Guidance

Horse passport issuing organisations that manage studbooks in the UK and are based in Great Britain

Updated 14 November 2024

Horse passport issuing organisations based in Great Britain approved to issue registered passports (includes studbooks) in the United Kingdom

In accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/262 (Article 6) (retained in UK law).

Last updated: August 2024

You can get a passport application form from an approved Passport Issuing Organisation (PIO).

Table 1: PIOs recognised to manage horses for competition or racing.
Table 2: PIOs approved to manage a breed studbook.

Table 1: List of Great Britain-based bodies that are the national branch of an international organisation or association which manages horses for competition or racing

Referred to in Article 5(1)(b) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/262.

Name	Contact details	Universal Equine Life Number (UELN)	Approval date	National branch or international organisation	Competition or racing details	Remarks
British Equestrian Federation (BEF)	Jenalynn Ancliff Abbey Park Stareton Kenilworth  Warwickshire  CV8 2RH  Telephone: 0247 669 8872  Email: [email protected]  Website: www.britishequestrian.org.uk	826051	Not applicable	BEF is the national branch of the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI)	FEI competition horses of all breeds	BEF insert the passport within an FEI Recognition Card, which gives ‘registered’ status to the horse
Hurlingham Polo Association (HPA)	Anna Hall (Chief Executive)  Unit 2, Park Farm Akeman Street  Kidlington  Oxfordshire  OX5 3JQ  Telephone: 01367 242 828  Email: [email protected]  Website: www.hpa-polo.co.uk/	826052	February 2018 (for registered passports)	HPA is the international organisation for the sport of polo	Polo competitions	Defra formally recognised HPA as the international

Table 2: List of Great Britain-based bodies officially approved or recognised for maintaining or establishing studbooks

Referred to in Article 5(1)(a) of Regulation 2015/262 under Regulation (EU) 2016/1012

