from:

Georgia TNR# M101 (The M means it was previously registered with the MRF.)
Georgia TNR# N102 (The N means it was previously registered with NAMTOBA.)
Georgia TNR# X103 (The X means it was previously registered with the Express.)

Horses will also be issued their own unique MTRA registration number starting with TNR (TNR means Thoroughbred Name Registry), and duplicate names will be allowed ONLY if the horse is being grandfathered in and was previously registered with one of the other registries.

The purpose of this registry is to prevent the duplication of future names and provide a record of reference in the form of Studbooks. Registration is free and available by e-mail or regular mail. Registering all of your horses is strongly recommended if you plan to race or breed MTRA racing foals. Please do not use any famous racehorse names, fictional or otherwise, when naming your horses. No Northern Dancer, Smarty Jones, or Seattle Slew. You could name your Thoroughbred Dash For Cash, Tikisflaming Jet, or Geneo JJ, but why not try being creative for a change? You can of course use famous Thoroughbreds in your pedigrees, as long as you have the right information and lineage for them. Indicate real horses in the pedigree by placing a ® after the name, like so: Bold Ruler ® (or if you feel more comfortable: Bold Ruler -r).

Real Mare Registry
**If you are using a real mare as a dam for one of your horses, that information will have to be submitted before the horse is registerable. You need to email me (yes, I'm the Real Mare Registrar as well, how convenient!) for a RMR # , and I will send back your horse with its RMR & TNR#s . Horses out of real mares are NOT allowed to race until they have received their RMR#. I can give you extra RMR guidelines if you kindly request them.**

As stated, all horses must be registered in order to participate in MTRA races. (Whether or not stewards will allow horses with pending registrations that have already been sent to the Registrar to run at their tracks is their decision. Most probably will.) It is also recommended that you register all of your breeding stock first. To register your horses, send the following information to me. Please use ®, -r or -R to indicate any real horses in the registration application. Please place the indication after the real horses's name.
For NEW registrations (horse never before registered) kindly include 3 name choices in case your first choice is taken. You can also check the Names In Use file prior to sending.

Registrations should be submitted in the following format:

TNR# (leave blank)
Horse’s Name
Year Foaled, Color, Gender (please only use mare, stallion, or gelding)
S: Sire’s Name (His Sire X Dam, Dam’s Sire)
D: Dam’s Name (Her Sire X Dam, Dam’s Sire)
Previously registered with (State what clubs or give registration numbers for breeding stock and runners already registered with the MRF, NAMTOBA, or the Express. If never registered before, please delete this section & move on.)
Br: Farm Name, State (or Country if not the USA) /Breeder's name
O: Farm Name, State (or Country if not the USA)/Owner's name

The following is an example of a properly submitted registration:

TNR#
Holy Glit (Holy Moly, It's All Bull, That Ain't Bull)
2001 gray stallion
S: Holy Bull ® (Great Above x Sharon Brown, Al Hattab)
D: All That Glitters (Glitterman ® x Play That Tune ®, Stop The Music)
Previously raced in NAMTOBA (CH 3YOC/MG1SW/Millionaire, NAMTOBA 2004 KY Derby winner)
Br: North Star Stud, CA/P.A. Gerschler
O: North Star Stud, ENG/P.A. Gerschler

Please note that alternate names are not necessary if you are registering a horse who has already been raced in NAMTOBA, MRF, or Express

