The freeze brand is read from left to right.
The first figure represents the state the horse was bred and foal identified in. This number corresponds to the first number in the postcode of the capital city of the state of registration ie. 3 represents Victoria, 2 New South Wales etc.
The second figure represents the year of birth of the horse or the year the horse was foal identified.
The remaining figures represent the horse's registration number.
The brand is made up of the eight points of two squares placed so as to represent an eight pointed star, and two other symbols.
Below is how the symbols that form the brand are created.
Brands will look like:
New Zealand brands are based on the following character set:
