This page contains general information about Dilutes Australia Ltd.
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Effective from August 1st 2017, Dilutes Australia's financial and membership year runs from August 1st to July 31st each year.
A part year membership is available for NEW members joining between March 1st and June 30th - a full year's membership becomes due and payable on August 1st.
NEW members joining in July are given 13 months membership.
(See forms page for membership application and fee schedule)
Dilutes exhibiting either of these eye colours are not eligible for registration as solid dilutes with Dilutes Australia Ltd. However they are eligible for DA Non Solid Dilute registration.
See examples of acceptable and unacceptable eye colours
See examples of white face markings
See examples of white leg markings
Horses are required to be branded / identified in accordance with the state agricultural laws of the state in which the horse was bred.
The ONLY exceptions are horses which are ALREADY registered, when presented for registration with Dilutes Australia Ltd, with another breed society which accepts unbranded stock. Proof of this registration MUST ACCOMPANY the Application paperwork.
If a horse is not registered elsewhere prior to being presented for registration with Dilutes Australia Ltd, IT MUST BE BRANDED, MICRO CHIPPED or LIP TATTOOED even if it will subsequently be registered elsewhere with a breed society which accepts unbranded stock.
MICROCHIPPING - identification certificate stating serial number of microchip and verification of horse must accompany paperwork. This should have been completed by the practitioner carrying out the microchipping procedure and handed to the owner of the horse. If this certificate is not available you can download a microchip verification form.
This is an inherited muscular disorder disease which is found in some descendants of the American Quarter Horse stallion IMPRESSIVE.
Any horse presented for foal recording or adult registration that the Association has reason to believe could be a carrier of the HYPP gene will be required to pass a negative DNA test or show a negative DNA test result before they can be registered with the Association and any horse presented for foal recording or adult registration which tests positive for HYPP will not be eligible for registration under any circumstances, regardless of excellence of conformation and colour.
You only need to apply for your own brand and stud prefix if you wish to:
OR
If you register a horse which carries someone else's stud prefix and brand, you do not need to register your own brand and prefix in order to register that horse. However, you will need to register your own brand and prefix before you can register any foals from or by that horse or before you can register any foals you breed.
Horses already registered with other associations must be registered with Dilutes Australia with the same name.
If a horse registered with Dilutes Australia is subsequently registered elsewhere with a different name because the name was not available with other associations, consideration MAY be given to changing the name with Dilutes Australia. Consideration however will not be given when a horse is subsequently registered elsewhere with a different name merely because the owner didn't want to use the same name or a successive owner wanted to change the name with another breed.