Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Horse passport issuing organisations that manage studbooks
Information regarding implementation of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/262 in the United Kingdom
Last updated: 21 March 2018
You can get a horse passport application form from an authorised Passport Issuing Organisation (PIO) listed below.
Article 6 Issuing Bodies United List of bodies referred to in Article 2 (c) of Directive 90/427/EEC officially approved or recognised for Version (21 March 2018) Kingdom maintaining or establishing studbooks UELN Name Approval Contact Details Name of the Studbook of Remarks Date Breed origin of the breed 826078 American 30/06/2004 New Close Farm American No Miniature Horse Calf Fallow Lane Miniature Club GB Norton Horse Stockton on Tees TS20 1PQ 0797 685 2634 @ [email protected] www.mhcgb.co.uk
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United List of bodies referred to in Article 2 (c) of Directive 90/427/EEC officially approved or recognised for Version (21 March 2018) Kingdom maintaining or establishing studbooks 826012 American Quarter 29/04/1994 Karen Coleman American No Horse Association Association Secretary & Treasurer Quarter Horse UK American Quarter Horse Association - UK Ltd PO Box 1238 Cambridgeshire CB23 4WE 07544 262747 @ [email protected] www.aqha-uk.co.uk 826063 American 29/01/2003 American No No longer authorised to issue Saddlebred Saddlebreds or update horse passports. Association of and part breds Any passports issued by this Great Britain organisation whilst they were authorised remain valid.
Sport Horse Breeding of Great Britain have taken over administration of these passports.
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United List of bodies referred to in Article 2 (c) of Directive 90/427/EEC officially approved or recognised for Version (21 March 2018) Kingdom maintaining or establishing studbooks 826002 Anglo-European 29/03/1994 Steve Lamb Anglo- Yes Studbook Ltd Anglo European Studbook European New Barn Farm Capel Road Rusper West Sussex RH12 4PZ 01293871701 @ [email protected] www.angloeuropeanstudbook.co.uk/ 826058 Appaloosa Horse Auriol Thorne, Registrar Appaloosa No Club (ApHC) UK 2A, Dryden Way, Liphook Hants GU30 Ltd 7QB 07827 858120 @ [email protected] @ [email protected] www.aphcuk.org 826044 Arab Horse 11/03/1994 The Registration Dept Arab No There is no "mother studbook" Society Mrs Karin Swanson Anglo-Arab as the Arab is regarded as Agriculture House WAHO as an international Charnham Lane breed Hungerford Berkshire RG17 0EY 01672 521 411 01672520 880 @ [email protected] www.arabhorsesociety.org
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United List of bodies referred to in Article 2 (c) of Directive 90/427/EEC officially approved or recognised for Version (21 March 2018) Kingdom maintaining or establishing studbooks 826088 Breeders Elite 08/06/2010 Mr Johnny Steele Yes Studbook for Irish 128 Ballynahinch Road and European Crossgar Sport Horses Co Down N. Ireland (Formerly known BT30 9HU as Studbook for 01684 833714 Irish and 07442 531 945 European @ [email protected] Sporthorses - www.breederselite.co.uk SIES) 826005 British Appaloosa 07/04/1994 Paula Moore - Registrar Appaloosa No Society Orchard Farm Goole Road, Moorends Doncaster S Yorks DN8 4JY 07539 352 843 @ [email protected] www.appaloosa.org.uk
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United List of bodies referred to in Article 2 (c) of Directive 90/427/EEC officially approved or recognised for Version (21 March 2018) Kingdom maintaining or establishing studbooks 826003 British Association 07/04/1994 Miss M McBryde Spanish No for the purebred Holly Trees Farm Horse Spanish Horse Ltd Chesterblade Road Stoney Stratton Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 4EQ 07887890098 @ [email protected] www.bapsh.co.uk 826080 British Camargue 11/03/2005 Camargue No No longer authorised to issue Horse Society or update passports. Any passports issued by this organisation whilst they were authorised remain valid.