Name	Name of breed	Contact details	Universal Equine Life Number (UELN)	Approval date	Studbook of origin of the breed	Remarks
American Miniature Horse Club GB	American Miniature Horse	New Close Farm  Calf Fallow Lane  Norton  Stockton on Tees  TS20 1PQ  Mobile: 07976 852 634  Email: [email protected]  Website:www.mhcgb.co.uk/	826078	30 June 2004	No	Not applicable
American Quarter Horse Association UK	American Quarter Horse	Ruth O’Reilly  8 Holt Leys  Southam  Warwickshire  CV47 1FP  Mobile: 07894 480 736  Email: [email protected]  Website:www.aqha-uk.org	826012	29 April 1994	No	Not applicable
American Saddlebred Association of Great Britain	American Saddlebreds and part breeds	No longer authorised to issue or update horse passports. See remarks column for full details.	826063	29 January 2003	No	Any passports issued by this organisation whilst they were authorised remain valid. Sport Horse Breeding of Great Britain have taken over administration of these passports.
Anglo-European Studbook Ltd	Anglo-European	Steve Lamb  Anglo European Studbook  New Barn Farm  Capel Road  Rusper  West Sussex  RH12 4PZ  Telephone: 01293 871 701  Email: [email protected]  Website:www.angloeuropeanstudbook.co.uk/	826002	29 March 1994	Yes	Not applicable
Appaloosa Horse Club (ApHC) UK Ltd	Appaloosa	Auriol Thorne (Registrar)  2a Dryden Way  Liphook  Hampshire  GU30 7QB  Mobile: 07827 858 120  Email: [email protected] or [email protected]  Website: www.aphcuk.org/	826058	Not applicable	No	Not applicable
Arab Horse Society	Arab and Anglo-Arab	Mrs Karin Swanson  The registration department  Agriculture House  Charnham Lane  Hungerford  Berkshire  17 0EY  Telephone: 01672 521 411 or 01672 520 880  Email: [email protected]  Website: www.arabhorsesociety.org	826044	11 March 1994	No	There is no ‘mother studbook’ as the Arab is regarded as the World Arabian Horse Organization (WAHO) as an international breed
British Appaloosa Society	Appaloosa	Paula Moore (Registrar)  Orchard Farm  Goole Road  Moorends  Doncaster  South Yorkshire  DN8 4JY  Mobile: 07539 352 843  Email: [email protected]  Website: www.appaloosa.org.uk	826005	7 April 1994	No	Not applicable
British Association for the purebred Spanish Horse Ltd (BAPSH)	Purebred Spanish Horse (PRE), Hispano- árabe (Há) Horse, PRE- Fusion Horse, Spanish Spotted Saddle Horse, and Spanish-Norman Horse	Miss M McBryde  Holly Trees Farm  Chesterblade Road  Stoney Stratton  Shepton Mallet  Somerset  BA4 4EQ  Mobile: 07887 890 098 or Telephone: 01749 838 791  Email: [email protected]  Website: www.bapsh.co.uk	826003	7 April 1994	No for the PRE Horse and the Há Horse Yes, for the PRE- Fusion Horse, Spanish Spotted Saddle Horse and Spanish-Norman Horse	The PRE-Fusion breeding programme was approved on 6 August 2019. The Spanish-Norman Horse breeding programme was approved on 24 February 2021. The Spanish Spotted Saddle Horse breeding programme was approved on 26 July 2021.
British Camargue Horse Society	Camargue	No longer authorised to issue or update horse passports. See remarks column for full details.	826080	11 March 2005	No	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.
British Connemara Pony Society	British Connemaras	Mrs G Tillin (Executive Secretary)  24 Mount Pleasant Road  Alton  Hampshire  GU34 1NN  Telephone: 0845 604 9690  Email: [email protected]  Website: www.britishconnemaras.co.uk	826023	7 April 1994	Not applicable	Not applicable
British Hanoverian Horse Society (BHHS)	Hanoverian	Kate Eaton  British Hanoverian Horse Society  PO Box 10740  Sutton-in-Ashfield  NG17 37G  Mobile: 07479 366 046  Email: [email protected]  Website:www.hanoverian-gb.org.uk	826006	7 April 1994	No	Not applicable
British Miniature Horse Society	British Miniature Horse	Mrs Wendy Edgar (Registrar)  British Miniature Horse Society  Strecholt Farm  Red Lane Strecholt  Bridgewater  Somerset  TA6 4SR  Telephone 01278 685 943 or 01278 684954  Email: [email protected]  Website:www.bmhs.co.uk/	826008	11 March 1994	Yes	Not applicable
