These Rules and Requirements of the Thoroughbred Registration are to regulate all the procedures of Thoroughbred registration by the Korea Racing Association (referred to as "KRA" hereafter) with a view to preserving the integrity of the pedigrees, improving the hereditary properties of horses and promoting the horse breeding in accordance with the Article 2 of ｢Horse Industry Promotion Act｣ and Article 9 of ｢Enforcement Regulations of Livestock Law｣.

For the purposes of these Rules, the following terms shall be defined as follows;

• 1. "Registration" shall mean the registration of the pedigree, sex, color, markings of a horse and the facts arising in the course of its use in the official records and the Korean Stud Book for preserving the integrity of the pedigrees and improving the hereditary properties of horses.
• 2. "Foal Registration" shall mean the registration of the pedigree, sex, color, markings, breeder, owner of a horse which is born in Korea in the official records and the Korean Stud Book.
• 3. "Breeding Registration" shall mean the registration of the pedigree, sex, color, markings, owner of a horse which is to be used for breeding in the official records and the Korean Stud Book.
• 4. "Identification" shall mean the confirming of a horse's identity by checking the sex, color, markings of the body, by DNA typing, blood typing or etc.
• 5. "Foreign stud book authorities" shall mean foreign authorities responsible for horse registration which are recognized internationally and by the KRA.
• 6. "Racehorse" shall mean a horse which is racehorse-registered pursuant to the Article 12 of the KRA Law.
• 7. "Foal imported in uterus" shall mean a foal imported along with its dam while in the uterus and born in Korea.
• 8. "Breeder" shall mean the owner of the dam at the time of foaling, unless the dam was under a commission contract at the time of foaling. In that case, the person specified by the terms of the contract is the breeder of the foal.
• 9. "Owner" shall mean the person who has acquired the right to dispose the horse by breeding, purchase, exchange, donation, or inheritance.
• 10. "Stallion" shall mean the breeding-registered sire older than 36 months.
• 11. "Broodmare" shall mean the breeding-registered mare older than 36 months.
• 12. "Country of Foaling" shall mean the countries, where the foal was born in, which are recognized internationally and by the KRA

(1) Only Thoroughbred horses are eligible for registration.

(2) Thoroughbreds are the horses which are able either

• 1. To be traced down all lines of its pedigree to horses registered before 1st January 1980 in
  • a) The Korean Stud Book, and/or
  • b) Any Thoroughbred Stud Book Approved by International Stud Book Committee; or
• 2. To prove satisfactorily eight recorded crosses consecutively with horses qualified as in category 1 above, including the cross of which it is the progeny and to have satisfied the performance and approval conditions as set out for foals below.
  • a) The foal can show in both the "Thoroughbred" and Non-Thoroughbred sections of its pedigree, such performances in races open to "Thoroughbreds" as to warrant its assimilation with "Thoroughbreds".
  • b) The promotion is approved by the unanimous agreement of the International Stud Book Committee.

Registration includes Foal Registration, Breeding Registration and recording of the facts arising in the course of the use of a horse.

(1) Inspections necessary to register a horse are carried out by registration inspectors.

(2) In the case of the corporate owner or the group owner(including ownership shared by more than one owner) for a horse, the representative of the corporate or the group becomes the applicant. The evident documents including the name of the corporate or the group and detailed information should be submitted along with the application.

(1) Inspections necessary to register a horse are carried out by registration inspectors.

(2) Detailed matters regarding the appointment of registration inspectors and the establishment of inspection committee shall be decided by the President of the KRA.

The owner of a horse to be inspected shall cooperate in the inspection required by Article 18, 25 and 31.

• (1) Any horse that falls under any one of the following categories is not eligible for registration.
  • 1. Any foal produced by unnatural methods such as Artificial insemination, Embryo transfer or Transplant, Cloning or any other form of genetic manipulation not herein specified rather than natural mating (As an aid to the natural service, a portion of the ejaculate produced by the stallion during such cover may immediately be placed in the uterus of the broodmare bred)
  • 2. Foals that have the same birth year and sire with the force produced by unnatural means
  • 3. Foals that have passed the application deadline under Article 17
  • 4. Any foal that did not submit the Stallion Report of its sire under Article 27 (1) 1
  • 5. Any foal that did not submit the Return of Mares of its dam or whose birth details have not been recorded in the Return of Mares of its dam under Article 27 (1) 2
  • 6. Any foal that has been found to be disqualified as an offspring of the reported parents by DNA typing or blood typing
  • 7. Any foal that has been found to be disqualified as an offspring of the reported parents by applying the principles of coat-color inheritance
  • 8. Any foal whose sex cannot be determined
  • 9. Geldings for Breeding Registration
  • 10. Other horses which have been recognized as disqualified for registration
• (2) A foal produced from a mare who has been pregnant by unnatural means within 380 days prior to the birth of the foal cannot register.

