The Friesian Brief

Monthly Newsletter for
The Friesian Horse Society, Inc.

January 2021

Letters for Naming Your 2021 Foals: P,Q,R or S

New FHS Website

We are proud to announce the launch of the redesigned Friesian Horse Society website.
It was specifically designed to simplify processes for Members, as well as enhance the experience of those searching the internet for our Registry.
We would specifically like to thank & acknowledge Chris & Jennifer Corey the owners of Arbor Creative LLC Marketing, Web Design & Development who designed, created, & is hosting the new site.
Please check it out at Friesian Horse Society and give us your feedback!

The FHS Board of Directors

Naming your 2021 Friesian Foals

Letters for naming your 2021 Friesian foals are P, Q, R, or S.

Naming tips from the FHS Purebred BBR…

2.6.1. Naming the Foal– Each calendar year foal names must begin with specific letters designated by the KFPS (official mother stambook). Names must be relatively simple, ideally consisting of a single word. Abbreviations of farm names or initials are not allowed to precede a name, but may follow the name if approved by the FHS. Names need not be Dutch. Once processed by the FHS, an owner requesting that a name be changed, can only have this done with the approval of the FHS Board of Directors. If the FHS Board approves the change, the fee listed on the Fee Schedule must be paid in full before new registration papers will be issued.

2021 Fee Schedule

2021 Inspection Tour Planning

FHS is now planning for 2021!

We are now accepting site hosts for the 2021 Inspection Tour. Please consider hosting an Inspection Site. No experience is necessary, it doesn’t cost the host anything, and the FHS will be there to support you!

We are also accepting entry applications. NO ONE will be charged ANY money until their Inspection site is confirmed. We are hoping that COVID-19 will be manageable and will allow the 2021 Inspection Tour to move forward.

As always, if you have any questions, concerns, or input, please feel free to contact the FHS via email at FHS Activities or phone the office Monday – Friday from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in the Central Time Zone.

We wish everyone the best of health and encourage you to stay safe.

Sincerely,

FHS Board of Directors

Testing for Dwarfism and Hydrocephalus is Mandatory

1. Any DNA testing done requires the additional tests for Dwarfism and Hydrocephalus if these tests are not already on file for your horse. This is for both Purebred and Part-Bred horses. Testing will not be required for foals that are a result of two verifiably negative parents. In addition, geldings are also exempt. Foals that have one positive parent will have to be tested as well as any foal whose parents have not been tested. The fee for the two tests is $60 and will be passed on to the owner as a part of the registration fee or other DNA testing. This is a one-time fee.

2. Any Friesians added to the FHS database and/or our DNA database at UC Davis must have testing for Dwarfism and Hydrocephalus done or on file before they can be added. This is most often encountered when parentage verification is needed for a horse to be registered. Again, if the Friesian parent(s) of the horse being registered have tested negative, then the horse to be registered does not need to be tested.

3. Horses registered prior to 1/1/18 that achieve a predicate have a transfer of ownership, or any other situation where issuing an updated registration document occurs, must have the additional testing for Dwarfism and Hydrocephalus done or already on file. Geldings and horses with Friesian parents that have tested negative are exempt.

4. Stallions used for breeding have to be tested immediately if they have not already been tested. Invoices for testing will be sent to respective stallion owners. Stallion results will be posted in the Friesian Brief and on the FHS website.

5. It is beneficial to have breeding mares tested since their test results, if negative and bred to a negative stallion, will exempt the resulting offspring from testing. This will save the $60 testing fee for any offspring of the pairing.

Voluntary testing can be initiated by contacting the FHS office and you will be invoiced based on your specific needs. Once the invoice is paid, testing will be done. Results will be provided to the owner. As always, call the FHS office if you have questions, since situations may be different from horse to horse.

Attention Stallion Owners

If you have already had this testing done for your stallion, please provide the results to us so that we can get that information into our database. The results for stallions are published in the Friesian Brief each month as well as on the website.

Status of Current Breeding Stallions

* A Stallion who is a carrier may be used for breeding as long as the mare is not a carrier of the same genetic anomaly.

Stallion	Owner	Results
Justice Rules	The Friesians of Freedom Farm	N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal
Devon f/t Friesian Connection	Jack Milam	N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal
Sjerp 446	Bernadino Ponce	Dwarfism: N/D 1 copy of the dwarfism mutation. Horse is normal but is a carrier Hydrocephalus: N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal
Felix	Inga Thompson	N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal
Matisse of Black F. Friesians	Wendy DeSpain	N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal
Huracan SOF	Meliton Alvarez	N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal
Ulrik van Zwart Woud	D. Gary Young	N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal
Douwe fan Oostenburg	D. Gary Young	Dwarfism: N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal Hydrocephalus: N/H 1 copy of the hydrocephalus mutation. Horse is normal but is a carrier
Lippe M. N.	D. Gary Young	Dwarfism: N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal Hydrocephalus: N/H 1 copy of the hydrocephalus mutation. Horse is normal but a carrier
Doeke Wv.	Connie Wilson	N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal
D.F. Anton Jeltsje	Ramon Juarez	Dwarfism: N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal Hydrocephalus: N/H 1 copy of the hydrocephalus mutation. Horse is normal but a carrier
Maxwell von Donius	Charolene Deacon	N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal
Lothar van Stal Daimler	Susan Willis	N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal
Sil van de Oostwal	Craig & Carey Clausen	N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal
Dark Waterspoon 015 (Arabo-Friesian)	Camilla Vance	N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal
Laska Oslo (Arabo-Friesian)	Nikky Deuling	N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal
El Padrino (Part-Bred)	Adalberto Tejeda	N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal
Titan (Part-Bred)	Gunther Family Farm	N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal

For any owners not listed above who have stallions used for breeding, please contact the FHS Office to arrange for testing. Any FHS stallion used for breeding will have their testing status published. This is not only applicable lo approved stallions, it includes all stallions!