Livestock movements, identification and tracing: horses - organisations issuing horse passports
- List of Organisations and Associations that have been authorised to issue horse passports in the UK
- Organisations that do not manage a studbook but are authorised to issue horse passports under Domestic Horse Passports Regulations
List of Organisations and Associations that have been authorised to issue horse passports in the UK (i.e. equine studbook societies that have been recognised under Commission Decision 92/353/EEC)
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| Name of Organisation |
Unique Equine Life Number
(UELN) Prefix |
Address |
Opening hours Telephone, Fax Web and E-mail Address (where available) |
If limited to certain breeds
(N.B. Some Breed Societies accept registration for part bred horses)
Name of the Breed(s) |
| American Miniature Horse Club GB | 826078 | Jill Robinson Newclose Farm Calf Fallow Lane Norton Stockton on Tees TS20 1PQ |
Opening Hours - Flexible |
American miniature horses and partbreds |
| American Quarter Horse Association UK | 826012 | Mrs Patricia Dyke Treasurer and BHS representative Acresdyke 63 Laughton Road Lubenham Market Harborough Leics LE16 9TE |
Tel: 01858 465892 Fax: 01858 462772 |
American Quarter Horse |
| American Saddlebred Association of Great Britain | 826063 | Cheryl R Lutring (President) |
Opening Hours - Flexible Tel: 01323 870977 Fax: 01323 871375 |
American Saddlebreds and part breds (25%+) |
| Anglo-European Studbook Ltd. | 826002 | Passports Office PO Box 630 Haywards Heath West Sussex BN1 2WW |
Tel: 01444 484840 Fax: 01444 484844 |
Anglo-European
|
| Appaloosa Horse Club (ApHc) UK Ltd | 826058 | Richard Chamberlain Membership Sec. |
Tel: 01745 561486 |
Appaloosa |
| Arab Horse Society | 826044 | The Registration Dept
Windsor House |
Opening Hours - 9am - 5pm Tel: 01672 521411 Fax: 01672 520880 |
Pure-bred Arab |
| British Appaloosa Society | 826005 | Suzanne Entwistle |
Tel: 01697 748347 (Evening) Mr Brian Entwistle: 01697 748347 |
Appaloosa |
| British Association for the Purebred Spanish Horse Ltd | 826003 | Miss M McBryde 32 Westfield, Bruton, Somerset, BA10 0BT |
Phone/Fax: 01749 813932 |
Purebred Spanish Horse Partbred Spanish Horse Hispano-Arabe Horse ‘PRE’ type |
| British Bavarian Warmblood Association | 826057 | Mrs Christa Jeffery Administrative Secretary Sittyton Straloch Newmachar Aberdeen AB21 0R |
Phone: 01651 8822266 |
(NB: Currently ceased trading. For queries contact the Scottish Executive on 0131 244 6174.) |
| British Camargue Horse Society | 826080 | Mrs Sarah Ling Valley Farm Riding & Driving Centre Wickham Market Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 OND |
Tel: 01728 746916 |
French Born pure bred Camargues British Born pure bred Camargues Part Bred Camargues Carmargue crosses |
| British Connemara Pony Society | 826023 | Mrs Sandra Mansell 2 East Green Bowsden Berwick Upon Tweed Northumerland TD15 2TJ |
Tel: 01289 388800 |
British Connemara |
| British Falabella Studbook | 826079 | Mrs S Dutchyn Slate House Farm Ashby de la Launde Lincoln LN4 3JJ |
Opening Hours - Flexible with an answer phone |
Pure-bred Falabellas and Part-bred Falabellas |
