DNA SAMPLING & MICROCHIPPING FOR REGISTRATION OF FOALS AND PONIES

The following rules apply for registration of foals: Please read carefully

1. You are requested to complete the detachable slip below for each foal.
2. All foals, their dams and sires must be tested before being accepted for registration in the CPBS Studbook.
3. DNA samples from the foal/pony should be done by your local Veterinary Surgeon who will also take the markings of the foal.
4. Foals must be registered before they are six months old or before the 31st December in the year of birth (whichever is the latest date) to be included in the food chain.
5. All foals must be Microchipped for identification and named for life at time of DNA sampling
6. Return completed forms to The Connemara Pony Breeders’ Society with the appropriate fees
7. In order to be recorded as the breeder of the foal the Dam must be registered in your name
8. A Lifetime Document will be issued for each animal when its parentage is verified to the CPBS by Weatherbys Laboratory, which can take up to 10 weeks. Please ensure not to mix up the contents of kits if DNA typing more than one foal at a time.
9. Forms accompanied with the incorrect fees will be returned. Sterling cheques or Sterling cash no longer accepted.
10. All foals will be tested for Hoof Wall Separation Syndrome
11. Kits are issued strictly in rotation. Please do not book your vet until you have the kit.