Owners of horses with these passports may approach any UK Passport Issuing Organisation to have them updated.
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United List of bodies referred to in Article 2 (c) of Directive 90/427/EEC officially approved or recognised for Version (21 March 2018) Kingdom maintaining or establishing studbooks 826023 British Connemara 07/04/1994 Mrs Sandra Parkington British No Initially approved as English Pony Society 1 Lansdowne Cottages Connemara Connemara Pony Society Ilsley road Compton, Newbury Berks RG20 7PQ 0845 604 9690 @ [email protected] www.britishconnemaras.co.uk 826079 British Falabella 05/08/2004 Falabella No No longer authorised to issue Studbook or update horse passports. Any passports issued by this organisation whilst they were authorised remain valid.
Pet ID Equine have taken over administration of these passports. 826006 British Hanovarian 07/04/1994 BHHS - Kate Eaton Hanoverian No Horse Society Willow Barn Shepherds Lane Stanley Nottinghamshire. NG17 37G 07824 443504 01604 492 750 @ [email protected] www.hanoverian-gb.org.uk
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United List of bodies referred to in Article 2 (c) of Directive 90/427/EEC officially approved or recognised for Version (21 March 2018) Kingdom maintaining or establishing studbooks 826008 British Miniature 11/03/1994 Mrs Wendy Edgar (Registrar) British Yes Horse Society British Miniature Horse Society Miniature Strecholt Farm Horse Red Lane, Strecholt Bridgewater, Somerset TA6 4SR 01278 685 943 01278 684 954 @ [email protected] www.bmhs.co.uk 826009 British Morgan 30/06/2004 BMHS, Morgan Horse No Horse Society Trudy Connolly Monnington Court, Monnington-on-Wye, Hereford, HR4 7NL 01981 500 488 @ [email protected] www.morganhorse.org.uk 826010 British Palomino 14/04/1994 Beverley Beresford-Batten Palomino No Society British Palomino Society Maes y Coed, Llanarth, Ceredigion, SA47 0RG 07768185139 @ [email protected] www.thebritishpalominosociety.co.uk
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United List of bodies referred to in Article 2 (c) of Directive 90/427/EEC officially approved or recognised for Version (21 March 2018) Kingdom maintaining or establishing studbooks 826011 British Percheron 18/06/1996 Mrs Rowena McDermott No Horse Society 3 Field Barn Cottages North Charford Breamore Fordingbridge SP6 2DW 01725 511 047 @ [email protected] @ [email protected] www.percheron.org.uk 826013 British Skewbald 07/04/1994 Sandra Lawrence Skewbald & No & Piebald Stanley House,Silt Piebald Association Drove, Tippsend Welney, Wisbech, Cambridge PE14 9SL 01354 638 226 01354 638 238 @ [email protected] www.bspaonline.com 826015 British Spotted 20/02/1996 Miss Zena Jackson (Registrar) British Spotted Yes BSPS handle SHAPS Pony Society 92 Main Street, Halton Village Pony passports updates except for Runcorn, Cheshire, SHAPS special category WA7 2AX passports (non spotted horses 07774 714 638 and ponies). These are @ [email protected] handled by Pet-ID equine. www.britishspottedponysociety.co.uk
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United List of bodies referred to in Article 2 (c) of Directive 90/427/EEC officially approved or recognised for Version (21 March 2018) Kingdom maintaining or establishing studbooks 826016 British Warmblood 11/03/1994 Mrs Sue Wason (Chairman) British Warm Yes Breeders Lower Tredenham, Lanivet Blood Studbook UK Bodmin, Cornwall (formerly British PL30 5HL Warmblood 01208 832940 Society) 01208 831956 0151 547 2876 [email protected] www.bwbs.co.uk 826017 Caspian Horse 14/02/2000 Ruth Staines Caspian Yes Society Registrar Horse 31 The Leys Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5HJ 01608 642076 @ [email protected] www.caspianhorsesociety.org.uk