| British Hanoverian Horse Society | 826006 | John Shenfield Ecton Field Plantation Ecton Lane Sywell Northampton NN6 0BP |
Opening Hours - 9am - 5pm |
Hanoverian |
| British Miniature Horse Society | 826008 | Mrs Wendy Edgar Stretcholt Farm Red Lane Stretcholt Nr. Bridgwater Somerset TA6 4SR |
Opening Hours flexible to meet demand. bmhsinfo@aol.com |
British Miniature horse |
| British Morgan Horse Society | 826009 | Mrs Chris Reading The Registrar 7 Redstone Burghill Hereford HR4 7RT |
Opening Hours - Flexible (leave message and call
will be returned next working day) |
Pure and partbred Morgan horses |
| British Palomino Society | 826010 | Mrs Peter Howell Penrhiwllan Llandysul Carmarthenshire Dyfed SA44 5NZ |
Flexible office hours |
Palomino |
| British Percheron Horse Society | 826011 | Mrs Rowena Mc Dermott 3 Field Barn Cottages North Charford Breamore Fordingbridge SP6 2DW |
Tel: 01725 511 047 E-mail: passports@percheron.org.uk |
All equines |
| British Skewbald & Piebald Association | 826013 | Ms Linda Lodge |
Opening Hours - 9am - 5pm |
Skewbald & Piebald |
| British Spotted Pony Society | 826015 | Zena Jackson (Registrar) 16 Salcombe Drive Hunts Cross Liverpool L25 0LZ |
Tel: 0151 448 1108 |
British Spotted Pony |
| British Warm-Blood Society and British Sports Horse Registry | 826016 | Mrs Sue Wason Chairman Lower Tredenham Bodmin Cornwall PL30 5HL |
Opening Hours - Mon, Tue, Wed 9:30am
- 12:30pm |
British Warm-Blood |
| The
Caspian Breed Society (UK) |
826017 | Ronald Scott Sparrow Farm Lanhill Chippenham Wiltshire SN14 6LX |
Tel: 01249 782246 |
Caspian |
| The Caspian Horse Society | 826053 | Mrs Elizabeth Sharman 21 The Green Hathern Loughborough LE12 5EQ |
Opening Hours - Flexible |
Caspian |
| Cleveland Bay Horse Society | 826018 | Mr J F Stephenson/C Ogilvie York Livestock Centre Murton York YO1 3UF |
Tel: 01904 489731 |
Cleveland Bay and non Cleveland Bay Horses and Ponies |
| The Clydesdale Horse Society | 826072 | Mrs Marguerite Osborne Kinclune Kirriemuir DD8 5HX |
Opening Hours - Flexible Tel: 01575 570900 |
Clydesdales, Partbred Clydesdales |
| Coloured Horse and Pony Society (UK) | 826054 | Carolyn Mouat Newton Red House Mitford Morpeth Northumberland NG61 3QE |
Flexible Call Hours |
Coloured Horse and Ponies |
| Dales Pony Society | 826020 | Mrs J Ashby (Secretary) Greystones Glebe Avenue Bakewell Derbyshire DE45 1TY |
Opening Hours - Afternoons and Evenings |
Pure bred and part bred Dales ponies |
| Dartmoor Pony Society | 826021 | Mrs V Brown (Secretary) |
Tel: 01269 844303 |
Dartmoor Pony Part Bred Dartmoor Pony Moorland ponies |
| Donkey Breed Society | 826022 | Mrs Carol Morse The Hermitage Pootings Edenbridge Kent TN8 6SD |
Tel: 01732 864414 |
Donkeys; also horses/ponies not registered elsewhere |
| Eriskay Pony (Mother Society) - Comann Each nan Eilean Ltd | 826061 | Ms Shelia McIntosh 482 South Lochboisdale Isle of South Uist HS8 5UB |
Tel: 01878 700130 | Eriskay |
| Eriskay Pony Society | 826024 | Susan Walker Registrar 16 Bonaly Wester Colinton Edinburgh EH13 0RQ |
Tel: 0131 441 7785 E-mail: susanwalker@tinyworld.co.uk |
Eriskay |
| Exmoor Pony Society | 826025 | Mrs S. Mc Geever Woodmans Brithem Bottom Cullomton Devon EX15 1NB |
