The New Forest Pony Breeding & Cattle Society is the Breed Society and holders of the New Forest Pony Stud Book. We provide full passports for pure bred and part bred New Forest ponies and also offer our members basic equine passports for animals of unknown age & breeding.
Equine passports are only available from this society to people who are existing registered New Forest pony owners and / or existing members of the NFPB & CS.
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REGISTRATION FEES FOR MEMBERS
The registrations committee and full council have reviewed the costs for registrations and managing this process and the fees for 2026 will be :
£20 for pure/part-bred foals, registered before 30th Sept
£27 for pure/part-bred foals, registered 1st Oct to 30th Nov
£27 ID-only equine passports, before 30th Sept
£32 ID-only equine passports, 1st Oct to 30th Nov
£27 Donkey passports
£10 Levy on paperwork needing to be returned for corrections.
Please can all PayPal payments be sent direct from Individual PayPal accounts to the Society at payments@newforestpony.com
Transfer of ownership: Please note: Under the Horse Passport (England) Regulations it is a legal requirement for a new owner to update the ownership details on the passport with the Passport Issuing Organisation that issued the passport within 30 days of purchasing the horse or pony. Failure to do so is an offence and you could be fined by Trading Standards.
Recording a formal Lease or Loan with the Society
The Society should be informed when a formal lease or loan for a registered or partbred New Forest Pony is made between parties by completing the ‘Certificate to cover Lease or Loan of a New Forest Pony’ form.
Once the completed form is lodged with the Society it will be recorded in the Studbook and enables the lessee to enter Society classes, competitions and if applicable, for breeding purposes etc, without needing a counter signature from the owner.
Note: This form is for the Society’s administrative use only in order to record leasing and loan agreements. It is not a legal document and cannot be relied upon in legal proceedings. It does not effect transfer of ownership of the pony, and does not constitute a lease or loan agreement itself, only the record of one being in place.
Copies of the form can be obtained from the office or download here
Recording Death of a Pony
If you are unfortunate to lose one of your registered New Forest ponies we would be grateful if you could notify the Society at the earliest opportunity so that the studbook can be updated. We also require the return of the passport so that it can be formally cancelled, however this can be subsequently returned to you to keep if required and a stamped self-address envelope provided.
PASSPORT AND MICROCHIPPING REGULATIONS 2009 – NEW FOREST PONIES
All foals should be registered with a full passport from this society by 30th November of the year of their birth.
Pure Bred New Forest Pony Stud Book – equine passport issued with registration
- Both parents must be fully registered in the New Forest Stud Book.
- The sire must have been fully licensed by the society.
- The pony must have been foal recorded if born on the open New forest in or after 1998
- The pony fully complies with the conditions of registration.
- See New Forest Pony Stud Book for full details.
First Cross New Forest Pony Register – equine passport issued with registration
- To breed a First Cross New Forest, one parent must be a pony registered in the main, approved for breeding section of New Forest Pony Studbook, and the other must be a fully registered pure-bred horse/pony from the approved section of another breed. The resulting progeny that is bred this way is then eligible for the First Cross Register.
- Cross-bred ponies cannot produce a First Cross.
Part Bred New Forest Pony Register – equine passport issued with registration
- Part-Bred horses/ponies must have at least 25% registered New Forest blood.
- For 50% Part-Breds, the New Forest parent must be a pony registered in the main, approved for breeding section of the New Forest Pony Studbook.
- For 25% Part-Breds, the parent that is 50% New Forest must be registered either as a First Cross New Forest or a 50% Part-Bred in the New Forest Part-Bred register
- No breeding up from either the First Cross or the Part-Bred New Forest registers into the main, approved for breeding section of the Studbook is allowed under any circumstances.
First Cross and New Forest Part-Bred Passports
- Ponies added to the First Cross and Part-Bred registers will be issued Equine ID only passports. These will be issued using the burgundy coloured ‘New Forest Part-Bred’ covers.
- The breeding information will be recorded in the non-statutory pages in the back of the passport, including confirmation of its status in the register as First Cross, 50% Part-Bred or 25% Part-Bred.
Basic Equine Passports – equine passport for non New Forest horses or ponies
- For horses or ponies of unknown breeding and/or age.
- Available to members of the NFPB&CS who already hold passports issued by this society.
