holly schreef:Nickyu, isn't it so that spanische horses always have a brand? (brandmerk)
I really don't know for sure.
Mickey doesn't have a brand?
I have send an PB to Lusitana if she wants to take a look in this topic.
Lusitana knows more about spanische horses.
No, not all horses are branded, usually just those of horse- and cattle breeders. There are many non branded horses. Another thing is that my own horse, in Portugal, is recently chipped and her number starts with 9.... So, to assume the chip must be Belgian is not quite right. It could be from another country. The passport is recently made, just for transport means. We do that here a lot with the horses that are sold to another country, and then we fill our name as breeder if we don't know who the breeder was. This horse also has the name of the trader, not the breeder, in his passport.
"Cob" is just a type, apposed to "pony" or "horse" and he does fit in the catagory. It is NOT a breed.
The horse could be Portuguese even. There are a lot of cheap horses imported from Spain and Portugal, especially those without papers.
It is possible that he has more than one passport made in different countries.
The colour doesn't fit. A roodschimmel is a roan, and they don't go white.
In the end, it doesn't really matter what a passport says, it is just a document for transport that can be fixed in a moment, it has nothing to do with studbooks or pedegrees. (It cán, in case of a pedegree horse, but it is not necessary). I don't think the passport will get you anywhere. You can only hope someone recognizes the horse.
Just accept you got a horse with unknown background and start from what you have, a lovely horse to be proud of. Good luck with him.