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United List of bodies referred to in Article 2 (c) of Directive 90/427/EEC officially approved or recognised for Version (21 March 2018) Kingdom maintaining or establishing studbooks 826018 Cleveland Bay 19/08/1998 Mrs Sandra Bryson, Admin Officer Cleveland Bay Yes Horse Society Cleveland Bay Horse Society Regional Agricultural Centre Great Yorkshire Showground Harrogate North Yorkshire HG2 8NZ 01423 546 168 01423 541 000 (switchboard) 01423 541 414 @ [email protected] www.clevelandbay.com 826054 Coloured Horse 18/06/1998 CHAPS (UK) Administration Coloured No and Pony Society 1 McLaren Cottages Horse and Abertysswg Ponies Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5BH / 01685 845045 @ [email protected] www.chapsuk.com
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United List of bodies referred to in Article 2 (c) of Directive 90/427/EEC officially approved or recognised for Version (21 March 2018) Kingdom maintaining or establishing studbooks 826020 Dales Pony 07/04/1994 Mrs J Ashby Dales Pony Yes Society (Secretary) Green Farm Stockbridge Sheffield S36 4GH / 0114 2885 869 @ [email protected] www.dalespony.org 826021 Dartmoor Pony 07/04/1994 Mrs V Brown (Secretary) Dartmoor Yes Society Swn Yr Afon Pony Thornhill Road Cwmgwili Llanelli SA14 6PT 01269 844303 01269 844303 @ [email protected] www.dartmoorponysociety.com
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United List of bodies referred to in Article 2 (c) of Directive 90/427/EEC officially approved or recognised for Version (21 March 2018) Kingdom maintaining or establishing studbooks 826022 Donkey Breed 14/04/1994 Mrs Carol Morse Donkey Yes Society The Hermitage (Society Company Office) Pootings Edenbridge Kent TN8 6SD 01732 864414 01732 864414 @ [email protected] www.donkeybreedsociety.co.uk
Passport Office Address: Bryncelyn Llanfyllin Powys SY22 5NE Tel: 01691 648168 Email [email protected]
826061 Eriskay Pony 29/04/2002 Ms Shelia McIntosh - Secretary Eriskay Pony Yes (purebred) – Oifis Storas, Dalabrog (Daliburgh), Studbook Society. Uibhist a Deas (South Uist), Comann Each Na h-Eileanan an Iar nan, Eilean Ltd HS8 5SS 01871 810 580 @ [email protected] WWW www.eriskaypony.org.uk
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United List of bodies referred to in Article 2 (c) of Directive 90/427/EEC officially approved or recognised for Version (21 March 2018) Kingdom maintaining or establishing studbooks 826024 Eriskay Pony 28/11/1995 Mr Nigel McWilliam. Eriskay Pony No Society Ltd 16 Bonaly Wester, Colinton, Edinburgh EH13 0RQ 07879 604775 @ [email protected] 826025 Exmoor Pony 07/04/1994 Mrs S. McGeever Exmoor Pony Yes Society Woodmans Brithem Bottom Cullompton Devon EX15 1NB 01884 839930 01884 839930 Freephone: 0845 607 5350 @ [email protected] www.exmoorponysociety.org.uk 826027 Fell Pony Society 18/10/1996 Mrs Katherine Wilkinson Fell Pony Yes Bank House Boroughgate Appleby Cumbria, CA16 6XF Tel/Fax: 01768 353 100 @ [email protected] www.fellponysociety.org.uk
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United List of bodies referred to in Article 2 (c) of Directive 90/427/EEC officially approved or recognised for Version (21 March 2018) Kingdom maintaining or establishing studbooks 826028 Fjord Horse 14/04/1994 Ms L Moran (Secretary) Fjord No National Stud- Cilyblaidd Manor book Association Pencarreg of Great Britain Nr Lampeter Carmarthenshire SA40 9QL 01570 480090 @ [email protected] www.fjord-horse.co.uk 826029 Friesian Horse 15/11/1995 Sarah Dobson Friesian No Association of C/o Greenbank Farm Great Britain and Aynsome Lane Ireland Ltd Cartmel Cumbria LA11 7ST Mobile: 07538 584500 Tracey Venter - Mobile: 07776 145424 @ [email protected] www.fhagbi.co.uk
