What Is PM Equine and How Does It Help with Pedigree Matching?

PM Equine is pedigree software developed by Norman Hall, the owner and operator of Pedigree Matching and a Performance Horse Consultant. According to the site, it is built for all performance horse breeds and is designed to support the same bloodline-matching approach the consultancy applies to breeding and buying decisions. The site highlights two features in particular: creating a performance rating for any horse, and selecting a sire for your mare "at the click of a button."

Who makes it and who it's for

Pedigree Matching is a consulting practice that produces breeding reports and publications, and PM Equine is the software side of that work. The site states the pedigree-matching concept has been applied across Standardbred, Thoroughbred, Quarter Horse, Arabian Horse, and Tennessee Walking Horse breeding. If your interest is in any of those performance breeds, the software is presented as relevant to you.

The two features the site calls out

The latest PM Equine tutorial describes "two groundbreaking features":

• Performance rating for any horse — you can generate a rating intended to reflect a horse's performance level.
• One-click sire selection — you can select a sire for your mare through a single action rather than working through the match manually.

The tutorial is also described as covering new features and a discussion on Lexington. Beyond that, the site does not spell out the exact inputs, data sources, or rating methodology behind either feature, so treat the descriptions above as what the site claims rather than a verified technical spec.

How it fits into pedigree matching

The underlying idea on the site is that the match between a sire's bloodlines and a dam's bloodlines can explain why top sires still produce ordinary performers, and why a modestly bred mare can suddenly produce a champion. PM Equine is positioned as the tool that operationalizes that idea — rating horses and pairing sires to mares — while the consulting side provides reports and interpretation.

Getting started

The site offers a "Download Now" and "Register Now" path for PM Equine, alongside the tutorial. It does not publish pricing or state whether access is free, so check those details directly before committing. For questions, the listed contact is:

• Phone: 1-902-628-5581 (Canada)
• Email: [email protected]
• Mail: Box 571, Charlottetown, PE, Canada, C1A 7L1

If you want the reasoning behind a match rather than just the tool, the site's reports and services and Norman Hall's publications are the companion resources to look at next.