2025 foal passport figures for Horse Source applications – 30th 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 709 applications and issued 39 completed applications. From these 709 applications, 706 are with pedigree, with three non-pedigree applications received. 690 pedigree applications have had their foal kit sent to the applicant, with the remainder issued imminently. It is important to note that, to date, 537 foal kits have not been yet returned from breeders to HSI for pedigree applications. Of the 153 applications who have returned their foal kits to HSI, 39 have been completed and the passport issued and five is currently undergoing quality control checks, while the remaining applications’ DNA samples are currently with the laboratory for analysis. Of the 44 passport applications, where the DNA samples have been returned to HSI from the laboratory, 39 […]