How To Find Out About Your Horse's Pedigree

To find out information on a thoroughbred horse's pedigree, you can contact The Jockey Club on-line at:

http://www.jockeyclub.com/tjccs.html

This organization can help you trace your horse's background, provided the name the horse uses now is its registered name. (Also, check to see if your horse has a tatoo underneath its top lip. A Jockey Club tatoo will be present on any horse trained at a track, even if the horse didn't race. This tatoo can be used to find out information on an animal even if you don't know its registered name.)

If this fails, try contacting the American Horse Shows Association to see if the animal was ever recorded there. If so, the A.H.S.A. should be able to tell you the horse's sire and dam and the horse's registered name. The address, phone, and fax are as follows:

A.H.S.A
220 East 42nd Street
New York, NY 10017-5876
Phone: (212) 972-2472
Fax: (212) 983-7286