Dna and passport problem

[popitrocket]

Hello all I am new to the horse and hound forum
but i am in need of some good advise peep : )

i brought a horse two years ago and recently found out that its failed the dna test. So isnt by who i was told it was by plus who it says on the passport.

I told the orginal owner of this and after many f ing and calling me all names under the sun. He told me he would have the horse back and give me my money back minus £50. This i was willing t accept. He took my address and bank account details and said he would pay. i havent heard anything since. So

Have you any ideas what i can do? especially to stop this happening to anyone else who buys from this seller in the future.

 

[Not Quite Geoffrey]

Have you still got the horse and the passport? If so the passport needs to be returned to the Passport Issuing Organisation and you need to either get a new passport (there are many PIO's that will issue Identity passports which just contain a silhouette, microchip details and medical pages), or if you believe the horse does have one somewhere else then get a replacement one as it is against regulation to have more than one passport for a horse..

In regards to the money, I would suggest that you don't return the horse until you have the money and if it proves difficult could you not just sell the horse on with a passport with no breeding detail in it?