British Morgan Horse Society (BMHS)	Morgan Horse	Trudy Connolly  BMHS Monnington Court  Monnington-on-Wye  Hereford  HR4 7NL  Telephone: 01981 500 488  Email: [email protected] or [email protected]  Website:www.morganhorse.org.uk/	826009	30 June 2004	No	Not applicable
British Palomino Society	Palomino	The British Palomino Society c/o Pedigree Livestock Services  Holme House  The Dale  Ainstable  Carlisle  CA4 9RH  Telephone: 01768 870 522  Email: [email protected]  Website: www.thebritishpalominosociety.co.uk	826010	14 April 1994	No	Not applicable
British Percheron Horse Society	Percheron	Mrs Rowena McDermott  3 Field Barn Cottages  North Charford  Breamore  Fordingbridge  SP6 2DW  Telephone: 01725 511 047  Email: [email protected] or [email protected]  Website:www.percheron.org.uk	826011	18 June 1996	No	Not applicable
British Skewbald & Piebald Association	Skewbald and Piebald	Sandra Lawrence  Stanley House  Silt Drove  Tipps End Welney Wisbech  Cambridge  PE14 9SL  Telephone: 01354 638 226  Email: [email protected]  Website: www.bspaonline.com	826013	7 April 1994	No	Not applicable
British Spotted Pony Society (BSPS)	British Spotted Pony	Rosie Perry-Evans (Registrar)  92 Main Street Halton Village  Runcorn  Cheshire  WA7 2AX  Mobile: 07539072353  Email: [email protected]  Website:www.britishspottedponysociety.co.uk	826015	20 February 1996	Yes	BSPS handle, the spotted Horse & Pony Society (SHAPS) passports updates. Except for SHAPS special category passports (non-spotted horses and ponies), these are handled by Pet-ID equine.
British Warmblood Breeders Studbook UK (formerly British Warmblood Society)	British Warm Blood	Mrs Sue Wason (Chairman)  Lower Tredenham Lanivet  Bodmin  Cornwall  PL30 5HL  Telephone: 01208 832 940 or 01208 831 956  Email: [email protected]  Website:www.bwbs.co.uk	826016	11 March 1994	Yes	Not applicable
Caspian Horse Society	Caspian Horse	Ruth Staines (Registrar)  31 The Leys  Chipping Norton  Oxfordshire  OX7 5HJ  Telephone: 01608 642 076  Email: [email protected]  Website:www.caspianhorsesociety.org.uk	826017	14 February 2000	Yes	Not applicable
Cleveland Bay Horse Society	Cleveland Bay	Mrs Norma Wilson  Cleveland Bay Horse Society  Hargill Hall  Hargill Road  Howden le Wear  Crook County Durham  DL15 8HL  Mobile: 07895 535 147  Email: [email protected]  Website: www.clevelandbay.com	826018	19 August 1998	Yes	Not applicable
Coloured Horse and Pony Society (CHAPS)	Coloured Horse and Ponies	Caroline Hamilton (Registrar)  CHAPS UK Newton Red House  Mitford Morpeth  Northumberland  NE61 3QW  Telephone: 01522 703 784  Passport and administration office:  Grange Cottage  North Scarle Road  Wigsley  Newark  Nottinghamshire  NG23 7EU  Email: [email protected]  Website: www.chapsuk.com	826054	18 June 1998	No	Not applicable
Dales Pony Society	Dales Pony	The Dales Pony Society  Hollybrush Farm  Littlebeck  Whitby  North Yorkshire  YO22 5HY  Mobile: 07877 316 864 Email: [email protected]  Website: www.dalespony.org	826020	7 April 1994	Yes	Not applicable
Dartmoor Pony Society	Dartmoor Pony	Mr Christopher Grant (Secretary)  Registered Office Birks Cottage Farm  Heddon on the Wall  Newcastle upon Tyne  NE15 0HF  Telephone: 01914 290 400  Email: [email protected]  Website: www.dartmoorponysociety.com  Passport Officer:  Mrs C Lovat  Dartmoor Pony Society  Hutton Grange Farm  Great Rollright  Chipping Norton  OX7 5SQ  Email: [email protected]	826021	7 April 1994	Yes	Not applicable
Donkey Breed Society	Donkey	Mrs Carol Morse  The Hermitage (societies company office)  Pootings  Edenbridge  Kent  TN8 6SD  Telephone: 01732 864 414  Email: [email protected]  Website: www.donkeybreedsociety.co.uk  Passport office address:  Nicola Stuart  Balcarres Farm  Crawford  Skelmersdale Lancashire  WN98 9QP  Mobile: 07917 681 666  Email: [email protected]	826022	14 April 1994	Yes	Not applicable