1. MTRA follows a modified form of the Jockey Club naming rules.
a. Names must be no longer than 18 letters including spaces and punctuation (unless the horse has already been registered with a name longer than that in the MRF, or in Express as a Paint horse which allows 21 letters).
b. Names may not consist of initials such as C.O.D., F. O. B., etc. Names cannot end in filly, colt, stud, mare, stallion, or any other horse-related term.
c. Names cannot consist entirely of numbers. Numbers above thirty may be used if spelled out (example: Forty Niner). Names can’t end in 2nd, 3rd, etc. (i.e. no Man O’War 2nd).
d. You cannot use the names of famous people or famous horses (fictional or otherwise) or of race tracks, graded stakes, or real stables, etc. It is also not allowed to alter the spelling of a famous real horse (i.e., no Mann O War).
e. Trade names such as Coca Cola, Dr Pepper, or other commercial brand names are not allowed.
f. Names that are suggestive or have a vulgar or obscene meaning; names considered in poor taste; or names that may be offensive to religious, political or ethnic groups, are not allowed. At this time, the Registrar is allowed to determine what is considered offensive. However, if the Registrar and the member trying to register a horse disagree, then the member may petition the members of MTRA and a majority vote will determine if the name is or is not offensive.
g. You may not use the names of horses in racing’s Hall of Fame, HOTY, Eclipse, Sovereign Award, or annual leading sires or broodmares, or horses that have won $2 million or more, winners of major stakes races, or horses on the International List of Protected Names.

2. COLOR GUIDE -- The following colors are recognized by The Jockey Club. MTRA will recognize these designations, but encourages its members to be realistic when listing a horse’s color. You do not have to put “bay/brown.” You may be specific and put bay, brown, or buckskin, whichever is the most correct.
a. Bay: The entire coat of the horse may vary from a yellow-tan to a bright auburn. The mane, tail and lower portion of the legs are always black, unless white markings are present.
b. Black: The entire coat of the horse is black, including the muzzle, the flanks, the mane, tail and legs, unless white markings are present.
c. Chestnut: The entire coat of the horse may vary from a red-yellow to a golden-yellow. The mane, tail and legs are usually variations of the coat color, unless white markings are present.
d. Dark Bay/Brown: The entire coat of the horse will vary from a brown, with areas of tan on the shoulders, head and flanks, to a dark brown, with tan areas seen only in the flanks and/or muzzle. The mane, tail and lower portion of the legs are always black, unless white markings are present.
e. Gray/Roan: The Jockey Club has combined these colors into one color category. This does not change the individual definitions of the colors for gray and roan and in no way impacts on the two-coat color inheritance principle as stated in Rule 1(E). (See MTRA rule #3 below for some notes about roan coloring.)
f. Gray: The majority of the coat of the horse is a mixture of black and white hairs. The mane, tail and legs may be either black or gray, unless white markings are present.
g. Roan: The majority of the coat of the horse is a mixture of red and white hairs or brown and white hairs. The mane, tail and legs may be black, chestnut or roan, unless white markings are present. (See MTRA rule #3 below for some notes about roan coloring.)
h. Palomino: The entire coat of the horse is golden-yellow, unless white markings are present. The mane and tail are usually flaxen.
i. White: A rare color not to be confused with the colors gray or roan. The entire coat, including the mane, tail and legs, is white and no other color should be present.

3. MTRA members do try to use realistic color genetics for their horses, so please try to follow color genetics rules.
For example, a palomino horse must have at least one parent carrying the crème gene. Thoroughbreds do have the crème gene, which can result in palominos, buckskins, cremellos, perlinos, smokey blacks, and smokey crèmes. They do *not* have the dun gene, so there cannot be any type of dun.
The only type of pinto that occurs in TBs is the sabino overo gene, so there are no tobianos, splash, etc. A sabino TB can have so much white on it that it appears to be totally white, but there will be at least one spot of color somewhere on the horse. There are some TBs with the sabino gene that are similar to frame overo, but so far it hasn’t been proven that true frame overo exists.
The only type of roan that actually occurs in the breed is the rabicano roan gene, which results in scattered roaning over the horse, but which does not produce a true dark headed roan such as is seen in Quarter Horses. In addition, there have been a few brindle TBs, and there are the “birdcatcher” spots. However, if you pedigree a horse with one of the unusual colors, it should most likely have a parent or grandparent which carried the brindle or birdcatcher spots.
Keep in mind that the majority of racing Thoroughbreds are plain colors, though we are finding more sabinos being raced, both in MTRA and in the real world.
If you have any questions about color genetics, just ask on the email list and there will be plenty of members who can help you.
Here is a web site that shows unusual TB colors: http://www.angelfire.com/on3/TrueColoursFarm/Cool_and_Unusual_Thoroughbreds.html.
And this site is very helpful when it comes to color genetics: http://www.equinecolor.com/charts.html