• (1) Registration may be rejected in any of the following cases.
  • 1. If an applicant refuses to cooperate in inspection or to provide hair root or blood samples for DNA typing or blood typing required by Article 7
  • 2. If any falsehood or wrongdoing is found in application
• (2) Registration is revoked in any of the following cases.
  • 1. If a horse is found to have been registered through falsehood or wrongdoing
  • 2. If a horse falls into any one of the categories of Article 8, or is found to be disqualified by Article 3, 15 and 22
  • 3. If the owner has made false reports in fulfilling obligations of Article 13 (1) for illegitimate purposes
  • 4. Modification of the heritable genome of a prospective or registered Thoroughbred, during its conception, gestation or at any stage thereafter in its existence, will result in that horse forfeiting its status as a Thoroughbred. (However, it is limited to breeding registration.)
• (3) Registration may be revoked if the owner of a horse has not fulfilled the reporting obligations of Article 13 (1) within one year period from the point where changes to report occurred.
• (4) Any horse whose registration has been revoked for the reasons specified in (2) may not be re-registered.
• (5) The KRA is not liable for any loss resulting from or related to the revocation of registration.
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• (1) The facts to be registered include breed, registration date, registration number, sex, color, place and date of foaling, markings, parentage, breeder, name (in case of corporate owner, name of the corporate and name of the representative) and address of the owners, etc., and the breeding records for breeding-registered horse.
• (2) The registered facts may be stored and processed in electronic forms.

The KRA shall correct the error and notify the owner of the correction if any error is found in the registered facts.

When a horse is registered (including any amendments or changes of registration details) or cancels its registration in accordance with these Rules, the contents shall be disclosed in Korean Stud Book and other publications.

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• (1) If the registered facts change or any of the following happens, the owner of the horse shall report the changes to the KRA within 30 days of the change and submit supporting documents.
  • 1. If the ownership has been transferred through sale, exchange, donation, inheritance, etc.
  • 2. If a horse has been used for purposes other than breeding or racing or has been dead(naturally dead or destroyed)
  • 3. If a horse has been gelded or spayed
  • 4. If any changes have been applied to the body of a horse such as new brands
• (2) The transfer of ownership shall be reported by the new owner if the transfer is caused by (1) 1.
• (3) In case of delay in reporting changes under paragraph 1, the late fee under Article 38 shall be paid to the KRA.
• (4) Racehorses are subject to the Racing Rules in spite of paragraphs 1 and 2.
• (5) Notwithstanding paragraph 1 to 3, in the case of correcting the registered information after a simultaneous investigation on horse breeding status by use in accordance with Article 6 of the Horse Industry Promotion Act, the fee for reporting registration changes under Article 38 may not be applied.

• (1) Any person applying for the registration of his/her horses shall have the concerned horses DNA-typed or bloodtyped in accordance with the international standards set by the International Stud Book Committee and the International Society of Animal Genetics, and shall pay the DNA-typing or Bloodtyping fee set in Article 38.
• (2) Registration inspectors shall identify the horse and take the hair root or blood sample for DNA-typing or bloodtyping.
• (3) DNA-typing or bloodtyping shall be carried out by a laboratory officially designated by the KRA.
• (4) If the result of the DNA-typing or bloodtyping raises suspicions about parentage of a horse, it shall be re-typed. Re-typing is allowed only for twice for one application.
• (5) The detailed results of the typings may not be open to anyone but foreign stud book authorities.
• (6) If the sire of a foal imported in uterus has not been imported, or the dam or the sire has been dead before DNA-typed or bloodtyped, the results of the DNA-typing or bloodtyping by the laboratory designated by the stud book authority of its foaling or exporting country shall be requested to provide the results of the typings.

A foal which satisfies any of the following is eligible for Foal Registration.

• 1. Any foal produced between breeding-registered sire and dam in Korea
• 2. Any foal imported in uterus with documents specified in Article 16 (1) 2

(1) Anyone(the owner of the eligible horse) who wishes to apply for Foal Registration of his/her horse must submit all of the following documents and the registration fee set in Article 38 within the period specified in Article 17.

• 1. Korean-bred foals conceived in Korea
  • a) Return of Mares
  • b) Breeding certificate
• 2. Foals imported in uterus
  • a) Documents specified in 1 a)
  • b) A certificate issued by foreign stud book authority verifying the breeding

(2) The certificates and documents of (1) 2 b) sent by the foreign stud book authority directly to the KRA will be considered to be submitted by the applicant.

(3) The KRA shall have the right, when deemed necessary, to require additional documents to take blood and other samples from a foal, and to mark on its body for identification.