Eriskay Pony (purebred) – Studbook Society. Comann Each nan, Eilean Ltd	Eriskay Pony	Sandra McInnes (Secretary)  Scrien View  BallaIsle of Eriskay  Outer Hebrides  HS8 5JL  Telephone: 01878 720 214  Email: [email protected]  Website: https://www.eriskaypony.scot/	826061	29 April 2002	Yes	Not applicable
Eriskay Pony Society Ltd	Eriskay Pony	Lorna Holden c/o Sinclair Four Winds  Lady Ileene Road  Tarbet  Argyll  PA29 6TU  Telephone: 07795 222 469  Email: [email protected]  Website:https://www.eriskaypony.org	826024	28 November 1995	Yes	Not applicable
Exmoor Pony Society	Exmoor Pony	Jay Gee (Secretary)  The Exmoor Pony Society  Little Ash Farm Cottage  Ash Lane  Withypool  TA24 7RR  Telephone: 01643 851 777 or Mobile: 07340 223 177  Email: [email protected]  Website: www.exmoorponysociety.org.uk  Societies registered office (Not for general correspondence):  1 Bancks Street  Minehead  TA24 5DJ	826025	7 April 1994	Yes	Not applicable
Fell Pony Society	Fell Pony	Mrs Katherine Wilkinson  Bank House  Boroughgate Appleby  Cumbria  CA16 6XF  Telephone: 01768 353 100  Email: [email protected]  Website: www.fellponysociety.org.uk	826027	18 October 1996	Yes	Not applicable
Fjord Horse National Studbook Association of Great Britain	Fjord	Ms L Moran (Secretary)  Cilyblaidd Manor  Pencarreg  Near Lampeter  Carmarthenshire  SA40 9QL  Telephone: 01570 480 090  Email: [email protected]  Website: www.fjord-horse.co.uk	826028	14 April 1994	No	Not applicable
Friesian Horse UK	Friesian Fusion and Friesian Sport	Linda Kodola Friesian Horse UK  3rd Suite  207 Regent Street  London  England  W1B 3HH Telephone: 0203 953 5706 Email: [email protected]  Website: friesiansporthorse.co.uk  friesianfusion.co.uk	826091	9 October 2023	No	Not applicable
Hackney Horse Society	Hackney Horse	Mrs Rebecca Hathaway-White  Pembroke Farm  The High Street  Tilshead  Wiltshire  SP3 4RX  Telephone: 01985 840 717  Email: [email protected]  Website: www.hackney-horse.org.uk	826030	7 April 1994	Yes	Not applicable
Haflinger Society of Great Britain	Haflinger	Mrs Donna Sutton  Lower Mount Pleasant Farm Sixteen Foot Bank Chatteris  Cambridgeshire  PE16 6FP  Mobile: 07821 942 090  Email: [email protected]  Website:www.haflingersgb.com	826065	13 March 2003	No	Not applicable
Highland Pony Society	Highland Pony	Susie Robertson (Secretary)  Highland Pony Society  Garbh Allt House  Maidenplain Place  Aberuthven  Perthshire  PH3 1EL  Telephone: 01764 664 000  Email: [email protected]  Website: www.highlandponysociety.com	826031	28 November 1995	Yes	Not applicable
Icelandic Horse Society of Great Britain	Icelandic	Freija Glansdorp  45 High Street  Haverfordwest  Pembrokeshire  SA61 2BP  Telephone: 07855 248 575  Email: [email protected]  Website: www.ihsgb.co.uk	826032	Not applicable	No	Not applicable
International Miniature Horse and Pony Society	International Miniature Pony	Sharon Duxbury  10 Trent Close  Bideford  Devon  EX39 4DW  Mobile: 07787 644 408  Email: [email protected]  Website: www.imhps.com	826033	15 April 1994	Yes	Not applicable
Lipizzaner National Studbook Association of Great Britain	Lipizzaner	Lynn Moran (Secretary)  Cilyblaidd Manor  Pencarreg  Near Lampeter  Carmarthenshire  SA40 9QL  Telephone: 01570 480 090  Email: [email protected]  Website: www.lipizzanerhorse.org	826035	Not applicable	No	Not applicable
Lipizzaner Society of Great Britain (LSGB)	Lipizzaner	Starrock Stud  Bish Mill  South Molton  Devon  EX36 4EH  Telephone: 01769 551 773  Email: [email protected]  Website:www.lipizzaner.co.uk	826070	18 August 2003	No	Not applicable
