Heritage Stock Horses
Heritage Stock Horses - Recognising traditional bloodlines
The Australian Stock Horse Society is dedicated to preserving the heritage of the breed by recognising Registered Australian Stock Horses that have descended from the same breeds as horses ridden by the Australian Light Horse in WWI and resided in Australia prior to 1945.
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How to apply for Heritage Stock Horse Assessment
Applying for HSH Assessment
Any Member may apply to have a horse assessed for Heritage Stock Horse by lodging an Application for HSH Assessment to the Society with the appropriate fee. Assessment includes all Registered ASH ancestors within three generations. Please refer to the Society’s Rules and Regulations for eligibility. Once assessed, Registered Australian Stock Horses will be identified through a suffix as follows:
- HSH Heritage Stock Horse
- TB 100% Thoroughbred
- MBP 100% Modern Breeds (introduced to Australia after 1945)
- MB 50-100% Modern Breeds (introduced to Australia after 1945)
- ABP 100% Approved Breeds (existing in Australia before 1945)
- AB 50-100% Approved Breeds (existing in Australia before 1945)
- UBP 100% Unknown Breeding (foaled after 1960)
- UB 50-100% Unknown Breeding (foaled after 1960)
- LH Limited Heritage (not eligible under any other code)
Prior to submitting an application, we recommend that you review the horse’s details on the Online Stud Book to check that the horse has not been previously assessed.
Automatically Eligible for HSH
Horses are automatically eligible for Heritage Stock Horse if both sire and dam OR a full sibling has been HSH Approved. In which case, the following scenarios applies:
- BOTH PARENTS being HSH - the Society will automatically update the progeny as HSH with the next batch of Stud Book updates.
- FULL SIBLING being HSH and one or both parents are not HSH – Members may submit a written request for HSH approval to the Society by including a copy of the Online Stud Book printout indicating HSH for the full sibling.
Heritage Stock Horse Assessment Results
Horses assessed prior to 1st January 2013 are currently being updated on the database to show the applicable name suffix - AB, MB, UB and LH, as this is a new identification procedure for 2013.
When completed, horses eligible for automatic assessment will be updated in workable groups, when time permits. We expect this process may take some months to complete. Automatic assessments in the future will be as follows:
AUTOMATIC ASSESSMENT FOR HSH
| ONE PARENT | OTHER PARENT | RESULTING PROGENY |
| HSH | HSH, TB | HSH |
| HSH | MBP | MB |
| HSH | UBP | UB |
| HSH | ABP | AB |
| HSH | MB, UB | LH |
| HSH | AB, LH | Needs Assessment |
| TB | HSH | HSH |
| TB | TB | TB |
| TB | MBP | MB |
| TB | UBP | UB |
| TB | ABP | AB |
| TB | MB, UB | LH |
| TB | AB, LH | Needs Assessment |
| MBP | HSH, TB | MB |
| MBP | MBP | MBP |
| MBP | UBP | MB UB |
| MBP | ABP | MB AB |
| MBP | MB, AB, UB, LH | MB |
| MB | HSH, TB, UB, AB | LH |
| MB | MBP, MB | MB |
| MB | UBP | UB |
| MB | ABP | AB |
| MB | LH | Needs Assessment (MB or LH) |
| ABP | HSH, TB | AB |
| ABP | ABP | ABP |
| ABP | MBP | AB MB |
| ABP | UBP | AB UB |
| ABP | MB, AB, UB, LH | AB |
| AB | HSH, TB, LH | Needs Assessment |
| AB | UB, MB | LH |
| AB | MBP | MB |
| AB | UBP | UB |
| AB | ABP, AB | AB |
| UBP | HSH, TB | UB |
| UBP | UBP | UBP |
| UBP | MBP | UB MB |
| UBP | ABP | UB AB |
| UBP | MB, AB, UB, LH | UB |
| UB | HSH, TB, MB, AB | LH |
| UB | UBP, UB | UB |
| UB | MBP | MB |
| UB | ABP | AB |
| UB | LH | Needs Assessment (UB or LH) |
| LH | HSH, TB | Needs Assessment |
| LH | MBP | MB |
| LH | ABP | AB |
| LH | UBP | UB |
| LH | MB | Needs Assessment (LH or MB) |
| LH | UB | Needs Assessment (LH or UB) |
| LH | AB | Needs Assessment |
| LH | LH | Needs Assessment |
After all name suffixes and automatic assessments have been completed, horses without a name suffix will not have been assessed. Horses with a sire or dam (with no name suffix) will need to be assessed. An application for assessment may be lodged with the Society, if assessment is required by the owner. Where the resulting progeny on the table above indicates “Needs Assessment”, an application for assessment would need to be lodged with the Society, if assessment is required by the owner.
Automatically NOT Eligible
In BASIC TERMS and for simple assessment by anyone, the following pedigrees are examples of horses that are automatically NOT eligible for HSH status:
- Any horse with one ancestor within three generations being MBP (100% Modern Breed).
- Any horse with two ancestors within four generations being MBP (100% Modern Breed).
- Any horse with one ancestor within two generations being MB (50-100% Modern Breed).
- Any horse with two ancestors within three generations being MB (50-100% Modern Breed).
- Any horse with one ancestor within one generation being ABP (100% Approved Breed).
- Any horse with two ancestors within two generations being ABP (100% Approved Breed).
- Any horse with two ancestors within one generation being AB (50-100% Approved Breed).
- Any horse with one ancestor within two generations being UBP (100% Unknown Breed).
- Any horse with two ancestors within three generations being UBP (100% Unknown Breed).
- Any horse with one ancestor within one generation being UB (50-100% Unknown Breed).
- Any horse with two ancestors within two generations being UB (50-100% Unknown Breed).
2012 Assessment Results
Due to the number of horses that have been assessed, the results below have been split into two groups. Horses that have been automatically assessed are not included on these lists. These lists provide the assessment results for Registered ASH ancestors that were manually assessed. The results are as follows:
Click here to download listing of horses assessed as ELIGIBLE for Heritage Stock Horse.
Click here to download listing of horses assessed as NOT ELIGIBLE for Heritage Stock Horse.
How to find a Heritage Stock Horse, Sire Registered, Australian Stock Horse Stallion*
Using the Online Stud Book, you may search the Society’s database for stallions that have been Heritage Stock Horse Approved by using the following search fields and data on the Society’s Online Stud Book:
| Field | Search Criteria |
| Name: | %- HSH |
| Select if: | Animal is a STALLION AND SIRE REGISTERED |
| Select if: | Animal is COMPETITION ELIGIBLE |
Leave other fields blank and click the SEARCH button.
*Note: NOT all Sire Registered ASH Stallions have been assessed for Heritage Stock Horse status. Only stallions that have been Approved as Heritage Stock Horse will be listed.
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