PASSPORT QUERY - LIVERY YARD REQUESTED A COPY!!!!

I would be very happy for them to have copies - not the originals I'm afraid. Even if I was in breech of some rule or regulation.
 
I keep the originals as no way would I let anyone else have my horses passport unless for a very good reason - the ones where they are on livery and the YO does the vet visits etc - perfectly good reason for them to have them.

Our 3 are kept on a friends farm, I have the originals but I gave him a copy in case anyone from the council ever showed up demanding them - he could show the copies and say I could provide the originals within the hour were they needed.

I do take them with me to competitions but not if I'm going to the beach or lessons etc.

I have never heard of a yard needing them "for insurance" though.
 
The passport is NOT proof of ownership (just as the reg document of your car isnt - it just says who the keeper is) although leaving it with a third party/YO/YM is certainly not something I would do.

All I have ever asked for, or been asked for, is a photocopy of a horses insurance document to prove TP liability cover and a note of when vaccs are due plus a note of the horses freezemark number or brand in case of escape!.
 
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Horses are not supposed to travel full stop without a passport unless they are under a certain age and still on there dams.


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the only time you must have a passport with your horse is if you are moving them to a new yard, going to a competition/show.

I believe fun/pleasure rides and even pc/rc rallies do not require a passport to be present with horse/pony whilst in transit.

If it were me I wouldn't give the passport the the YO - I'd give her the passport number, her insurance company can always check themselves then.
 
I had to give a photocopy of my passport to my old livery manager, inc the jabs page but never the original.

I wouldnt let anyone else hold the original regardless.
 
Our YO has ours so if we are on holiday or cant be there in an emergency they have it. We have a great relationship with our YO though built over many years not sure I would have given a copy to someone I didnt know
 
Does every horse have to have a passport by law? As I read on defra website that if they don't, you cannot move them or expect to be able to do anything with them. Does that mean if you have a hairy pony in a field that doesn't ever come out, it doesn't need one. By the way, all mine do have passports, just think its principle of giving copies. Hmmm.
 
ALL horses are supposed to have a passport. Makes absolutely no difference whether they are moved or not.
 
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