Opening Hours - 9:00am - 5:00pm |
Exmoor |
| Fell Pony Society | 826027 | Elizabeth Parkin |
Tel: 01768 353100 |
Fell |
| Fjord Horse National Stud-book Association of Great Britain | 826028 | Ms L Moran (Secretary) Cilyblaidd Manor Pencarreg Nr Lampeter Carmarthenshire SA40 9QL |
Opening Hours - Flexible from 8:00am |
Fjord |
| Fjord Horse Studbook Society Limited | 826059 | Mr David Stewart South Denhill St Katherines, Inverurie Aberdeenshire Scotland AB51 8SU |
Opening Hours - 9:00am - 5:00pm |
Pure bred Fjord (NB: This organisation no longer operates as a PIO. For queries contact the Scottish Executive on 0131 244 6178.) |
| Friesian Horse Association of Great Britain and Ireland Ltd | 826029 | Julian Atkins |
Tel: +44 (0)1977 602232 |
Friesian |
| The Gypsy Cob Society Ltd | 826068 | Craig Thompson |
Telephone - 01564 783840 |
Full-bred Gypsy Cobs |
| Hackney Horse Society | 826030 | Mrs D Hicketts, Secretary Fallowfields Little London, Heytesbury Wiltshire BA12 OES |
Flexible Opening Hours |
Hackney |
| Haflinger Society of Great Britain | 826065 | Mrs Sue Seel |
Tel: 01371 810216 |
Pure bred Haflingers and Part breds (50% haflingers blood) |
| Highland Pony Society | 826031 | Susie Robertson Secretary Grosvenor House Shore Road Perth PH2 8BD |
Tel /Fax 01738 451861 |
Highland pony |
| Icelandic Horse Society Of Great Britian | 826032 | Mike Edwards |
Opening Hours - Evenings and weekends Tel: 01489 559222 |
Icelandic |
| International Miniature Horse and Pony Society | 826033 | Mrs Katriona Milroy Farthing Hall The Street, Cressing, Essex, CM7 8DG |
Opening Hours - 9:00am - 6:00pm |
All equines |
| The Irish Draught Horse Society (GB) | 826034 | Mrs Caroline Collinssplatt (Secretary) P.O. Box 1869, Salisbury Wiltshire SP3 5XA |
Opening Hours - 9:00am - 5:00pm |
Irish Draught |
| Lipizzaner National Studbook Association of Great Britain | 826035 | Lynn Moran (Secretary) Cilyblaidd Manor, Pencarreg, Nr Lampeter, Carmarthenshire SA40 9QL |
Flexible Opening Hours from 8:00am |
Lipizzaner |
| Lipizzaner Society of Great Britain |
826070 | Starrock Stud Leopards' Lair Homelands Bish Mill SOUTH MOLTON Devon EX36 4EH Tel: 01769 551773 |
Tel: 01970 617501 |
Lipizzaner and part-bred Lipizzaner |
| Lusitano Breed Society of Great
Britain est 1984 |
826081 | Ms Eleanor Russell I Sovereign Gardens Miskin Pontyclun CF72 8SZ |
Tel : 01443 230853 |
Lusitano Horses and 50% Partbred Lusitano Horses |
| The Miniature Mediterranean Donkey Association of UK | 826066 | Jill Allen-Melvin |
Tel: 01394 450615 |
(NB: This organisation no longer operates as a PIO. Horse Passport queries should be directed to the British Driving Society.) |
| National Pony Society | 826037 | Mrs Lesley Wilkins Willingdon House, 7 The Windmills, St. Mary's Close, Turk Street, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 1EN |
Opening Hours - 8:30am - 3:30pm www.nationalponysociety.org.uk |
British Riding Pony |
| New Forest
Pony Breeding & Cattle Society |
826038 | Gill Wright |
Opening Hours - 9:00am - 12:00pm Tel/fax: 01425 672775 |
New Forest Pony |
| Northern Ireland Horse Board Co-op Society Ltd | 372414 | Mrs Charlotte Kirkpatrick |
Opening Hours - Tuesday and Thursday mornings Tel: 028 97 528 324 |
