Get your horses microchipped at Harrisburg

Columbus, OH — The USTA will have its member services table at the Standardbred Horse Sale, held at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, Monday through Friday (Nov. 5-9).

Member services representatives will be available, in the vendor area outside the sales office in the Main Hall, to process ownership transfers, memberships and Hoof Beats subscriptions, take foal registrations, look up Pathway reports, and conduct any other USTA business.

New for 2018. If you buy a horse at the Harrisburg Sale that you would like microchipped, stop by the USTA table to sign-up. Save $10 when you have your horse chipped at the sale. Special pricing of $25 per horse is available (normally $35). Acceptable means of payment include cash, check and credit card (MasterCard, Visa, American Express).

USTA Member Services representatives will be available at the sale starting Monday (Nov. 5) at 9:30 a.m. All sign-ups must be received by noon on Friday (Nov. 9) to ensure they are completed before the sale concludes. Horses bought Friday afternoon after the sign-up deadline will be done based on availability of the USTA ID Technician on site.

An exciting feature of the biothermal microchip from Merck/HomeAgain is that when scanned, your horse’s temperature will be displayed on the reader, along with the microchip number. There are two types of scanners available for sale through the USTA — the basic reader at $69 and the Bluetooth reader at $279.

The USTA is currently developing a smart phone app with Merck that the Bluetooth reader will translate your horse’s microchip number to their name and registration number (similar to the free tattoo search results on the USTA website).

If you have any questions about microchipping, USTA Registrar TC Lane will be on hand at the Harrisburg Sale Thursday and Friday.

For more information about the sale, visit the Standardbred Horse Sale website.

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