Horse Source is Horse Sport Ireland’s online system that offers a simple, user-friendly website, designed to reduce paperwork and bring the information that owners and breeders need into one place.
Horse Source can be used to submit applications to:
● Register horses
● Change ownership
● Name a horse
● Endorse and import
● Certify a covering
Registration Process Fees
The following fees are for 2026 and are INCLUSIVE of VAT at 23%.
| 2026 Passport Fees | Online Submission Incl. VAT | Paper Submission Incl. VAT |
| Foal Registration | ||
| Foal Passport Registration with Pedigree before August 31st | €155 | €190 |
| Foal Passport Registration with Pedigree and Naming before August 31st | €170 | €205 |
| Foal Passport Registration with Pedigree after August 31st | €210 | €245 |
| Foal Passport Registration with Pedigree and Naming after August 31st | €225 | €260 |
| A 50% refund on the full fee will be issued to owners for every fifth pedigree foal passport registration this year. | ||
| Older Animal Registration | ||
| Yearling Passport Registration with Pedigree and Naming | €390 | €425 |
| 2+ Year Old Passport Registration with Pedigree and Naming | €465 | €500 |
| Non-Pedigree Passport | ||
| Non-Pedigree Passport Registration and Naming | €65 | €100 |
| Donkey Passport Registration and Naming | €45 | €80 |
| Update to Existing Passport | ||
| Change of Ownership | €55 | €90 |
| 1st Time Naming and Name Change | €105 | €140 |
| Add Pedigree to Existing Passport | €400 | €435 |
| Passport Amendment (Updates to colour, sex, address, microchip, updating pedigree) | €40 | €75 |
| Passport Endorsement and Import Notification | ||
| Endorsement and Import Notification | €65 | €100 |
| Other Services | ||
| Fixed Urgent Fee: 1 day turnaround (not applicable for new pedigree passports) | €150.00 | |
| Prefix Registration | €85 | |
| Duplicate / Replacement passport, including change of ownership | €250 | €285 |
| DNA test | €45 | |
| Delivery | ||
| Fixed Tracked Delivery Ireland/Northern Ireland | €15 | |
| Fixed Tracked Delivery Outside Ireland/Northern Ireland | €21 | |
Irish Cob & Irish Cob Part Bred Passport Fees
| 2026 Irish Cob & Irish Cob Part Bred Passport Fees | Online Submission Incl. VAT | Paper Submission Incl. VAT |
| Foal Registration | ||
| Cob Foal Passport Registration with Pedigree and Naming (before August 31st) | €105 | €140 |
| Cob Foal Passport Registration with Pedigree and Naming (after August 31st) | €130 | €165 |
| Cob Foal Passport Registration with Pedigree (before August 31st) | €100 | €135 |
| Cob Foal Passport Registration with Pedigree (after August 31st) | €125 | €160 |
| Cob Part Bred Foal Passport Registration with Pedigree and Naming (before August 31st) | €105 | €140 |
| Cob Part Bred Foal Passport Registration with Pedigree and Naming (after August 31st) | €130 | €165 |
| Cob Part Bred Foal Passport Registration with Pedigree (before August 31st) | €100 | €135 |
| Cob Part Bred Foal Passport Registration with Pedigree (after August 31st) | €125 | €160 |
| Cob Yearling Passport Registration with Pedigree and Naming | €225 | €260 |
| Cob 2+ Year Old Passport Registration with Pedigree and Naming | €255 | €290 |
| Update passport (address, colour, microchip or sex) | €40 | €75 |