IS THE DATE OF ISSUE ON PASSPORT THE DATE OF BIRTH

[Sakuragirl20]

if the passport was issued in 2010 does this make the horse 13 this year.

 

[nagblagger]

No, it is the date of issue of the passport, nothing to do with the horses date of birth. What is written as D.O.B in the passport under horse detail.? is it a 'replacement' passport?

 

[Poppy+MrDarcy]

My cobs passport doesn't have his date of birth, it only says the year he was born, 2006.

 

[SilverLinings]

My cobs passport doesn't have his date of birth, it only says the year he was born, 2006.

That isn't unusual, particularly for older horses. If the horse wasn't passported by the breeder then the person completing the application may not have known the exact day of birth, but knew the year; or the age (therefore year of birth) was completely unknown and was estimated by a vet (or the applicant).

Pre-compulsory passports it used to be common that unless a horse had breed society papers or a Weatherbys passport (TBs) owners only knew the rough year of birth, based on what the last owner told them and/or what the vet thought was likely. After passing through a couple of owners I expect that most leisure horses ages were based on their teeth and guesswork!

 

[nagblagger]

And a lot of horses 'lose' years when their 'replacement passport' is issued.

 

[poiuytrewq]

No. I have a 30 yr old who passport was issued 7 years ago

 

[Surbie]

My horse's dob was left blank in his passport. The passport was issued Oct 2007 so we guess he was either a 2006 or 2007 foal.

 

[ifyousayso]

In Ireland you rarely see the exact date the horse was born you only see the year of birth because they passports companies consider a horse a year older on the 1 of January

 

[Widgeon]

My cobs passport doesn't have his date of birth, it only says the year he was born, 2006.

Mine doesn't have a DOB at all - it just says "unknown"! I do know his ownership history so I'm confident he's about 13, but if it wasn't for that I wouldn't have a clue. The passport wasn't issued until he was about three, when (I believe) he arrived from Ireland.