4. If a live/real horse is used as the dam, the mare must have an open year (no foal, or young foal did not survive) and be registered with our RMR (Real Mare Registry). At this time, you need to email me (yes, I'm the Real Mare Registrar as well, how convenient!) for RMR approval. Additionally, you must "show your work" on RMR submissions, ie: Prove that the year is open by providing the registrar with the official record of the open year & where you found it. At this time you can achieve this by scanning sales catalogues, using the Breeders Cup Verification Nomination, and/or www.equineline.com. The Del Mar Pedigree Query is not a reliable source for RMRs as it often does not list the entire progeny record of a mare.

5. If live parents are used for a model horse they must fit real life time constraints on the real horse, i.e. you cannot use a sire/dam BEFORE he/she entered stud while he/she was still racing, or a pensioned horse, or a dead horse. So no trying to breed Man O'War to Ruffian!

6. You cannot use a real horse for a sire/dam if they are sterile in real life (i.e. Cigar) or if they died before they had a chance to produce a foal (i.e. Ruffian, Go For Wand, Swale, etc.).

7. You cannot have a horse foaled BEFORE a stallion's first known foal crop or AFTER his last one. You cannot have a horse foaled BEFORE a mare's first known real foal or AFTER her last known real foal (or recorded report, ie: equineline).

8. If you are using live parents you cannot take it upon yourself to import or export them from their home countries. For example, you cannot "import" Sadler's Wells from England to the U.S. to breed to Genuine Risk, if he never actually left England.

9. The Jockey Club prohibits AI and ET in the breeding of purebred Thoroughbreds so you must make sure that it is theoretically possible for the two horses to be in the same location to be bred (i.e. is it realistic for you to take X mare to Y stallion). Horses should be in the same country if they are being bred.

10. Except in RARE cases, horses will not be racing and producing foals at the same time. A stallion might cover 1-2 mares late in his career as test breedings, and then still run a few races, but a mare retires from racing before she is bred. She may return for a race or two afterwards, but this is unusual. Additionally, the Jockey Club does not at this time recognize embryo transfer.

REAL MARE REGISTRY

In order to keep from have multiple foals from real mares, the MTRA Registrar, or a designated assistant, will maintain the Real Mare Registry.
The RMR will keep track of all real mares that the members request to use as dams for their foals.

1. If you are requesting to use a real mare, you must send in the request to the Registrar, along with documentation to prove the year you are requesting is open.
Note: It is YOUR responsibility to furnish the RMR/Registrar with the real mare’s foaling record via your own research! You can ask anyone who is a MTRA member to help you with research, but it isn’t the job of the Registrar to do it for you.

2. You may only use an open year when the mare was not bred, when she was barren, or where the foal died before reaching the track. Information on production records for real mares can be found in sales catalogs and on the Internet in advertising, etc.
Please note that the Del Mar Pedigree Database is NOT a reliable source for researching produce records for mares. It often does not list all the foals that a mare produced.

3. If you are registering a horse that has been registered previously with the MRF, NAMTOBA, or the Express, and it turns out that there is duplication in using a real mare as a dam, the person who registered his or her horse first has the right to keep the real dam. The Registrar will work with the second person in an attempt to find another open year that will work, or another real mare that is a full or half sister to the original mare, or another mare of similar breeding. In *rare* cases, both people might be allowed to keep the same year with the real mare if both horses that are being registered have already produced a lot of offspring. This will need to be decided on a case-by-case basis. Hopefully we won’t run into this problem much.

Disclaimer
The horses on these pages are NOT real, but are models. In the case of real horse names in pedigrees, or listed on other pages, they are strictly for entertainment and informational purposes. Real horses are listed with an "-r" after their name. Real race names are listed only for entertainment purposes in the simulated horse racing game.