Registration

• Each approved registration will receive colored and embossed Papers with up to three generations (if provided), welcome packet and transfer documents.
•  IQPA recognizes the need to be able to use ponies of other breed types to help enhance the looks, size, & abilities of Quarter Ponies.  Therefore, no special approval is required if one parent is registered with an approved breed registry: IQPA, AQHA, APHA, ApHC, APPR or POA.  This gives breeders the flexibility to cross on other recognized breeds without having to register all their breeding stock with IQPA.
• NOT ELIGBLE: Gated ponies or ponies with gated parents. Ponies with less than 25% approved breed bloodlines. Ponies over 14.2 hand or 58" regardless of parents' registration.
• Non-Members of QPA, add $15 to each registration.  All funds are US Dollars.

Standard Registry Requirements: 

• Ponies must exhibit good quarter type conformation and disposition desirable for breeding. If registering in the same year of the ponies' birth, you will receive a discount.  (See "Weanling Registry" below.)
• Ponies must be not be over 14.2H (58"), measured to the highest point of the withers.
• Ponies with bloodlines, markings, or characteristics of Paint, or Appaloosa are all eligible under the same registration requirement guidelines but will receive a Division rating of  Solid, Paint, Appaloosa, or Other depending upon their markings.
• Ponies qualifying for Standard Registration must have at least one parent registered with IQPA, AQHA, APHA, ApHC, APPR or POA.  
• Ponies under 5 (five) years of age will receive Temporary papers. 
• Ponies with Temporary papers that show will need to submit an Official Height each year they show until they reach 5 (five) years of age.  
• Ponies with Temporary papers that do not show will need to submit an Official Height in the ponies' 5th (fifth) year. 

Weanling Registry Requirements: 

• All the same requirements as "Standard Registry" above. To encourage registration at birth, a discount will be given for ponies registered in the same year of their birth.
• If showing, ponies will need to be measured and finding reported to IQPA Registry to ensure ponies remain under 14.2hh (58").
• If not showing, ponies will need to be measured in their fifth (5th) year to receive permanent papers.   

Hardship Registry Requirements: 

• Hardship Registration is for ponies where both parents are unknown or not with an approved registry. 
• Ponies must exhibit good quarter type conformation & disposition desirable for breeding as determined by the Registration Committee.
• The registration Committee will give your pony a score determining the % of quarter believed to be carried by your pony. (Ponies with less than 25% are not eligible for registration.) If there is any doubt, the Committee may request additional photos or a video.  
• Ponies must be not be over 14.2H (58"), measured to the highest point of the withers.
• Ponies with bloodlines, markings, or characteristics of Paint, or Appaloosa are all eligible under the same registration requirement guidelines but will receive a Division rating of  Solid, Paint, Appaloosa, or Other depending upon their markings.
• Ponies qualified for Hardship registration will still need to submit an Official Height the first year they are shown and each additional year until they reach 6 years of age. 

Breeding Stock Registry Requirements: 

•  All ponies or horses who would qualify for Standard/Weanling Registry papers, but are over 14.2hh (58") are eligible for registration in the Breeding Stock Registry. 
• Ponies holding "Temporary Papers"  but are over-height during or prior to their fifth (5th) year, will receive Breeding Stock Registry papers.  

When ownership of a registered Pony is transferred, the seller shall deliver the Registration papers to the buyer together with a transfer form. The transfer form needs to be filled out in its entirety, signed and dated. 

 Official Height

• Ponies that are showing must be Officially Height verified every year until their fifth (5th) year.
• Ponies not showing must be Officially Height verified during their fifth (5th) year.
• If the ponies are over 14.2hh (58"), Breeding Stock Registry papers will be issued.
• If the ponies are under 14.2hh (58"), Standard Registry papers will be issued.
• Official Height verification can be done by a Veterinarian; 4H, Pony Club, FFA representative; Any IQPA / QPA Officer. 
• Height verification can be required at any point in time on a pony that is deemed questionable by IQPA or QPA Officer.

Frequently asked questions coming soon.