|
| Scottish Icelandic Horse Association | 826055 | Mr C Phillips, |
Flexible Opening Hours Tel: 01569 764166 |
Icelandic |
| The Scottish Sports Horse | 826047 | Jackie Aird |
Opening Hours 10am – 2pm Tel: 0870 770 8880 |
Sport Horses |
| Selle Francais/EquiCours | 826077 | Kathy Evans 31 Tillingbourne Gardens London N3 3JJ |
Opening Hours - 9:00am - 5:00pm |
Pure & Part Bred Selle Francais Horses of unknown breeding Competition Horses |
| Shetland Pony Stud-Book Society | 826039 | Elaine Ward Shetland House 22 York Place Perth Scotland PH2 8EH |
Opening Hours - 9:00am - 5:00pm |
Shetland Pony |
| Shire Horse Society | 826040 | Angela Whiteway |
Tel: 01733 234451 |
Shire |
| Sport Horse Breeding of Great Britain | 826041 | Catherine Burdock |
Opening Hours - 9:00am - 5:00pm Tel: 01732 866277 |
Sport Horse Part breds and horses of unknown breeding. |
| The Sports Pony Studbook Society | 826060 | Mrs Sarah Steggall |
Flexible Hours home line |
Sport ponies |
| The Spotted Horse & Pony Society | 826042 | c/o Zena Jackson British Spotted Pony Society 16 Salcombe Drive Hunts Cross Liverpool L25 0LZ |
Tel: 0151 448 1108 |
No longer approved to operate as a PIO. |
| The Standard and Trotting Horse Association of Great Britain and Ireland | 826056 | Mr Brian G Peachy |
Opening Hours - 9:00am - 5:00pm Tel: 0044 (0) 1597 850033 |
Standardbred and Trotting Horse |
| Suffolk Horse Society | 826043 | Mrs Hillier, Secretary |
Opening Hours - 9:00am - 5:00pm |
Suffolk |
| Trakehner Breeders Fraternity | 826045 | David Clark - Chairman Cefn Farm Llanvihangel Crucorney Abergavenny Monmouthshire NP7 8EN |
Tel: 01873 890358 |
Trakehner |
| UK Knabstrupper Association | Mrs Susan Bradburn Barnetts Farm Church Road Egleton Rutland LE15 8AD |
Website: www.ukknabs.co.uk |
Knabstrupper | |
| United Saddlebred Association UK Ltd | 826071 | Ms Rosemary Jinks |
Flexible Opening Hours Tel: 0121 430 2096 |
Pure-bred Saddlebreds Part-bred Saddlebreds All equines |
| Weatherbys main GSB NTR | 8260GB | Di Harvey |
Opening Hours - 8:30am - 5:30pm Tel: 01933 440077 |
Thoroughbreds and non-thorough breds. |
| Mr Glen Latham Weatherbys Group Ltd Sanders Road Wellingborough Northamptonshire NN8 4BX |
Tel: 00 +44 (0)1933 440077 |
Stud books approved by the International Studbook Committee (ISBC) | ||
| Welsh Pony & Cob Society | 826046 | Gian Fazey Koven Chief Officer 6 Chalybeate Street Aberystwyth Ceredigion SY23 1HP |
Opening Hours - 9:00am - 5:00pm |
Welsh Pony & Cob |
Organisations that do not manage a studbook but are authorised to issue horse passports under Domestic Horse Passports Regulations (this includes International Organisations that manage horses for competition or racing)
Name of Organisation |
Unique Equine Life Number (UELN) Prefix |
Address |
Opening hours Telephone, Fax Web and E-mail Address (where available) |
If limited to certain breeds
(N.B. Some Breed Societies accept registration for part bred horses)
Name of the Breed(s) |
| British Driving Society | 826049 | Mrs P Styles 83 New Road Helmingham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6EA |
Tel: 01473 892 001 |
All Equines eligible – competitive and non-competitive |
