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**Geplaatst door de TopicStarter** : 20-01-12 09:49

Brandmerk A in de cirkel

Geplaatst door de TopicStarter : 20-01-12 09:49

Hallo, I am from Italy. I have a gray mare, looking like Arabian. Sheis about 15-18 years old, she has no papers, nor microchip, just a brand A in the circle about 5 cm. diametr on her left hip. Also she has a big scar on her left side. Is there anybody who knows this brand? Could it be afgekeurd holland brand set in such a way? I have never deen those brands, who can show me one of it? I soppose she came from Holland.

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**Geplaatst**: 26-01-12 16:25

Re: Brandmerk A in de cirkel

Geplaatst: 26-01-12 16:25

the brand on my friends horse was bigger and there wasn't a circle around it. no idea if some horses have diffrent 'afgekeurd' brands

**Geplaatst**: 26-01-12 16:33

Re: Brandmerk A in de cirkel

Geplaatst: 26-01-12 16:33

I always thought (and saw a few years ago a horse which had such a mark) that when a horse was rejected the mark was placed on the chest.

**Geplaatst**: 26-01-12 16:34

Geplaatst: 26-01-12 16:34

uryanne schreef:
I always thought (and saw a few years ago a horse which had such a mark) that when a horse was rejected the mark was placed on the chest.

Not on the chest but on the shoulder.

**Geplaatst**: 26-01-12 16:38

Geplaatst: 26-01-12 16:38

Cayenne schreef:
uryanne schreef:
I always thought (and saw a few years ago a horse which had such a mark) that when a horse was rejected the mark was placed on the chest.

Not on the chest but on the shoulder.

The horse I saw had it on the chest, above the left leg.

**Geplaatst**: 26-01-12 16:43

Re: Brandmerk A in de cirkel

Geplaatst: 26-01-12 16:43

It means the horse is no longer fit for duty due to insurrance regulations.

**Geplaatst**: 26-01-12 16:54

Geplaatst: 26-01-12 16:54

The A from "afgekeurd" is bigger, on the shoulder and doesn't have a circle. This looks like a private one, probably from Spain. They use a lot of different brands there (and lots of them have circles like this one).

**Geplaatst door de TopicStarter** : 26-01-12 17:30

Geplaatst door de TopicStarter : 26-01-12 17:30

Thanks a lot to everybody who answered.
This brand is not Spanish because Spanish brands are bigger, they takes almost entire hip, and they usualy are more intricated.
I have already seen this brand on a horse (not Arabian and on its hip too) from some catalogue of equestrian products, but it was in the very beginning of my investigation and unfortunataly I did not save that pdf-file. Such a brand was seen on a Holland horse by other people from Italy, though it was really put on a shoulder, but the "A" was in the circle just like my mare's brand. Then my mare had a rather heavy trauma, it is seen in the photo.
Well I think it must be an "afgekeurd" brand. Reading this forum I understood that this brand was put in different places of a horse body. Could it be so, that different insurance companies had different agekeurd brands? And my mare's brand is just a version semulating a breeder brand? Who can show some example?
Uryanne, was the brand you have seen with the circle too?

Laatst bijgewerkt door Ninabara op 26-01-12 17:46, in het totaal 2 keer bewerkt

**Geplaatst**: 26-01-12 17:35

Re: Brandmerk A in de cirkel

Geplaatst: 26-01-12 17:35

I don't know exact. It was a few years ago, but I don't remind it had a circle around it. It was much bigger than the mark on your horse.

**Geplaatst**: 26-01-12 17:54

Geplaatst: 26-01-12 17:54

I've seen brands in Spain and Portugal, which were about this size. So it isn't true that they're always bigger.

It could be "afgekeurd", but I've only seen those without a circle, bigger and placed on the shoulder. I don't know if they use different brands/sizes and places. But maybe other people have some pictures, I don't have them myself.