The Lusitano Breed Society of Great Britain	Lusitano	Ida de Fouw 1 Wimbish Hall Cottages Maple Lane Wimbish  Saffron Walden  CB10 2XG Telephone: 0345 067 8079 charged at standard rate Email: [email protected]  Website www.lusitanosociety.co.uk	826081	7 April 1994	No	Not applicable
National Pony Society	British Riding Pony	Heather Abrahall  National Pony Society  Arthur Rank Centre  Stoneleigh Park  Warwichshire  CV8 2LG  Telephone: 01420 88333  Email: [email protected]  Website: www.nationalponysociety.com	826037	29 March 1994	Yes	Not applicable
New Forest Pony Breeding & Cattle Society	New Forest Pony	Mrs Jane Murray  Deepslade House  Ringwood Road  Bransgore  Hampshire  BH23 8AA  Telephone: 01425 672 775  Email: [email protected]  Website: www.newforestpony.com	826038	7 April 1994	Yes	Not applicable
Selle Francais/Equi Cour	Selle Francais	No longer authorised to issue or update horse passports. See remarks column for full details.	826077	30 June 2004	No	Passports issued or updated prior to February 2012 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]
Shetland Pony Stud-Book Society	Shetland Pony	Claire Lindsay (Office manager)  Shetland House  22 York Place  Perth  Scotland  PH2 8EH  Telephone: 01738 623 471  Email: [email protected]  Website: www.shetlandponystudbooksociety.co.uk	826039	22 April 1994	Yes	Not applicable
Shire Horse Society	Shire Horse	Victoria Clayton (CEO)  Shire Horse Society  The Old Dairy  Rockingham Castle  Market Harborough  LE16 8TH  Telephone: 01536 771 611  Email: [email protected] or [email protected]  Website: www.shire-horse.org.uk	826040	29 March 1994	Yes	Not applicable
Sport Horse Breeding of Great Britain	British Sport Horse	Catherine Burdock  96 High Street  Edenbridge  Kent  TN8 5AR  Telephone: 01732 866 277  Email: [email protected] or [email protected]  Website: www.sporthorsegb.co.uk	826041	11 March 1994	Not applicable	They have handled the administration of The Scottish Sports Horse passports from 18 August 2016
Suffolk Horse Society	Suffolk Horse	Mark Donsworth (Chairman) Suite 8, Britannia House  Base Business Park  Rendlesham  Suffolk  IP12 2TZ  Telephone: 01394 380 643  Email: [email protected]  Website:www.suffolkhorsesociety.org.uk	826043	11 March 1994	Yes	Not applicable
The Caspian Breed Society (UK)	Caspian Horse	No longer authorised to issue or update horse passports. See remarks column for full details.	826053	14 February 2000	No	Any passports issued by this organisation whilst they were authorised remain valid. Caspian Horse Society have taken over administration of these passports.
The Clydesdale Horse Society	Clydesdale	Ian A Roy  7 Turret bank Place  Crieff  PH7 4LS  Mobile: 07720 895 870  Email: [email protected]  Website:www.clydesdalehorsesociety.com	826072	18 August 2003	Not applicable	Not applicable
The Falabella Studbook (TFS) (Formerly known as British Falabella Studbook)	Falabella	Mrs Stella Dutchyn TFS 83 High Street  Walcott Lincoln  Lincolnshire  LN4 3SW  Mobile: 07966 576 061  Email: [email protected]  Website: http://thefalabellastudbook.com/	826079	23 August 2019	No	Passports for Falabella horses are now provided by the International Miniature Horse and Pony Society (IMHPS). Horse passports issued by BFS prior to 12 October 2011 are administered by Pet ID.
The Gypsy Cob Society Ltd	Gypsy Cob	No longer authorised to issue or update horse passports. See remarks column for full details.	826068	17 July 2003	Yes	Gypsy Cob Society passports issued or updated before 25 October 2010 remain valid. The Lipizzaner National Stud Book Association of Great Britain have taken over administration of these passports.
The Irish Draught Horse Society (IDHS) (GB)	Irish Draught	Miss Helena Davies (Secretary) IDHS (GB) Passports  Holme House  The Dale  Ainstable  Carlisle  CA4 9RH  Telephone: 01768 870 523  Email: [email protected]  Website www.idhsgb.org.uk	826034	7 April 1994	No	Not applicable