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United List of bodies referred to in Article 2 (c) of Directive 90/427/EEC officially approved or recognised for Version (21 March 2018) Kingdom maintaining or establishing studbooks 826030 Hackney Horse 07/04/1994 Mrs D Hicketts, Hackney Yes Society Haydon Farm Cottages Horse Sutton Parva Tytherington Warminster BA12 7AF 01985 840717 01985 840616 @ [email protected] www.hackney-horse.org.uk 826065 Haflinger Society 13/03/2003 Mrs Patricia Harrison Haflinger No of Great Britain Heyhead Farm Cottage Rochdale Road Britinnia, Bacup Lancashire OL13 9XF 01706 874 250 @ [email protected] www.haflingersgb.com 826031 Highland Pony 28/11/1995 Susie Robertson Highland Pony Yes Society Secretary Grosvenor House Shore Road Perth PH2 8BD 01738 451861 01738 451861 @ [email protected] WWW www.highlandponysociety.com
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United List of bodies referred to in Article 2 (c) of Directive 90/427/EEC officially approved or recognised for Version (21 March 2018) Kingdom maintaining or establishing studbooks 826032 Icelandic Horse Freija Glansdorp Icelandic No Society Of Great Studbook Office Britain Sunny Lawn, Tweentown, Cheddar, BS27 3JE 07855 248575 @ [email protected] www.ihsgb.co.uk
826033 International 15/04/1994 Davina Whiteman International Yes Miniature Horse Or Miniature and Pony Society Francheska Owen Pony Building 141 Alconbury, Weald, Huntingdon, Cambs, PE28 4WX 01892 835 999 @ [email protected] www.imhps.com
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United List of bodies referred to in Article 2 (c) of Directive 90/427/EEC officially approved or recognised for Version (21 March 2018) Kingdom maintaining or establishing studbooks 826035 Lipizzaner Lynn Moran (Secretary) Lipizzaner No National Studbook Cilyblaidd Manor, Association of Pencarreg, Great Britain Nr Lampeter, Carmarthenshire SA40 9QL 01570 480090 @ [email protected] www.lipizzanerhorse.com 826070 Lipizzaner Society 14/08/2003 Starrock Stud Lipizzaner No of Great Britain Bish Mill (LSGB) South Molton Devon EX36 4EH 01769 551 773 @ [email protected] www.lipizzaner.co.uk 826081 Lusitano Breed 07/04/1994 Morwenna Hext Howe Lusitano No Society of Great 2 Fron Oleu, Britain est 1984 Boduan, Pwllheli, LL53 8YE 07764901955 Mobile: 07710 171004 @ [email protected] http://www.lusobreedsociety.co.uk/
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United List of bodies referred to in Article 2 (c) of Directive 90/427/EEC officially approved or recognised for Version (21 March 2018) Kingdom maintaining or establishing studbooks
826037 National Pony 29/03/1994 Simon Cooper - Director British Riding Yes Society Sanders Road Pony Wellingborough Northants NN8 4BX 01933 304868 @ [email protected] www.nationalponysociety.org.uk 826038 New Forest Pony 07/04/1994 Mrs Jane Murray New Forest Yes Breeding & Cattle Deepslade House Pony Society Ringwood Road Bransgore Hants BH23 8AA / 01425 672775 @ [email protected] www.newforestpony.com 372414 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Horse Board Irish Sport Horse Board Co- Office Suite Horse/ Irish Op Society Ltd Meadows Equestrian Centre Draught Horse Embankment Road, Lurgan Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland BT66 6NE 028 3834 3355 028 3832 5332 @ [email protected] www.nihorseboard.org
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United List of bodies referred to in Article 2 (c) of Directive 90/427/EEC officially approved or recognised for Version (21 March 2018) Kingdom maintaining or establishing studbooks 826077 Selle 30/06/2004 Selle Francais No No longer authorised to issue Francais/EquiCour or update horse passports. Passports issued or updated prior to February 2012 will remain valid.
