Hey guys, so I have a client who gave me permission to research her horses brand to try and see where he came from. He is a quarter horse who was DNA tested by DNA my horse and has some TB in his blood as well. But no matches for relatives. He’s all black and around 16hh. His name is Bear and that’s what he came with. She got him a few years ago from PA by a lady who gets horses from auctions and has a horse rescue. From what I know she told me this lady she got him from said he has been in a lot of auctions and the one she got him from he was with a male trainer who she recognized and really liked his work. She wasn’t able to remember his name or the exact auction but it was for western trail horses. He is freeze branded on his right hindquarters with ECG. He’s a great horse and super bombproof. He was estimated around 13 when they got him. He did not come with papers and we would just like to know if some more about his history. I tried looking up different brand books for different states but a lot of them only have 2 letters or symbols and I have found close matches but mostly either just EC or EG not all of them together.

this brand is stacked but the letters don't touch it's

E

C

G

Unfortunately I don't think there's much chance at finding a history. If he didn't originate from PA, then who even knows where he came from... There's thousands of brands out there. Your best bet may be to use a literal brand search.

I agree.Brand searching seems best in this situation.

If you take a picture of it.. maybe you could Google lens it and see what comes up.

There are Facebook groups that would help