The Scottish Sports Horse	Sports Horses	No longer authorised to issue or update horse passports. See remarks column for full details.	826047	29 May 1998	No	Any passport issued by this organisation before 18 August 2016 remains valid. Sports Horse Breeding of Great Britain have taken over administration of these passports
The Sports Pony Studbook Society	Sport Ponies	Philippa Cole  The Last House  Keysoe Row  West Keysoe  Bedfordshire  MK44 2JJ  Mobile: 07703 566 066  Email: [email protected]  Website:www.sportpony.org.uk	826060	14 June 2006	No	Not applicable
The Spotted Horse & Pony Society	Spotted Horse’s and Ponies	No longer authorised to issue or update horse passports. See remarks column for full details.	826042	Not applicable	Not applicable	Any 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.
The Standard Bred and Trotting Horse Association of Great Britain and Ireland (STAGBI)	Not applicable	Mrs Gwenan Thomas (Company Secretary)  STAGBI Room 2 Creuddyn Pontfaen Road  Lampeter  SA48 7BN  Telephone: 01570 429 361 or Mobile: 07581 438 805  Email: [email protected]  Website: http://www.standardbred.org The registered office address:  Sandy Lane Farm  Sandy Lane  Matlock  Derbyshire  DE4 5LD	826056	14 April 1991	Not applicable	Not applicable
The Traditional Gypsy Cob Association (TGCA) Ltd (GB)	Traditional Gypsy Cob	Andrea Betteridge (Director)  TGCA  PO Box 1120 Canterbury  CT1 9UL  Mobile: 07725 832 192  Email: [email protected]  Website: www.tgca.co.uk	826089	15 June 2012	Yes	Not applicable
Trakehner Breeders Fraternity	Trakehner	Mrs Susan Attew (Chairman) Holme Park Stud  Bedford Road  Northillv Bedfordshire  SG18 9AL  Telephone: 01767 685 705 or Mobile: 07803 271 110  Email: [email protected]  Website: www.trakehners.uk.com	826045	28 September 1995	No	Not applicable
United Kingdom Friesian Horse Studbook (FHAGBI t/a UKFHS)	Friesian	Ruth Sheikh (Registrar) Chippenham Stud  Parkside  Chippenham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5PX  Telephone: 07307 063 939  Email: [email protected]  Website: www.fhagbi.co.uk  Passport administrator:  Gaynor Morris  Mobile: 07898 891 039  Email: [email protected]	826029	15 November 1995	No	FHAGBI are now trading as UKFHS Any passports issued by FHAGBI, UKFS or UKFHA will remain valid.
UK Knabstrupper Association	Knabstrupper	No longer authorised to issue or update horse passports. See remarks column for full details.	826087	13 March 2008	No	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.
United Saddlebred Association UK Ltd	Saddlebred	No longer authorised to issue or update horse passports. See remarks column for full details.	826071	8 August 2003	No	Any passports issued by this organisation whilst they were authorised remain valid. The British Morgan Horse Society have taken over administration of these passports.
Weatherbys main General Studbook Non-Thoroughbred Register	Thoroughbred and Non-Thoroughbred Register	Simon Cooper (Director)  Weatherbys Ltd  Sanders Road  Wellingborough  Northamptonshire  NN8 4BX  Telephone: 01933 440 077  Email: [email protected]  Website: www.weatherbys.co.uk	8260GB	11 March 1994	Yes	Not applicable
Welsh Pony & Cob Society	Welsh ponies and Cobs and their part- breds	Company Secretary  Welsh Pony & Cob Society  Bronaeron  Felinfach  Lampeter  Ceredigion  SA48 8AG  Telephone 01570 471 754  Email: [email protected]  Website: www.wpcs.uk.com	826046	14 April 1994	Yes	Not applicable

Contact us

Contact point for attestations referred to in Article 36 (2) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/262 is:

Defra Equine ID Team
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Seacole Building
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF

Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 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 UK 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].