Caballos Del Mar

Our horses may not be used as the sire/dam of your model without written permission from us. Please do not use our photos or pedigree assignments without permission. To request a breeding, please send the following information to pookaa01@comcast.net :

Foal's Name
Year Foaled (please include a second choice if requesting a breeding from one of our mares)
Color
Breed
Gender
Model/Mold Info
Desired Sire
Desired Dam
Your Name/Farm Name

A photo of your foal for use in Bloodstock classes is always appreciated. Photos will not be used for any other purpose and ownership credit will be given to you.

Other Parents ~ If both parents are not owned by Caballos Del Mar, please include the same detailed information on the other parent including a 3+ generation pedigree if available. If you do not own the other parent, we will assume that you have permission to use that horse as a parent of your foal. The breeder of record will be the mare's owner.

Aging ~ All of our horses are aging. Each horse's page will show the years they are available. If you prefer to have a non-aging foal, we will allow that, but will assign an available year for your foal.

Equine Color Genetics ~ Please follow appropriate equine color genetics. There are many excellent online resources available now, including Daralyn Wallace's page and Equine Color.com, as well as the always useful Color Calculator. If you have any questions, just ask.

Breed Naming Rules and Requirements ~ Please see the section below.

We use prefixes/suffixes for certain breeds of horses. While we generally do not insist on using them in foals produced by our horses, it is always appreciated, especially if one of our mares is used as the dam. Our stable prefixes are noted for each breed where applicable.

Pedigrees ~ Model horses are shown in bold text. Real horses are denoted with an "®" symbol after their names. Clicking on the name or photo of a model on the list will take you to that horse's individual pedigree page.

Fees ~ We are happy to arrange e-mail breedings for free. We will e-mail you an MS Excel breeding certificate and you may find additional information on each horse's individual page. If you cannot access Excel files, please let us know - we can create MS Word documents if necessary. No snail mail services are offered at this time.

The Models ~ This is a work in progress and even though we have a modest selection of horses available, we still have loads of models yet to be added. So check back from time to time - we'll note new additions to the list when they appear.

Below is a reference for the customs, traditions, and registry requirements for naming various breeds of horses. Specific breeds have traditions which are followed in naming horses. Some registries have rules as to how a horse may be named. Registry requirements and naming conventions may vary by country. For an even more detailed chart of many of the breeds, please visit the IPABRA website.

“Family” Names: A word or words (or variation of these words) that commonly appear in a particular breeding family.

Farm Prefixes/Suffixes: Word(s) or letters that precede or follow a horse's actual name and identify the farm where he/she was bred.

Akhal Teke
Loosely kept naming rules: colts named with first letter of sire's name, fillies with first letter of dam's name.

American Saddlebred
Sire often credited in foal's name. Pop culture names often used.

Andalusian (PRE)
Often have one-word Spanish names. Farm prefixes/suffixes sometimes used.

Appaloosa
Limit of 20 characters. No numbers, punctuation marks or similarly spelled names. No naming after famous/notorious people or famous horses. Family names common.

Arabian
US: Pre-2002, no more than 3 separate words with 17 letters and spaces. 2002 and later, up to 4 separate words with 19 letters and spaces. No numerals (Roman or Arabic). No punctuation other than a dash. No Sr. or Jr. Family names are sometimes used.

Some popular sires may have foals with names using part of the sire's name; for example, Khemosabi descendants often have names starting with "Kh".

Different strains of Arabians may have specific naming conventions:
- Polish, Russian and Spanish Arabians are often named with a single word in the language of the country of origin, usually starting with the first letter of the dam's name.
- Egyptian Arabian often have longer Arabic names.

Please note that nearly ALL of my Arabians are of Polish or Russian descent and as such their foals would not usually have Arabic sounding names. That said, it is not mandatory that their foals' names follow convention, merely preferred.

Belgian Warmblood
- Belgian Warmbloods are named alphabetically based on the year of birth; the letters 'X', 'Y' and 'Z' are not used.

Breton
- Trait Breton horses are named alphabetically based on the year of birth; the letters 'W', 'X', 'Y' and 'Z' are not used.

Danish Warmblood
- Foals named with first letter of sire’s name.

Draft Breeds (General)
- Farm prefixes very common. Family names usued, depending on breed.

Dutch Warmblood
- Dutch Warmbloods/KWPN's, Dutch Harness Horses, and Gelderlanders are named alphabetically based on the year of birth; the letters 'Q', 'X', and 'Y' are not used.

Friesian
- Friesians are named alphabetically based on the year of birth. Any stable initials must be placed after the name.

Hanoverian
- Foals named with first letter of sire’s name. The only exception to this rule of registration involves the W line. Offspring of certain W-line stallions whose pedigrees contain Feiner Kerl and Ferdinand must be named beginning with the letter F.

Holsteiner
- Colts named with first letter of sire’s name.
- Fillies named on year based-schedule provided by Verband:


Icelandic
- Icelandic Horses are customarily named with a suffix indicating the farm where the horse was bred. Our suffix is "fra Sæhestur" ("from Seahorse") and we would appreciate it if you would use it when requesting foals from our mare(s).

Lipizzan
- Colts have a double name, the first being the lineage name of sire and the second being that of the dam.
- Fillies often have one word names that are feminine, usually starting with the same first letter of their dam's name and ending in the vowel “a.” They are sometimes names taken from older generations of a mare's pedigree.

For example, a colt sired by Siglavy Ambrosia out of Dusana II would be called Siglavy Dusana (or Siglavy Dusana II or Siglavy Dusana III if there are already colts with that name).

A filly from that same match would have a single word name starting with the letter "D" and ending with an "a", such as "Danisa".

Lusitano (PSL)
- Foals are named based on the year of birth; the letters 'K', 'W', and 'Y' are not used.

Oldenburg
- Foals named with first letter of sire’s name. Fillies that will be used for breeding are supposed to be named with the first letter of the dam’s name, although many are named with the first letter of the sire's name.

Selle Francais
- Foals are named on a year based-schedule. Names tend to be only one word with no numbers or initials

Thoroughbred
- Some of the naming rules include:

- Names cannot be more than 18 characters long.
- Names cannot contain any initials, whether it's the entire name or stable initials at the beginning/end of the name.
- Names cannot end with 'filly,' 'colt,' 'stud,' or any similar horse-related term.
- Names cannot consist entirely of numbers, but may be spelled out. Ex: 49 is not allowed, but Forty-Nine is.
- Names cannot end with a numerical designation such as II, IV, 2nd, 3rd, ect.
- Names of horses over ten years old may be eligible for re-use if they have not been used during the preceding five years either for breeding or racing. Names of horses that were never used for breeding or racing may be available for re-use five years from the date of their death as reported.
- Certain names have been retired as "permanent" and cannot be used again. This would include horses in the Hall of Fame, Eclipse Award winners (or other similar awards), winners of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, Belmont Stakes, Jockey Club Gold Cup, etc., and other big winners or horses of note in racing or breeding.

- The Jockey Club's On-Line Names Book with the full rules is available here.

Trakehner
- Fullbreds named with first letter of dam’s name.
- Halfbreds colts named with first letter of sire’s name, fillies with the first letter of the dam’s name.

Westphalian
- Foals named with first letter of sire’s name.

Zangershiedes

- Foals named with first letter of sire’s name, maximum 16 characters including spaces and compulsory Z-suffix (e.g., Flicka Z) .