The French Mother Studbook Organisation, Association has taken over administration of these passports. Their contact details are as follows: Nationale du Selle Francais 56 avenue Henri Ginoux 92190 Montrouge France Email : [email protected]
826039 Shetland Pony 22/04/1994 Claire Lindsay – Office manager Shetland Pony Yes Stud-Book Society Shetland House 22 York Place Perth Scotland PH2 8EH 01738 623471 01738 458765 @ [email protected] WWW www.shetlandponystudbooksociety.co.uk
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United List of bodies referred to in Article 2 (c) of Directive 90/427/EEC officially approved or recognised for Version (21 March 2018) Kingdom maintaining or establishing studbooks 826040 Shire Horse 29/03/1994 David Ralley-Davies – Registrar Shire Horse Yes Society Shire Farm, Rockingham Castle and Farm, Uppingham Road, Rockingham, Market Harborough, LE16 8TP 01536 771611 01733 370038 @ [email protected] @ [email protected] www.shire-horse.org.uk 826041 Sport Horse 11/03/1994 Catherine Burdock British Sport Handle the administration of Breeding of Great 96 High Street Horse The Scottish Sports Horse Britain Edenbridge, Kent passports from 18/08/16 TN8 5AR 01732 866277 01732 867464 @[email protected] @[email protected] www.sporthorsegb.co.uk
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United List of bodies referred to in Article 2 (c) of Directive 90/427/EEC officially approved or recognised for Version (21 March 2018) Kingdom maintaining or establishing studbooks 826043 Suffolk Horse 11/03/1994 Claire Thurlow Suffolk Horse Yes Society Suite 8, Britannia House Bentwaters Business Park Rendlesham Suffolk IP12 2TW 01394 380643 @ [email protected] www.suffolkhorsesociety.org.uk
826053 The Caspian 14/02/2000 Caspian No No longer authorised to issue Breed Society Horse or update passports. Any (UK) passports issued by this organisation whilst they were authorised remain valid.
Caspian Horse Society have taken over administration of these passports. 826072 The Clydesdale 18/08/2003 Ian A Roy Clydesdale Horse Society 7 Turretbank Place Crieff PH7 4LS 07720895870 @ [email protected] www.clydesdalehorsesociety.com
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United List of bodies referred to in Article 2 (c) of Directive 90/427/EEC officially approved or recognised for Version (21 March 2018) Kingdom maintaining or establishing studbooks 826068 The Gypsy Cob 17/07/2003 Gypsy Cob Yes No longer authorised to issue Society Ltd or update horse passports. Gypsy Cob Society passports issued or updated before 25/10/2010 remain valid.
The Lipizzaner National Stud Book Association of Great Britain have taken over administration of these passports. 826034 The Irish Draught 07/04/1994 Brian Gates Irish Draught No Horse Society The Forge (GB) Avenue B, 10th Street Stoneleigh Park Warwickshire CV8 2LG 08452 300 399 02476 697 295 @ [email protected] www.idhsgb.com
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United List of bodies referred to in Article 2 (c) of Directive 90/427/EEC officially approved or recognised for Version (21 March 2018) Kingdom maintaining or establishing studbooks 826047 The Scottish 29/05/1998 Jackie Halley Sports Horses No No longer authorised to issue Sports Horse Balcormo Farm, Nr Leven, Fife, KY8 5QF or update passports. Any 0844 846 5220 passport issued by this @ [email protected] organisation before 18/08/16 www.scottishsportshorse.co.uk remains valid.
