Southern Cross Brumby Registry DNA

04/08/2026

Love to see some of the Ancestry for the Brumbies

15/07/2026

Some reading from Texas Equine Ancestry research quoted below
And a graph image to hopefully help.

Testing Horse Ancestry in Our Lab
Horse ancestry testing in our lab at Texas A&M is based on comparing the DNA genotype of the subject horse to a reference panel of 50 horse breeds. Using a computer program based on maximum likelihood analysis, the variants present at each genetic marker system tested for the subject horse are compared to those for each reference breed. For each breed comparison the probability that the subject horse came from that breed is calculated based on the product of all the systems genotype probabilities.

We then report the three breeds with the highest probability that the subject horse could have come from, in order of their probability of being an ancestral breed. The results cannot give the proportion (percent) of the breed that the subject horse may have. That really isn’t possible because horses are so genetically similar. The test is reasonably good, but there is no way to determine how accurate it is. If a purebred horse is tested, it will almost always be assigned to the correct breed. When a two breed cross is examined, the two parental breeds will almost certainly be given very high probabilities, although not necessarily the first and second assignments. The more breeds involved in a cross the lower the probability that a good result will be delivered.

Also, understand that even though three breeds are reported, that does not mean the subject horse has all three in its ancestry. Another point is that breeds within a group of related breeds will be given similar probabilities. Thus, the subject horse may be half Belgian draft and half Suffolk, but the test results may show Percheron or even a pony breed. That is because these draft breeds are very similar at the level we can test and the true pony breeds are closely related to the heavy draft breeds. As well, many breeds have Thoroughbred in their make-up and they will give similar results and will often show similarity to Warmblood breeds.

14/07/2026

time has been crazy and so long since i shared anything, but i have still been working and testing ancestry of our Brumbies.
Mugan ( Ghost) Kiandra Boy

22/06/2025

A little bit of fun. It's been a while. Who can guess the Ancestry for this boy

25/04/2025

An interesting article from Dr Gus Cothran.
https://www.bovinevetonline.com/news/veterinary-education/researchers-uncover-secrets-horse-genetics-conservation-breeding

17/04/2025

Just love getting the Ancestry DNA results for HOOFS2010 Inc Brumbies MIgaloo

05/02/2025

I have been doing a bit of research on The Barmah Brumbies and the many genetic ancestry test that have Standardbred. I found some lovely history as too the links.
Excerpt Trove below
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Kyabram Free Press and Rodney and Deakin Shire Advocate (Vic. : 1894 - 1955), Thursday 9 February 1950, page 16
Barmah King’s History. Eventually captured in the annual uBarmah Common muster, Barmah King has had an interesting history, which he . capped just a week or so ago by winning at the Melbourne trots’,'
The “horse, which evaded capture for five years, provoked much comment when eventually yarded and when penned at Picola was handed over to Mr. Bert Bates, -of’Nathalie, who for the i liext'J’six mouths, spent a lot of time j- handling and taming the animal.
; He!«was bred on the right lines, but experts said he had been running wild so long that he would have forgotten the gait. It was estimated it would take a year to tame him.
He showed unusual form as a trotter, and it was decided to persevere with him,, with the result that from four starts in the country he scored two wins and two seconds. . , ' ' .
The culmination was at the Melbourne showgrounds trots, when he easily won the Curtis Open Stakes at 7/4 on.
He is by Smart Globe from Dalla Derby mare, and it is said that he has a
full brother running wild on the Barmah I common at the present time.
In the two seconds in the country he
was only beaten by half-a-head. I
Barmahi.' King is now owned by Mr. ; Geo. '-i^/Adams, of Mooroopna, and is leasedy"tji>; a Melbourne sportsman.

08/11/2024

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2024 Aroha Te Whare Brumby of the year is now open.
Entry is free and open to all Brumbies
Please Share

08/10/2024

I am loving our new certificates. If you are wanting a certificate I ask $5 to Hoofs towards print and posting postage is $4.50. Please use Cert as your reference

08/09/2024

Ariah Park Show Brumby line up