In 2007, the ALBC partnered with the Equus Survival Trust in a project to preserve the breed that included DNA sampling, the creation of a new studbook and mapping the genetics of the breed.
In 2007, the ALBC collaborated with the Equus Survival Trust in a project to do DNA sampling of the largest herd of Marsh Tackies. After 5 years of investigation, ALBC was able to create a new studbook and with Texas A&M University completed the mapping the genetics of the breed.