The Jockey Club in the United States is now offering a frree tattoo identification services to help owners identify tattooed but unknown thoroughbreds in their possession.
For legible tattoos, an owner can use a free tattoo lookup feature available from The Jockey Club's website, www.jockeyclub.com, and the Registry homepage, www.registry.jockeyclub.com.
For illegible tattoos or partial tattoos, customer service representatives from the registry will provide free research of a thoroughbred's identity using the information contained in The Jockey Club's database, including colour, markings, and photographs.
Information on procuring identification from illegible or partial tattoos as well as tips for reading lip tattoos and a list of frequently asked questions is also available.
"We hope that Tattoo Identification Services will be a valuable tool for individuals and organisations seeking to retire, re-train and find suitable homes for thoroughbred racehorses when their racing careers are over," said Matt Iuliano, vice-president of registration services for The Jockey Club.
"We view this as an adjunct to our recently implemented check-off programme, and as a service to both the horses and the people who care for them."
On January 1, The Jockey Club instituted a voluntary check-off programme enabling owners and breeders in North America to assist the retirement, re-training and adoption efforts of the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation and Thoroughbred Charities of America when they submit their foal registration applications.
As an incentive to encourage participation, The Jockey Club will match the checkoff on a dollar-to-dollar basis up to $US200,000 in 2009. Checkoff proceeds and matching funds are being distributed to those two organisations on a quarterly basis, with over $US100,000 distributed thus far.
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