Registrations

New DEFRA equine ID regulations.

A new Statutory Instrument has been placed before ​​parliament. This requires ALL horses to be microchipped by October 2020. As from October 2018, local authorities may choose to regard non compliance with the regulation as civil rather than criminal. This will make enforcement easier, penalties may include issuing compliance notices or fines up to £200. Click here for link to SI.

New Central Equine Database

Caspian passport holders please note: the CED is now 'live'. Go to www.equineregister.co.uk to sign up. You will be able to find your horse and check the details are correct.

It is a legal requirement that all horses have passports within a certain time frame and changes of ownership, castration and deaths should be reported to the Registrar within 30 days of the event. Data will be entered on the Central Equine Database. It is in your interests that up to date data should be entered.  CHS Rules and Regulations and other information can be downloaded below. Registrar email click here to obtain application and  amendment forms and with any queries you may have.

Passports issued by THE CASPIAN BREED SOCIETY (UK)

The Caspian Horse Society now administers all CBS passports. CBS passport holders should contact the CHS Registrar with their CBS passport details to ensure the data held by CHS and CED is accurate.

To obtain an amendment form with return address please contact the Registrar by email

The registration of your foal and the issue of its passport should be done at the same time. The passport is an EU legal requirement, and registration according to CHS Rules and Regulations (to download click here) ensures that Caspians throughout the world are registered following the same basic rules. It is vital that your paperwork is correct from the beginning, as this will avoid possible problems later in the horse’s life.

Your foal's sire should have a licence before use at stud.

Breeders should register a prefix before registration.

The passport should be applied for before 30 November in the year of birth or by the time it is 6 months old, whichever is the later.

Please obtain current forms from the Registrar by email

Legal responsibilities for owners in relation to equine passports: click here

Passport Issuing Organisations are required to report breaches of these regulations to enforcement officers, usually Trading Standards Officers.

Click here to download procedures for registration and passport application

Click here to download registration of prefix information

Click here to view DEFRA list of Passport Issuing Organisations

Click here to download Information on Stallion licensing

Click here to download CHS Constitution

Click here to download CHS Fees

For all enquiries and further information on the above please contact the Registrar by email

THE CHS IS AFFILIATED TO

*The Central Prefix Register

*The 826 Equine Studbooks Association

REGISTRATION DISPUTES

The Society is only a registration authority and cannot decide ownership or financial disputes, which are a matter for the courts. If you buy or lease a horse, or have a mare covered, do make sure the paperwork is correct. It really is easier to get it right at the outset than to rue the day and have an acrimonious dispute later.

Click here to download Complaints procedures

Click here to download our Data Protection Policy/Statement