Passports and Documentation
Please refer to the MHCGB Rule Book for Rules relating to Passports.
MHCGB holds the only DEFRA approved breeding book for American Miniature Horses and their partbreds.
Your passport will state the pedigree and breed as an American Miniature Horse.
If you are a serious breeder and want your buyers to avoid any confusion as to the breed of your horse then register your horse in the UK as American.
Your passport will state the pedigree and breed as an American Miniature Horse.
If you are a serious breeder and want your buyers to avoid any confusion as to the breed of your horse then register your horse in the UK as American.
Register your new foals, imports or in fact any horses -
£25 for members.
£35 for non-members.
All horses imported into the UK and into Ireland from another country must be registered with their Equine Studbook Passport Issuing Office (PIO) within 30 days of arrival so that the National Equine Database maintained by the Government is kept fully up to date.
By law, you must register before six months of age.
Owners and addresses must be current.
Owners importing horses into the UK are required to register existing passports with an appropriate UK PIO within 30 days of completing the customs procedure. Horses imported from the US without a horse passport must apply for a passsport within 30 days of completing the customs procedure.
Equine Register Ltd (“Equine Register”) host the UK Central Equine Database (CED) on behalf of Defra. Equine Register made the new Digital Stable service available to all equine owners. This enables owners to check what data is held against their name on CED, as required by GDPR, and to flag up information that needs to be corrected. The main purpose of CED is to further protect public health by allowing the Food Standards Agency to double check (after inspecting the passport) that a horse presented for slaughter is eligible for the human food chain. In addition, enforcement bodies (notably local authorities) can search CED by microchip number to identify the owners of horses that are found to be lost, abandoned or stolen and to combat criminal activity.
£25 for members.
£35 for non-members.
All horses imported into the UK and into Ireland from another country must be registered with their Equine Studbook Passport Issuing Office (PIO) within 30 days of arrival so that the National Equine Database maintained by the Government is kept fully up to date.
By law, you must register before six months of age.
Owners and addresses must be current.
Owners importing horses into the UK are required to register existing passports with an appropriate UK PIO within 30 days of completing the customs procedure. Horses imported from the US without a horse passport must apply for a passsport within 30 days of completing the customs procedure.
Equine Register Ltd (“Equine Register”) host the UK Central Equine Database (CED) on behalf of Defra. Equine Register made the new Digital Stable service available to all equine owners. This enables owners to check what data is held against their name on CED, as required by GDPR, and to flag up information that needs to be corrected. The main purpose of CED is to further protect public health by allowing the Food Standards Agency to double check (after inspecting the passport) that a horse presented for slaughter is eligible for the human food chain. In addition, enforcement bodies (notably local authorities) can search CED by microchip number to identify the owners of horses that are found to be lost, abandoned or stolen and to combat criminal activity.
Application Process & horse owners legal responsibilities
a. Horse owners must ensure AMHCGB receives their passport application by the later of: six months from the horse’s date of birth or by 30th November in the year of birth. All applications received after 12 months of birth will be issued as a Duplicate/Replacement passport instead.
b. hand over the passport at the time of transferring ownership of the horse to another person;
c. notify AMHCGB of any change of ownership (including dealers) within 30 days of the change by submitting the physical passport for update;
d. keep the following passport details in the passport up to date and correct at all times: ownership; eligibility for slaughter for human consumption; microchip code; status as registered or breeding and production;
e. submit the passport to a PIO within 30 days for updating if any passport details have changed;
f. submit the passport (or photocopy of relevant Section) to a PIO within 14 days of a veterinary surgeon completing and signing Part II of Section II of the passport;
g. return the passport within 30 days of death or loss of the horse
h. ensure that horses born before 1 July 2009 which do not have a microchip implanted previously in accordance with Commission Regulation 504/2008 are microchipped. (Legally required for horses registered with PIOs in England since 1 October 2020)
b. hand over the passport at the time of transferring ownership of the horse to another person;
c. notify AMHCGB of any change of ownership (including dealers) within 30 days of the change by submitting the physical passport for update;
d. keep the following passport details in the passport up to date and correct at all times: ownership; eligibility for slaughter for human consumption; microchip code; status as registered or breeding and production;
e. submit the passport to a PIO within 30 days for updating if any passport details have changed;
f. submit the passport (or photocopy of relevant Section) to a PIO within 14 days of a veterinary surgeon completing and signing Part II of Section II of the passport;
g. return the passport within 30 days of death or loss of the horse
h. ensure that horses born before 1 July 2009 which do not have a microchip implanted previously in accordance with Commission Regulation 504/2008 are microchipped. (Legally required for horses registered with PIOs in England since 1 October 2020)
Owners requiring a Duplicate or Replacement passport for a UK-resident horse must complete an application form and a veterinary surgeon will need to confirm that all details describing the horse on the markings section are correct.
