Frequently Asked Questions

You can print the DNA sample submission sheet by clicking here.

Our main mailing address is:

DNA My Horse
203 Main Street #132, Flemington, NJ 08822

We do have a few other locations in the U.S. too that you can mail to as well but our NJ location does have the fastest mail. Note - it can take up to two weeks for the lab to recieved mailed samples depending on where the sample is being mailed from.

Your horse's personalized DNA reports will be e-mailed to you after our lab processes the sample. It can take up to two weeks (or earlier!) for our lab to fully process the sample.

No problem! Just e-mail us at info@dnamyhorse.com with your horse's picture. Let us know what name the order was placed under or the order number.

Absolutely not! A picture is not a requirement but a lovely finishing touch for the report cover and breed certificate. Adding a picture turns the report and certificate into a lovely keepsake and some of our clients like to display their certificates proudly in their tack rooms!

Please keep in mind if you send us a picture after we send you your horse's results, there is no guarantee we will redo your report and certificate with the new picture.

Every horse will receive their own personalized report. If you sent us your horse's picture, it will be included in the report and on the special breed composition certificate. The breed composition certificate can be printed out for display or shared on your social media. The report includes your horse's DNA typing information which can be used by breed associations for horse identification purposes. The report also includes what breed(s) is in your horse's genetic makeup as well as an explanation of the results. Depending on your horse's breed composition, your report will include info about your horse's breed(s). This information includes diseases and health problems that are prominent for that breed as well as tons of other information including the breed's proper nutrition, uses, origin, temperament, conformation, etc.

Yes! We can help you find out what breed the horse part of your mule is!

Yes. There is one acting governing body that helps to keep genetic laboratory testing standards held to some kind of common measure: The International Society for Animal Genetics (ISAG). They offer standardized testing every other year for any lab who wishes to participate. Each lab is issued unknown samples for testing and questions are posed. The subject lab must run the analysis on the samples, answer the questions and complete a report. The report and answers are graded by the ISAG committee and a ranking and score is issued. Our lab's score is rating of Rank I (highest ranking available) for accuracy rating for absolute genotyping.

Yes. The lab we use for testing is ISAG accredited (International Society of Animal Genetics) and is ranked 1 for absolute genotyping accuracy.

Although our lab is highly accurate, no medical, scientific, or genetic testing is ever 100% accurate - there are simply too many places for errors to occur. The errors can come from any number of places (barn, persons handling samples, allele dropout, heat degradation, contamination, etc.) and any result should be checked against good strong controls, then rechecked, then questioned.

You can share your results with friends and family as many of our customers do! The beautiful personalized DNA reports and breed composition certificates can be printed and displayed or saved onto your computer. The DNA typing results can be sent to your horse's suspected breed associations to see if they match a registered horse on file too.

Our customers are just thrilled to find out what breed their horse(s) are!

Yes, we can possibly find out if your horse is registered if the DNA is flagged in our system for a match during testing. Otherwise the DNA typing report which is free the with breed test can be sent to suspected breed associations for matches as well.

On a case by case basis, we have been able to find matches in our system for horses' sires and dams.