Weatherbys passport question.

[shmoo]

Hi,

Following on from my whats new last week or so, I sent my little TB's passport off a couple of weeks back to be updated. Embarrassed to say I didn't know it had to be done all other owners had simply hand written their details in, or not...

So, I sent it off a year and a week or so after I bought her, and its come back with 2013 as the year of purchase/change of ownership not 2012.

Do I 'fess up and send it back saying no, the date on my form was actually correct and I did take a year to get it to you, or live with the date as is?

It's fairly obvious I guess as I've had to re-start her jabs and everything - very neglected in the past poor baby - but I don't want to get into trouble?

WWYD ?

 

[be positive]

I would leave it, the WP&CS just put the date they sign and stamp as the change of ownership date and also for any previous changes that have not been done correctly before, there is no reason you will get into trouble it is now in your name.

 

[shmoo]

Thank you be positive my lips are now sealed

 

[ribbons]

There is no way weatherby's would back date a change of ownership on the new owners say so. Imagine the problems that could cause if untrue.
They will only transfer ownership from the date they received the
papers.
Unlike most other breeds, a thoroughbreds passport IS its registration document and has been for decades.
Other breeds have a registration document recording legal ownership (if the horse is breed registered) AND a completely useless government introduced passport that serves no purpose whatsoever and is irrelevant who's name is recorded as the owner. People who think a passport is proof of ownership (for horses other than TB's) should read it thoroughly, it will state in there that " this document is not proof of ownership)

Sorry to divert from the weatherby's / thoroughbred query, but it amazes me the misunderstanding over passports.

So back to your horse OP, yes the passport is proof of ownership, hence why weatherby's cannot and will not record you as owner prior to your application. You may be trying to pull a fast one and pretend you had owned it longer than you had, no reason to do so in your case I'm sure, but when you think of many of the horses on their register that situation could mean hundreds of thousands of pounds.
You legally owned the horse from the date weatherby's transferred the paperwork.