Frequently Asked Questions
If I have a frozen embryo by an enrolled stallion, how do I know if the embryo will be eligible?
Frozen embryo eligibilty is based off of year of conception. You will need to provide documentation showing when embryo was conceived and frozen when nominating for the first time.
How do I know what stallions are currently Pink Buckle stallions?
Please click here for our Pink Buckle stallion guide year-by-year.
When a new stallion is added are all of his offspring eligible to be grandfathered in?
Yes, the year a stallion joins our program, all offspring - no matter their age - are eligible for nomination at the regular rate of $220 by 8/1 OR at time of entry, whichever comes first. If that deadline is missed the late fee is $350 by 12/1
When a new stallion is added to the program when is the first payment due?
Payments for offspring of new stallions added can be made starting in January of the year they are officially a Pink Buckle stallion. Contracts are due Dec 1 for stallion owners and Pink Buckle will announce our official list for the next year around Dec 15 . Any new stallions announced in Dec DO NOT become an official Pink Buckle stallion until January, at that point nominations will be accepted for his offspring.
Pink Buckle Stallion Facts:
- The 50 stallion slots are owned by the stallion owners, with consent from the Pink Buckle.
- There will never be more than 50 total stallions in the Pink Buckle.
- We will not announce the following year’s stallion roster until after Dec 1 when the contracts have been finalized. No payments are due on their offspring until the year they become a Pink Buckle stallion.
- The Pink Buckle stallion waiting list was replaced with the Ruby Buckle stallion roster.
- Our first priority is to promote the current stallions in the Pink & Ruby Buckles! The ONLY WAY to GUARANTEE that you will have an eligible horse is to BREED TO or BUY ONE that is sired by a Pink Buckle stallion.
- We will not promote the Ruby Buckle waiting list because it is of zero value to our currently enrolled stallion owners, breeders and contestants.
- In the event a stallion is withdrawn, sold, transferred, or otherwise removed from the Pink and/or Ruby Buckle, all stallion incentive earnings generated by the progeny of said stallion after such removal shall be payable to the last recorded nominator of the stallion within the Program. This entitlement shall remain vested in the last recorded nominator and shall not transfer with any subsequent change in ownership, management, or registration of the stallion, unless expressly authorized in writing by the Program. The Program shall have sole authority to determine and confirm the identity of the last recorded nominator for purposes of disbursing such earnings, and such determination shall be final and binding.