The foal registration application should be submitted within 60 days of the birth. However, if there is an unavoidable situation, the application can be made by December 31 of the year the foal turns two years with a letter of explanation.

For the foals whose Foal Registration Application is made, all the following inspections shall be carried out by the registration inspectors.

• 1. Preparation of Identification Slip by recording the sex, color, and markings of the horse
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• 3. Parentage verification(by DNA-typing or bloodtyping and applying the principles of coat-color inheritance)
• 4. Any kind of additional inspection as deemed necessary

• (1) Korean-bred horses may be named only if they are one year old or older and foal-registered.
• (2) Names given by (1), if in Korean, must consist of no more than 6 letters without spaces between letters, and if in English, no more than 18 letters, with spaces included.
• (3) Names of foreign-bred horses are, in principle, given by the competent authorities of the foaling countries, and the phonetic translation into Korean of the name given before the importation shall not exceed 8 letters with no spaces. The imported horses with no name shall be named with a prior approval from the competent authority of the foaling country in accordance with (2).
• (4) The owner who is to name his/her horse by (1) and (3) must submit a Naming Application including the proposed names to the KRA.
• (5) Alphabetized names must be accompanied by a suffix indicating the foaling country in the parentheses.

• (1) The following classes of names are not eligible for use.
  • 1. Names that are in violation of Article 19
  • 2. Names that are identical or similar to already registered names or names of famous horses in spelling or pronunciation
  • 3. Names having commercial significance, such as trade marks or company names
  • 4. Names of public figures or famous people(pen names included)
  • 5. Names that are identical or similar to names included in the International List of Protected Names in spelling or pronunciation
  • 6. Names that are suggestive or have a vulgar or obscene meaning
  • 7. Other names deemed inappropriate as names of horses
• (2) Names already given to a horse are not available for use before the periods specified below expire.
  • 1. Broodmare: 10 years from the date of death or the termination of its use(in case of no death report, 25 years from the foaling date)
  • 2. Stallion: 15 years from the date of death or the termination of its use(in case of no death report, 35 years from the foaling date)
  • 3. Others: 5 years from the date of death (in case of no death report, 20 years from the foaling date)
• (3) Specifications for (1) 7 shall be decided by the president of the KRA.

• (1) Names already given to a horse cannot be changed. Nevertheless, in the cases judged to be unavoidable, names may be changed once before the horse runs its first race(including races abroad).
• (2) In spite of (1), when judged that a name already given to a horse can cause a clear disruption in registration or race operation, that name can be changed once by the President of the KRA with no concern of whether the horse has run or not.
• (3) The owner, who is to change the name of his/her horse according to (1), must submit the Name Change Form along with the fee set in Article 38.
• (4) For the name changes of foreign-bred horses pursuant to (1) or (2), prior approval from the competent authorities of the foaling countries must be obtained.

• (1) Only horses with registered names and breeding purpose are eligible for breeding registration when the following requirements are met.
  • 1. Horses foal-registered(foreign-bred horses registered with the stud book authorities of the foaling countries)
  • 2. Horses older than 36 months
• (2) For application of the Breeding Registration of a current racehorse, its Racehorse Registration must be cancelled in advance of the application.

• (1) The owner who is to apply for the Breeding Registration of his/her horses must submit all of the following documents and the registration fee set in Article 38.
  • 1. A Breeding Registration Application Form
  • 2. Color photographs taken from the front, left and right clearly showing the markings in the head, body and the legs
• (2) When it deems necessary for registration in addition to the requirements of (1), the KRA may take the step of Article 16 (3).

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For horses whose Breeding Registration application is made, the following inspections shall be carried out by the registration inspectors.

• 1. Screening of documents submitted
• 2. Identification of the horse
• 3. DNA-typing(except for broodmares whose DNA-typing has been completed)
• 4. Other inspections deemed to be necessary

• (1) The owner of a breeding-registered stallion shall issue to the broodmare owner a Covering Certificate which states the following information when conducting covering.
• 1. Information of the broodmare
• 2. The first and last dates of coverings
• 3. Declarations to confirm that Artificial Insemination, Embryo Transfer or Transplant, cloning or any other form of genetic manipulation were not used
• 4. Declarations that the identity of the mare was verified against its ID/Passport
• (2) In principle, coverings shall occur between breeding-registered stallions and broodmares.

