Updated figures of passport applications processed on Horse Source – February 21st, 2025

Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) has now issued 5,168 foal passports to breeders through the Horse Source online passporting system.

Through the week ending February 21st; from the 5,168 completed foal passports, 4,768 are pedigree applications. This comes from a total of 6,829 applications, which also includes non-pedigree applications. The number of non-pedigree applications completed is now 400.

It is important to note that, to date, 5,537 foal kits have been returned from breeders to HSI for pedigree applications, with the 4,768 pedigree foal passports issued to breeders equating to 86% of pedigree applications having passports issued, where DNA has been provided by customers.

12% of DNA Kits have not been returned to HSI from breeders. Once these are received, they can be sent to the laboratory and the applications processed and completed.

HSI has processed 94% of applications that have DNA results back from the laboratory and the remainder are currently being quality control-checked, ahead of being processed.