Documentation for ovine horses to Ireland

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As title really, I'm due to exchange contracts on my sale tomorrow and I'm now sorting out transporters from SW England to Ireland. I've had a look on the DEFRA site, and it's very confusing. Has anyone any experience of transporting to Ireland permanently? I can find plenty on horses coming into the UK from Ireland, but not the other way round. Can anyone recommend any transporters?
Thanks in advance.
 
Yes. All transporters that go one way go the other too. No point going back empty. Try Gillys, Lusks, Doran, any of them. what are ovine horses?
 
There's no issue of moving horses between U.K./Ireland. As long as they have a passport it's grand. No visas required :p

Doesn't matter if a horse is coming for 3 days, 2 years or permanent, all they need is a passport :)
 
Eric Gillies are who I'd recommend. I've moved both ways and used them both times. :) Like other posters said you just need an uptodate passport
 
Thanks all so much 😊😊😊
Being right down here in the SW does tend to up the price a bit. Aren't Gillies based in Scotland? Has anyone used Barry Turner in Somerset?
So glad to hear all they need is passports.
 
buzyizzy said:
Thanks all so much ������
Being right down here in the SW does tend to up the price a bit. Aren't Gillies based in Scotland? Has anyone used Barry Turner in Somerset?
So glad to hear all they need is passports.
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They are based in Scotland but they travel all over. They moved mine to and from Lincolnshire/Yorkshire and Northern Ireland and I know they had already picked up horses from further south. I found they were pretty reasonable on price as well. What they'll usually do is pick them up and then stable for a night or two at their base in Scotland and then head over to Ireland.
 
Most of the bigger transporters work together as much a they can. For example I have horses come from continent with the main trasporter( Based at Dover) then delivered home from say Dover by another. Ghillies actually over night here in Cambridgeshire once or twice a week. I think they only still do UK and Ireland
 
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I relocated permanently from SW England (Taunton area) to West Ireland three years ago. I bought my cob with me, he was transported by a company who was recommended by a local dealer who imported regularly from Ireland (friend of a friend) it might have been Barry Turner. I think it cost €500 (shared load). Only documentation was his passport. We moved in June so no bad weather issues. My cob is a perfect loader and traveller which helps, I moved him naked (no boots, bandages etc) after researching the pros and cons.

I moved first and he came over a week later, my lovely former YO and a fellow livery looked after him for me and then met the transporter with my cob at the M5 junction at about 5am which saved me a fair bit of money. The transporter's are pretty empty going in that direction so they took a bunch of the dirtier stuff (a couple of rugs, wheelbarrow etc) for me for free.

He arrived 5 hours late but in perfect condition. We had a bit of trouble at this end as the transporter got lost and I couldn't help much since I wasn't that familiar with the area yet. He scratched his lorry and then refused to try again, so I had to drive down to the main(ish) road, load everything in my car and leave it there, then walk my boy in hand for over a mile to his new home. Bit stressful at the time, but I think he rather enjoyed the walk so no harm done.
 
Thanks very much. Laura's comments about walking the last mile may well apply to me too as the road is very narrow with a tiny bridge along it, so it's good to know he travelled well �� As I could have two to lead, depending how long my daughter stays with me before returning to UK. I'll contact Barry again.
 
I've had a lovely call from Philippa at Ghillies who really put my mind at rest. I shall use them when I need to go. Still waiting to exchange contracts, can't believe things are going that slowly.
 
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