• (1) The owners of a breeding-registered horses shall report to the KRA on all the results of covering and breeding activities on an annual basis in the manner described below.
  • 1. The owner of the stallion shall submit the Stallion Report which includes all the coverings by the stallion by September 30 of that year.
  • 2. The owner of the broodmare shall submit the Return of Mares which includes all the breeding records (including records of reproduction, the reasons for non-productive results, etc.) at the time of the foal registration application. The owner who does not apply for the registration of the foal shall submit the Return of Mares by July 31 of the following year of breeding (for the foals conceived in the southern hemisphere, the due date is December 31 of the following year of breeding).
• (2) The owner of a breeding horse must pay the late fee set in Article 38 in case that reporting is made after the due date set in (1). If the reporting is not made within 1 year from the due date, the foals born as the results of the coverings after that point may not be foal-registered or entered into the Korean Stud Book.

Information reported on the Returns of Mares by Article 27 (1) 2 shall be included in the Korean Stud Book.

An imported horse shall be entered into the official records or the Korean Stud Book according to these Rules only with official documents with international validity which were issued by the stud book authority of the exporting country. In this case, the horse must be registered previously with the stud book authority of the foaling country.

• (1) Anyone who is to use imported horses for racing or breeding purposes shall submit all of the following documents and the fee set in Article 38.
  • 1. Required documents for Breeding Registration or for Racehorse Registration pursuant to the Racing Rules
  • 2. An Export Certificate issued by a foreign stud book authority; or documents which have the same effect
  • 3. Documents to verify the horse’s official race record if the horse has raced
  • 4. Documents to verify the ownership
  • 5. Certificate of Import Declaration
• (2) When the foreign stud book authority sends the certificates and relevant documents of (1) 2 and 3 directly to the KRA, it shall be deemed to have been submitted by the owner of the imported horse.
• (3) The KRA may take measures under Article 16 (3), if necessary to require additional documents other than the documents in (1).
• (4) The requirements and procedures for the recording of horses imported for purposes other than stated in (1) shall be decided separately by the president of the KRA.

• (1) For horses whose Recording of the Imported Horse application is made, the following procedures shall be carried out by the registration inspectors.
  • 1. Identification of the horses with the documents required by Article 30 (1) 1 and 2 or the passports
  • 2. Other inspections deemed to be necessary
• (2) The KRA shall notify the stud book authority of exporting country of any discrepancy found as a result of the inspection of (1) 1.

• (1) Anyone who is to export a horse shall submit the following documents at least seven days prior to the date of shipment, and the KRA shall issue a Certificate of Exportation for the exported horse.
  • 1. An application form for the Certificate of Exportation
  • 2. Passport
  • 3. A Covering Certificate in case of a broodmare in foal
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• (3) The KRA shall mail the Certificate of Exportation issued under (1) directly to the stud book authority of the importing country.

The passport of the horse being exported must be submitted to the KRA for endorsement prior to the exportation.

• (1) The KRA shall publish a Stud Book every four years and a supplement every year.
• (2) The registration of a horse promoted to a thoroughbred pursuant to Article 3 (2) 2 b) shall be issued as an Addendum to the Stud Book, and reference to the date of the International Stud Book Committee Meeting for which the promotion was granted.
• (3) In spite of (1) and (2), the publication of the Stud Book and supplement may be replaced by electronic disclosure, such as posting on the website.

• (1) The KRA may issue passports for identification of Korean-bred horses or for other purposes.
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• (1) The owner or manager of the horse must have a passport at all times.
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• (3) Passports do not guarantee legal rights to claim ownership and are only records for the proof of registration, individual identification (in case of movement, trade, covering, competition) and for tracking vaccination history.

The KRA shall issue a certificate when the owner of a registered horse applies for issuance of the following certificates.

• 1. A passport of a Korean-bred horse that has been foal-registered
• 2. A passport of an imported horse (except for breeding-registered horses)
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• (1) The owner of a horse whose certificate was misplaced or severely defaced may apply for the re-issuance of the certificate. The owner shall pay the re-issuance fee set in Article 38 and submit a re-issuance application form when he/she applies for re-issuance pursuant to (1).
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• (3) The KRA may request the applicant to explain reasons for the application by submitting documentary evidence or by being present in person to explain the reasons for re-issuance.
• (4) When a certificate is re-issued pursuant to (1), the fact that it has been re-issued shall be stated in the certificate. In this case, the certificate issued previously becomes invalid.

Fees required by these Rules are in the Attached Table.

• (1) The owner of a registered horse shall confirm the identity based on the identification documents (certificates or passport) issued by the KRA before covering, sale or transfer.
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Other details, such as application forms, necessary to implement these Rules shall be determined by the president of the KRA.

These Rules shall be effective from the date of notification with the approval of the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, but the collection of various fees under Article 38 of the amended Rules shall apply from January 1, 1999.

These Rules shall be effective on July 11, 2012.

• 1. The amended DNA typing fee shall apply from January 1, 2016 but shall be 100,000 won from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015.
• 2. The registration fee of imported horse shall apply from January 1, 2016.
• 3. Naming application fee shall be 10,000 won from August 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014.