Buckskin Studbook: mares & stallions - must have 2 registered and recognised parents. Proof must be provided.  Must PASS classification on conformation.

Buckskin Gelding Register: geldings - may have either registered / recognised parentage or unknown / unregistered / unrecognised parentage.  Must PASS classification conformation.

Non-buckskin/Dun Progeny Register: stallions, mares & geldings - must be the solid progeny of a studbook registered buckskin/dun mare or stallion.  Must PASS classification on conformation.  Palomino, cremellos and perlinos must first be registered with the company as palominos or white horses, after which an automatic NBP registration will be issued free of charge.  Colts & stallions 2 years of age and over must carry a studbook registration with a recognised breed society (our Palomino and White Horse registration eligible) before they will be accepted for NBP adult registration.  Other dilute registers ARE NOT considered a recognised studbook registration for the purposes of NBP registration.

Foundation Mare Register: solid non-buckskin or dun mares that produce STUDBOOK registerable buckskin/dun foals and who are not the progeny of company registered studbook horses.

The owners of all buckskins must be current financial members of the Association.  Should an owner cease to be a financial member, the registration of all horses registered in his or her name will be suspended until such time as said owner rejoins the association, at which time the registration of all horses registered in his or her name will be reinstated. 

All horses / ponies being presented for registration as either a black or a brown buckskin will be required to undergo DNA testing for the cream factor if it is determined by the registrar / classifiers that there is not sufficient physical evidence of dilution.  Sufficient evidence includes proof of double CREAM dilute parentage, production of CREAM dilute progeny from non-cream dilute partners or double cream dilute progeny, obvious dilute foal colour (black buckskin foals below are clearly dilutes but this may not be so apparent as they age) or obvious dilute characteristics.

STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE

A buckskin shall meet the standards of conformation (breed characteristics being irrelevant) prescribed by the Board.  To be considered for BUCKSKIN STUDBOOK, NON-STUDBOOK or GELDING registration, a buckskin must gain the required conformation marks prescribed by Board and fulfill the following:

Must be a common dilute colour with body colour varying in shade from cream to bay or brown, except in the case of black buckskins which may appear black .

Points (mane, tail, legs) can be dark brown or black.

The shades of buckskin the company registers are:

CREAM BUCKSKIN   - the palest shade of buckskin; a pale cream colour with dark points.  Foal shown will develop these with age.  

Champagne buckskin - still cream but exhibits a slight golden tint, particularly in sunlight.  The difference is due to condition, nutrition etc. not heredity.

STANDARD BUCKSKIN - a yellowish body colour.  Mane, tail and legs are black.  

GOLDEN BUCKSKIN - a nice deep gold body colour.  Some of the richer colours are hard to distinguish from the bays, particularly the copper bay, but they are lack the 'redness' that bays have.  One of the most common ways of distinguishing between the two is by looking at the iridescence: a buckskin, like a palomino, will have gold or metallic silver iridescence whilst a bay will tend to exhibit copper or orange iridescence.

BURNT BUCKSKIN - also known as sooty buckskin.  The sootiness is caused by the brown base colour.  At one stage sooty buckskin was incorrectly known as brown grulla when it was thought that buckskin, dun and grulla were each controlled by the same genetic mechanism.  However, it is now known that this is not the case.

BROWN BUCKSKIN - this is the darkest shade of burnt/sooty buckskin.  Overall the horse appears to be a brown but the lighter yellow is in ill-defined areas, whereas the true brown is red or mealy only on the 'soft parts'.  It has a more golden tint to it than brown.  The base colour of the brown buckskin is most likely black brown.   Please note that all horses / ponies being presented for registration as brown buckskins will be required to undergo DNA testing for the creme factor unless they have a double dilute parent, have produced double dilute progeny or single dilute progeny to proven non-dilute partners. 

BLACK BUCKSKIN - this is the darkest shade of buckskin and occurs on a base colour of black.  This colour is also referred to as smokey black and dilute black.   Foals may be born a tan or fawn colour.  These horses can be difficult to distinguish from ordinary black (or liver chestnut when in winter coat) but in the sunlight their coats will have a gold iridescence.  Another giveaway is the cream hair often found inside the ear shell and their often amber or lighter coloured eyes.  Please note that all horses / ponies being presented for registration as black buckskins will be required to undergo DNA testing for the creme factor unless they have a double dilute parent, have produced double dilute progeny or single dilute progeny to proven non-dilute partners.  

              

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Have a body free from imperfections and free of white spots except those caused by accident.

Be permitted white markings on the face and legs only, the legs not to be white above the knees or hocks save for a continuous diminishing spear or stripe running above the knee or hock.   NO buckskin may have ANY white markings (ie belly splashes) other than those permitted under the Regulations of the Company.

Have a basic skin colour which is dark.

Have both eyes dark and the same colour.  Wall eyes are not acceptable.

Not be bleached or dyed