No. The AFWHS Inc. does not permit a horse to have its registered name changed on the AFWHS Inc. Register of Horses. When a horse is registered with the AFWHS Inc. it is registered for life and the registered name cannot be changed. This has been a very long-established practice of the Society, and historically requests by members to change the name of a horse have been denied.
However, the Society has no jurisdiction over other equestrian registration bodies (e.g. Equestrian Australia) and as such, if the operational rules/by-laws of those bodies allow it, a horse may be registered with them in a name that is different to the name registered with the AFWHS Inc.