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Should you sell your horse which holds one of our passports, please provide the Transfer of Ownership form to the new owner.
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Microchips
All horses must have a microchip implanted by the 1st October 2020.
The Microchip number will need adding to both your equine passport and the passport issuers database. Old style passports can also be upgraded when microchip details are added.
All horses must have a microchip implanted by the 1st October 2020.
The Microchip number will need adding to both your equine passport and the passport issuers database. Old style passports can also be upgraded when microchip details are added.
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Overstamping
Passports can be overstamped at our National and Area Shows for a one off fee of £8.
We can overstamp passports issued by any other society. This is a requirement for all horses which wish to compete at our Grand Championship Shows.
As of 1st January 2021 all horses with existing EU passports residing in the UK are required to be overstamped / registered with their corresponding breeding book in the UK.
MHCGB hold the only DEFRA approved breeding book for American Miniature Horses.
Passports can be overstamped at our National and Area Shows for a one off fee of £8.
We can overstamp passports issued by any other society. This is a requirement for all horses which wish to compete at our Grand Championship Shows.
As of 1st January 2021 all horses with existing EU passports residing in the UK are required to be overstamped / registered with their corresponding breeding book in the UK.
MHCGB hold the only DEFRA approved breeding book for American Miniature Horses.
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Registration of Castration
Please have your vet fill out the below form and return it along with your passport and the relevant fee to the AMHCGB office when you have your colts / stallions castrated.
Please have your vet fill out the below form and return it along with your passport and the relevant fee to the AMHCGB office when you have your colts / stallions castrated.
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Registration of Death
When a Horse dies, is 'put to sleep' or is slaughtered this event MUST be Registered at AMHCGB within 30 Days of the Event. please do so by returning the below form along with passport and associate fee to AMHCGB head office.
When a Horse dies, is 'put to sleep' or is slaughtered this event MUST be Registered at AMHCGB within 30 Days of the Event. please do so by returning the below form along with passport and associate fee to AMHCGB head office.
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Requirements for Breeders
DEFRA now require breeders to file a Stallion Breeding Report with the relevant Passport issuing body with which their Stallion is registered. This yearly form should be submitted for every active stallion, even if only used to cover your own mares.
Linked to this, every Passport application should be accompanied by a
Breeder’s Service Certificate.
Please ensure that these forms are completed for all coverings made by your stallions in 2019 and submitted to the Miniature Horse Club office
as per the instructions on the forms.
DEFRA now require breeders to file a Stallion Breeding Report with the relevant Passport issuing body with which their Stallion is registered. This yearly form should be submitted for every active stallion, even if only used to cover your own mares.
Linked to this, every Passport application should be accompanied by a
Breeder’s Service Certificate.
Please ensure that these forms are completed for all coverings made by your stallions in 2019 and submitted to the Miniature Horse Club office
as per the instructions on the forms.
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Prefix Registration
One off fee of £45. Must be accompanied by a completed Central Prefix Register Application Form, which you can download from www.centralprefixregister.com
Please return all forms from this page to our head office:
AMHCGB Registrar
New Close Farm
Calf Fallow Lane
Norton
Stockton on Tees
TS20 1PQ
One off fee of £45. Must be accompanied by a completed Central Prefix Register Application Form, which you can download from www.centralprefixregister.com
Please return all forms from this page to our head office:
AMHCGB Registrar
New Close Farm
Calf Fallow Lane
Norton
Stockton on Tees
TS20 1PQ
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