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Polled Register Purpose:
A Polled Highland is a naturally polled animal which meets the breed standards for Highland Cattle
other than the presence of horns. A Polled Highland may not be registered in the Stud Register because
it does not meet all of the breed standards for Highland Cattle.
The Society recognises the growing popularity of Polled Highlands, and the benefit that they give to the
beef industry.
The purpose of the Polled Register is to promote the development of the Polled Highland, by supporting breeders
with such information as may benefit their efforts to stabilize the Polled Highland.
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Polled Register Suffix:
Animals registered in the Polled Herdbook are assigned an ?NHR? registration number
with the suffix ?P?
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Naturally Polled:
Animals registered in the Polled Register must be naturally polled to be eligible for registration
in any class in the Polled Register.
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Homozygous Polled:
A Polled Bull is known as a ?Homozygous Polled? Bull when he has sired a
minimum of fourteen (14) polled progeny, and has not sired any horned progeny.
A Polled Cow is known as a ?Homozygous Polled? Cow when she has delivered a
minimum of fourteen (10) polled progeny, and has not delivered any horned progeny.
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Hetrozygous Polled:
A Polled Bull is known as a ?Hetrozygous Polled? Bull if he has sired both
polled and horned progeny.
A Polled Cow is known as a ?Hetrozygous Polled? Cow if she has delivered
both polled and horned progeny.
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Scurs:
A Bull or Cow with scurs (small horn like growths not connected to the skull by bone tissue) are
eligible for registration in the Polled Register, so long as the conditions for the class are met.
A Bull or Cow with scurs, must include ?(sc)? as an extra suffix on its registration number.
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Horned Progeny of Polled Register:
Horned progeny of Bulls & Cows registered in the Society's Polled Register
are not eligible for registration in any class
of the Polled Register; but are eligible for registration
in the Stud & Commercial Registers.
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Progeny of Stud & Commercial Herdbooks:
The progeny of Bulls & Cows registered in the Society's Stud and Commercial Registers
are eligible for registration in the appropriate class of the
Polled Register, provided the conditions of the class are met.
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Multiple Registrations:
A Bull or Cow registered in the Stud or Commercial Registers is not eligible
for registration in the Polled Register.
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Crop Ear:
A Bull having a defect known as ?Crop Ear? is not eligible
for registration in the Polled Herdbook.
The Polled Herdbook of the National Highland Register Society recognises the following classes of Highland Cattle:
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Fior'aon (FP): (Pron. Fearane)
Bulls and cows eligible for registration in this class must be Purebred animals supported by no
less than five (5) generations of polled ancestry registered by the Society or an approved herdbook;
none of whose 5 generations of registered polled ancestry shall include animals from the A-Grade,
B-Grade or C-Grade classes; or horned animals; each subsequent generation shall be of a higher than that previous.
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Purebred (P1, P2, P3, P4):
Bulls and cows eligible for registration in this class must be Purebred animals whose dam & sire are
registered in a Purebred, Fior'aon or Fullblood Class by the Society or an approved herdbook;
Cows whose sires are registered in Purebred, Fior'aon or Fullblood Classes by the Society or an
approved herdbook and whose dams are registered in the A-Grade Class by the Society or an approved herdbook.
Bulls whose sires are registered in the Purebred, Fior?aon or Fullblood Classes and whose dams
are registered in the A-Grade Class, known as P1 bulls, are eligible
for registration in the Polled Register of the Society.
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A-Grade (7/8 Pure):
Cows eligible for registration in this class must be A-Grade cows whose sire is
registered in a Purebred, Fior'aon or Fullblood Class by the Society or an approved herdbook; and whose
dam is registered in the B-Grade Class by the Society or an approved herdbook.
Cows, without documentation, whose ancestry is obviously Highland and who have been assessed
as being A-Grade by an independent inspector approved by the Society
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B-Grade (3/4 Pure):
Cows eligible for registration in this class must be B-Grade cows whose sire is
registered in a Purebred, Fior'aon or Fullblood Class by the Society or an approved herdbook. and whose
dam is registered in the C-Grade Class by the Society or an approved herdbook.
Cows, without documentation. whose ancestry is obviously Highland and who have been assessed
as being B-Grade by an independent inspector approved by the Society
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C-Grade (1/2 Pure):
Cows eligible for registration in this class must be C-Grade cows whose sire is
registered in a Purebred, Fior'aon or Fullblood Class by the Society or an approved herdbook. and whose
dam is less than 1/2 pure or of any other breed of cattle, or whose sire is less than half pure or of any other breed of cattle, and whose dam is registered in a Purebred, Fior'ane or Fullblood Class by the Society or an approved herdbook.
