Coming Soon

A new online photo marketing service will be available soon to members of the Pintabian Horse Registry, Inc. who have their farms listed under the "Farms" page 
of this website. 

Simply send a photo of your horse along with its name, registration number and your contact information to:  Online Pintabian Photo Listing, c/o PHRI, Box 360, Karlstad, MN 56732-0360.  Ads will run for 30 days at no charge.  Call 218-436-SPOT if you have any questions.  (Please note-photos become property of the Pintabian Horse Registry, Inc. and cannot be returned.)



     Feed Disaster Affects Pintabian Breed

As previously reported in the Autumn 2006 Issue of the "Pintabian Ink Spot", the PHRI has experienced some serious delays in the processing of registration work.

As you may not be aware, approximately 25% of the total foundation horses of the Pintabian breed died on farms in Minnesota as a result of grain containing additives/contaminants that are toxic to equines.  Numerous Arabian Outcross horses, Breeding Stock and Pintabian Producers were also lost.

Although not a party to any litigation with the feed supplier itself, the Pintabian Horse Registry, Inc. has been forced to work with less than ideal staffing and less than expected earnings for some time now (registries earn their income from the registration of animals and their offspring, as well as from the transfer of ownership of the animals, etc).

The impact of this feed disaster on the growth of the Pintabian breed while in its infancy has been substantial and the effects will be felt for years to come.  It is the dedication and support of breeders like yourself that have continued to move the breed forward.

We are very thankful for the incredible patience shown by those of you waiting for work and we appreciate you.  PLEASE, if someone else receives their paperwork before you do, do not be disheartened; yours will be coming.

Work continues to go out daily, we are making progress and we expect to be caught up soon.  We are as committed as ever to getting back to the two week turn-around time we used to provide.  Thank you again for your patience.



          Our Condolences

Members and staff of the PHRI wish to extend their condolences to the many who recently lost pets due to toxic pet food.  

Many of the surviving animals have been diagnosed with kidney problems.  

Latest media reports state that the presence of a rat poison has been confirmed in the tainted canned and pouch animal products.  

For more information on the brands of dog and cat food that have been recalled, visit www.menufoods.com/recall.



Beauty & Brains on First Thomas River Ride
(reprinted from the "Dispatch" of the Eastern Cape of Africa)

Farmworker and endurance rider Libele Nokama makes history today - he rides his rare Pintabian steed, FLORAL HEARTS, in the first Thomas River endurance ride.

About 55 riders from all over the country are to tackle the tough 82km route.

Nokama, from Stutterheim, is believed to be the first rider ever to race this rare horse - bred from an Arab bloodline - in an endurance race, his employer Greg Miles said yesterday.

Nokama and two other development riders, Eric Masimini and Linda Mbill, are part of a first-time Eastern Cape Farm development endurance team, which has been making its mark within the horse-riding community.

Nokama, a rider who has to date completed almost 2500km of endurance riding, said he was looking forward to the event.  "I have always had a passion for horses," he said.  "This love is in my veins.  I have been riding horses for as long as I can remember."

Miles said the new breed of Pintabian was first registered with the Pintabian Horse Registry in Karlstad, Minnesota in 1992.  The breed is 99 percent Arabian bloodstock with a touch of Pinto, the traditional native American warhorse.

It has the Pinto's distinctive oval markings in a pattern known as tobiano, or large irregular colour spots, and is bred for its beauty, intelligence, disposition and stamina.  -- DDC