Registry News: Coat Color Testing Fee Reduced

Coat color testing for registered Morgans is now reduced for AMHA members!

Yes, you read correctly, the AMHA Board of Directors, upon request from the Registry Committee, voted to reduce the first coat color test fee for a registered Morgan from $65 to $40 for members and from $150 to $125 for non-members.

The Registry Committee recognizes that other labs provide this service and wants to encourage Morgan owners to do their coat color testing through AMHA. Since the lab verifies the identity of all samples submitted, ensuring the integrity of the Registry, the results can then be included with the horse record. This change went into effect immediately.

In other news, the AMHA Board upon the recommendation of the Registry Committee voted to discontinue offering the Hand Generated Old Style Certificate, effective January 1, 2019. These certificates are hand typed on a bigger, “old style” certificate and are very time consuming to produce. The fee had not been raised since 1999, and there are very few requests received annually.