2011 Official Rule Book - New England Pinto Horse Association

REGisTRaTion
PtHA may require the owner(s) to provide satisfactory proof of
ownership.
D. The horse owner can pay a non-member fee instead of a
membership.
C3. Color Division Requirements
A. For Pintos with documented color on Outcross Registration
Papers
1. Pinto must be already registered with a PtHA approved
outcross registry. See Rules C22, C25, C27 for Outcross
Breeds.
2. Must have the following listed on the Outcross Papers:
a. Pinto Markings
b. Belly spots
c. High Leg White
d. Other verbiage indicating white or excessive white
3. Examples of Documented Color on Outcross Papers:
a. APHA - any horse in the Regular Registry
b. AMHA, AMHR - any horse that documents “Pinto” on
the papers
c. AHA - any horse with a belly spot or high leg white on
the registration papers
4. Any Outcross papers with verbiage such as “excessive
white” will be considered on an individual basis.
B. For Pintos with undocumented or unknown parentage or
Pintos with undocumented color on Outcross Registration
Papers
1. Horse Minimum Color Requirements – Four (4) cumulative
square inches of eligible white in qualifying zone.
2. Pony Minimum Color Requirements - Three (3) cumulative
square inches of eligible white in qualifying zone.
3. Miniature Minimum Color Requirements - Two (2)
cumulative square inches of eligible white in qualifying
zone.
C. Qualifying White
1. All white with some underlying pink skin above a level
line around the leg at the center of the knee, which is
determined by using the bony protrusion on the back of
the knee as the starting point and drawing a level line
horizontally around the knee, and a level line around
the leg at the point of the hock, which is determined
by using the point of the hock and drawing a level line
horizontally around the hock, is eligible color. The stated
minimum color requirements are accumulative/total. Not all
qualifying color must be in the same single location/spot.
2. White with some underlying pink skin from the base of the
ear horizontally to the base of the other ear, from the base
of the ear to the outside corner of the eye, continuing to
the corner of the mouth and from the corner of the mouth,
under the chin, to the other corner of the mouth.
3. Eligible white with underlying pink skin from the inside area
of the ear is also included.
4. White with some underlying pink skin that starts in an
eligible zone and continues into an ineligible zone to be
counted, except for blaze white and lower lip white which
will not count as eligible white.
5. True white markings – True white markings have
underlying pink skin. Tail white with underlying pink skin is
to count as eligible color.
34 2011 PtHA Rule Book