GYPSY COB PASSPORTS

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As many of you may have read in the equestrian press, we have taken over the updating of passports issued by the Gypsy Cob Society. If you have a Gypsy Cob passport that requires updating, e-mail us at wistra1-gypsycobpassports@yahoo.co.uk & we will be pleased to help you. We will also issue new passports to Gypsy Cobs throughout the UK. One thing we would like to make clear is the difference between

PASSPORTS and STUD BOOKS

The passport is a legal document which every owner of every equine must have. It is illegal not to have a passport for your horse.

A stud book recognised equine is a horse or pony recognised as a breed/type by it's relevant breed society. Not all stud book societies are PIO's

(passport issuing organisations). To cover this, some Breed PIO's issue passports to horses of another breed in order to give the horses legal status.

THIS IN NO WAY INFRINGES ON THE STATUS OF THE HORSE/PONY AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF IT'S BREED. There is a sometimes not so obvious difference between breed society registration and Passport Issuing Organisation registration.

We are a breed society for the Lipizzaner and a PIO for all equines including the Gypsy Cob. We will issue passports to a high standard to ensure every equine that carries our passport is in a legal position.

Our office has been set up to carry out the correct issuing of passports since 2002 and has the latest, up to date facilities at it's disposal. We will insert lineage details only if they are verified by a known Gypsy Cob breeder, are already noted in original Gypsy Cob Society passports and/or if they are accepted into the studbook of theTraditional Gypsy Cob Association (GB). In this instance, you will need a letter from the TGCA to this effect.

We will not enter 'said to be' lineage into the passports.

We would like to assure owners of Gypsy Cobs that we take the issuing of correct and legal passports very seriously.

Equally, we consider the authentic bloodlines of these magnificent cobs to be very important and these lines should and must be maintained. We understand the importance of genetic material in these animals as we have had to prove the lineage of the Lipizzaner breed back over 450 years.

If you receive a passport from this office, you can have it overstamped by other societies of your choice.

All other passports will contain the usual legal requirements of an EU passport. We have strict requirements for all passports and these include:

a) a declaration by a veterinary surgeon of implantation/ examination of microchip

b) silhouette c) 3 photographs, left, right, front of head showing forehead whorl.

These must be completed using our forms which can be obtained by emailing us at wistra1-gypsycobpassports@yahoo.co.uk Our passports come to you in a

professional robust cover and security binding

If you have a Gypsy Cob Society that needs to be updated, please post the passport, a covering letter (whom purchased from, when & any other relevant informaton), cheque or cash for £25 and an SAE for return to you by recorded delivery (currently approx £1.85). Our address is:

LNSA OF GB

CILYBLAIDD

PENCARREG. NR LAMPETER

CARMARTHENSHIRE, SA40 9QL

Below you will find the official statement from DEFRA, issued on 25th October 2010.

25 October 2010 -

The Gypsy Cob Society's status as an approved breed society and Passport Issuing Organisation has lapsed, after the company ceased to exist.

Passports issued or updated before 25 October 2010 will remain valid.

The Lipizzaner National Stud Book Association of Great Britain will maintain existing passports issued by the Gypsy Cob Society.  All enquiries should be addressed to: chairman John Goddard-Fenwick, Cilyblaidd Manor, Pencarreg, Near Lampeter, SA40 PQL Tel: 01570 480090. 

NEWS OCTOBER 2011

THE STATUS OF THE GYPSY COB SOCIETY REMAINS THE SAME AS ABOVE.

If anyone has any questions about any of the above, please contact us and we will be very pleased to

discuss your particular problem/query. We can be e-mailed on wistra1-gypsycobpassports@yahoo.co.uk or phone on 01570 480090