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Connemara pony

  • 13-05-2020 4:11pm
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    irishguy19772
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    We have a Connemara pony since 2010. We never registered her with the dept of agriculture. Can we register her as part of the herd. We are not in the glas scheme. Any way of registering her or any point registering her?


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    Albert Johnson
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    irishguy19772 wrote: »
    We have a Connemara pony since 2010. We never registered her with the dept of agriculture. Can we register her as part of the herd. We are not in the glas scheme. Any way of registering her or any point registering her?

    I'm fairly sure you can still register her although apart from keeping to the letter of law I can't see what doing so will achieve at this stage. You'll need to get a vet to complete a marking sheet and insert a microchip before you can send off for a proper equine passport.

    Seeing as she's over 12 months old and more than likely has no breeding recorded you'll only get a basic white passport which only serves as an identity paper and will be marked non fit for human consumption. I'd advise dealing with Leisure horse Ireland in Spiddal as there much more helpful and less expensive to deal with in my experience compared to Horse sport Ireland in Naas. A new first time white passport with LHS is €30 currently to the best of my knowledge and this doesn't include whatever your vet charges for the marking sheet and microchip.

    If you haven't bred the pony and therefore don't know her history then it's possible that she had a book at some point in the past and may have a microchip already implanted. Your vet will scan for this before inserting a new chip. If there's already a chip present in the pony you can apply for a duplicate passport once your vet completes a letter stating the chip number and the reason for you requiring a duplicate book. A duplicate passport is I think €80 with LHS plus vet fees although if the pony was previously registered with HSI you'll have to deal with them and I'd have sympathy for anyone in that situation.

    If the pony is more middle aged than young it's possible she was never chipped as micro chipping only became compulsory in the last number of years. This is where the whole "clean book" issue comes from, namely a passport without a corresponding microchip number.


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