2025 foal passport figures for Horse Source applications – 16th May, 2025

Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) has begun to receive applications for 2025 foal passports through the Horse Source online passporting system.

For the 2025 breeding season so far, HSI has received 371 applications and issued six completed applications.

From these 371 applications, 368 are with pedigree, with three non-pedigree applications received.

352 pedigree applications have had their foal kit sent to the applicant, with the remainder issued imminently.

It is important to note that, to date, 273 foal kits have not been yet returned from breeders to HSI for pedigree applications.

Of the 79 applications who have returned their foal kits to HSI, six have been completed and the passport issued and one is currently undergoing quality control checks, while the remaining applications’ DNA samples are currently with the laboratory for analysis.

Of the seven passport applications, where the DNA samples have been returned to HSI from the laboratory, six are complete.

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