Lou_Lou123
Well-Known Member
I apologise if this has been discussed before, but I haven't seen a post on it. Also, I know it's not strictly competition riders but I only really read this part of the forum and feel at home here (even though I don't actually post that much) and would be interested in people's opinions.
I posted a couple of days ago trying to trace my horses breeding. Someone suggested that I try NED and I remembered that I had tried to register with them last year (when I originally tried to trace his breeding) but had trouble linking my profile to my horses passport and competition record. I thought I would try again, but was told that my address details didn't match that of the horses passport
I have owned him since Jan 2008 and sent his passport to be updated almost immediately.
I sent a quick email to NED and got a helpful reply from them saying that my address didn't match, but that they can only use information supplied by PIOs and that as the PIOs don't update regularly there was nothing they could do, which I totally understand. Apparently the law states that the PIOs should send an update every 4-6 weeks, but that not all do. NED display when each PIO last updated:
NED data suppliers
I was a little disappointed
Has anyone else tried to use NED to look at a horses breeding or competition record? Is the database not working because it was overambitious to be able to store all this data in one place or are the PIOs just being a bit slack? I'd be interested to know what others think as when I first read about the idea it sounded good, but doesn't seem to be doing its job.
Sorry that ended up being a bit long... I hope I haven't sent anyone to sleep
I posted a couple of days ago trying to trace my horses breeding. Someone suggested that I try NED and I remembered that I had tried to register with them last year (when I originally tried to trace his breeding) but had trouble linking my profile to my horses passport and competition record. I thought I would try again, but was told that my address details didn't match that of the horses passport
I sent a quick email to NED and got a helpful reply from them saying that my address didn't match, but that they can only use information supplied by PIOs and that as the PIOs don't update regularly there was nothing they could do, which I totally understand. Apparently the law states that the PIOs should send an update every 4-6 weeks, but that not all do. NED display when each PIO last updated:
NED data suppliers
I was a little disappointed
Sorry that ended up being a bit long... I hope I haven't sent anyone to sleep