Sports Horse Breeding of Great Britain have taken over administration of these passports 826060 The Sports Pony 14/06/2006 Philippa Cole Sport Ponies No Studbook Society The Last House Keysoe Row West Keysoe Bedfordshire MK44 2JJ 07703566066 @ [email protected] www.sportpony.org.uk
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United List of bodies referred to in Article 2 (c) of Directive 90/427/EEC officially approved or recognised for Version (21 March 2018) Kingdom maintaining or establishing studbooks 826042 The Spotted No longer authorised to issue Horse & Pony or update passports. Any Society passports issued by this organisation whilst they were authorised remain valid.
The British Spotted Pony Society have taken over administration of these passports.
The administration of special category passports (non- spotted horses and ponies) has been taken over by Pet ID Equine. 826056 The Standard and 14/04/1991 Mr Brian G Peachy - Director & Trotting Horse Company Secretary Association of STAGBI Great Britain and Dulais Centre Ireland Pontfaen Rd Lampeter SA48 7BN 01570 423377 01597 850033 @ [email protected] http://www.standardbred.org
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United List of bodies referred to in Article 2 (c) of Directive 90/427/EEC officially approved or recognised for Version (21 March 2018) Kingdom maintaining or establishing studbooks 826089 The Traditional 15/06/2012 Andrea Betteridge - Director Traditional Yes Gypsy Cob TGCA, Gypsy Cob Association Ltd PO Box 1120, (GB) Canterbury, CT1 9UL 07725 832192 @[email protected] www.tgca.co.uk 826045 Trakehner 28/09/1995 Mrs Susan Attew Chairman Trakehner No Breeders Holme Park Stud Fraternity Bedford Road Northill Bedfordshire SG18 9AL 01767 685705 Mobile: +44 7803 271110 Fax: +44 (0) 1767 689 902 @[email protected] www.trakehners.uk.com
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United List of bodies referred to in Article 2 (c) of Directive 90/427/EEC officially approved or recognised for Version (21 March 2018) Kingdom maintaining or establishing studbooks 826087 UK Knabstrupper 13/03/2008 Knabstrupper No No longer authorised to issue Association or update passports. Any passports issued by this organisation whilst they were authorised remain valid.
Owners of horses with these passports may approach any UK Passport Issuing Organisation to have them updated. 826071 United Saddlebred 08/08/2003 Ms Dorothy Hasty No Association UK 24 Coton Grove Ltd Shirley Solihull West Midlands B90 1BS 07941 812212 @[email protected] www.american-saddlebred.co.uk
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United List of bodies referred to in Article 2 (c) of Directive 90/427/EEC officially approved or recognised for Version (21 March 2018) Kingdom maintaining or establishing studbooks 8260GB Weatherbys main 11/03/1994 Simon Cooper - Director Thoroughbred Yes GSB NTR Weatherbys Ltd & Non Sanders Road, Thoroughbred Wellingborough Register Northants, NN8 4BX 01933 440 077 01933 304758 @ [email protected] www.weatherbys.co.uk 826046 Welsh Pony & 14/04/1994 Iola Lloyd-Hughes Welsh Pony & Yes Cob Society Company Secretary Cob Welsh Pony & Cob Society Bronaeron, Felinfach Lampeter Ceredigion SA48 8AG 01570 471754 01570 470435 @ [email protected] www.wpcs.uk.com
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Contact point for attestations referred to in Article 19 (c) is:
Equine ID Team Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 5A Nobel House 17 Smith Square, London SWIP 3JR
E-mail enquiries: [email protected]
03459 33 55 77
Privacy policy
If you want to know what personal data you have provided and is held about you, you should contact the relevant PIO in the first instance – they are required to tell you how they process and safeguard your data, and who you should contact about this.
In turn we collect and store all horse passport data on the government’s Central Equine Database. This database can only be accessed by the UK government, devolved administrations and enforcement authorities (local authorities and police).
If you want to know how we use the personal data held about you on the Central Equine Database, you should contact Defra’s Equine ID Team at [email protected]
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