| British Equestrian Federation | 826051 | Mrs Maggie Moreton Executive Secretary National Agricultural Centre Stonleigh Park Nr Kenilworth Warwickshire CV8 2RH |
Tel: 0247 6698871 Fax: 0247 6696484 |
FEI competition horses all breeds |
| British Harness Racing Club | 826050 | Ms G Berry Burlington Cresent Goole East Yorks DN14 5EG |
Tel: 01405 766877 |
|
| British Horse Database - Please contact Weatherby's ID Passports for more information. |
826007 | Sanders Road Wellingborough Northants NN8 4BX |
Tel: 01933 274363 Fax: 01933 440807 |
(NB: Currently ceased trading) |
| British Horse Society | 826004 | Passport Office Stoneleigh Deer Park Kenilworth Warwickshire CV8 2XZ |
Tel: 01926 707700 |
All equines of unknown breeding |
| The British Show Horse Association (formerly British Show Hack, Cob and Riding Horse Association) |
826084 | Ms Adrianne Smyth 2 High Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1BH |
Tel: 01462 437770 |
All equines |
| British Show Jumping Association | 826064 | Ms Kate Robbins National Agricultural Centre Stoneleigh Park Kenilworth Warwicks CV8 2LR |
Tel: 02476 6988800
|
All horses |
| Farmkey | 826076 | Miss Jodie Lees |
Tel: 0870 870 7107 |
All equines |
| Horse Passport Agency
Ltd |
826069 | PO Box 6578 Derby DE74 2ZW |
Opening Hours 9:00am-5:00pm |
All horses, ponies and donkeys |
| Horse Passports Ltd |
826074 | Richard J Steel (Horse Passports) Ltd |
Opening Hours - 9:00am - 5:00pm Tel: 020 8943 0979 |
Non-pedigree and cross bred horses |
| Hurlingham Polo Association | 826052 | Mr David Wood Chief Executive Manor Farm Little Coxwell Faringdon Oxfordshire SN7 7LW |
Tel: 01367 242828 Fax: 01367 242829 |
Polo ponies |
| Irish Horse Board Co-op Society Ltd * | 372414 | Department of Agriculture and Food, |
Opening Hours - 9:00am - 5:00pm |
|
| Oakdale (NI) Ltd | 826083 | Mr Stephen Swaile, Director |
Telephone: 02838-326-222 Fax: 02838-329-959 |
All horses/ponies |
| Pet-ID UK LtdJRC Horse Passport I.O | 826073 | Ms Sarah Fry Sales Director The Barn Danworth Farm Cuckfield Road Hurstpierpoint West Sussex BN6 9GL |
Tel: 01273 837676 Fax: 01273 837683 |
All equines |
| The Pleasure Horse Society | 826067 | Nicky Griffiths |
Opening Hours - 9:00am - 5:00pm Tel: 01494 833200 (enquiries) |
Non-registered horses or ponies and horses or ponies of unknown breeding |
| Showjumping Association of Ireland - Ulster Region | 826082 | Ms Janet Currie, Secretary 109 Bolea Road, Limavady, Co Londonderry BT49 0QU |
Telephone/Fax: 02877-722-360 E-mail: JanetCurrie1948@aol.com |
All horses/ponies |
| Spotted Pony Breed Society (Great Britain) | 826026 | Angela Ward Tollbar Cottage Coach Road Butterley Park Ripley Derbys DE5 3QW |
Tel: 01773 748502 |
|
| Veteran Horse Society | 826075 | Julianne Aston Director Hendre Fawr Farm St Dogmaels Cardigan North Pembrokeshire SA43 3LZ |
Tel: 01239 881300 |
All equines |
| Weatherbys ID Passports | 826048 | Jo Rutland |
Opening Hours - 9:00am - 5:00pm Tel: 01933 440077 |
ID passports for horses of unknown breeding |
| Weatherbys (Ireland) Ltd * | 372IRE | Tara Court |
Tel: 00 353 45 879979 |
* Organisation recognised in the Republic of Ireland
Page last modified:
27 June, 2008
Page published: 12 February, 2007