Registration Forms

The breeding year is from 1^st of August to the 31^st of July.

Once registered with the Welsh Pony & Cob Society the pony is recorded for life with the Society. It will be designated a registration number unique to that pony.  This records all of the details associated with that pony such as breeding, colour, brands and breeder. Ownership details are required to be updated as the pony is sold/gifted on.

For a Welsh pony or cob or Part Welsh to be eligible to be registered the *breeder must be a full financial member of the Society and must have a prefix registered with the Society.  The breeder must own or be the current leasee of the dam at the time of foaling. The member may or may not be the owner of the sire.  If the sire was not owned by the breeder at the time of service, a service certificate signed by the stallion owner is required to be included with the registration form. *See reciprocal registration information below regarding registration of animals which are already registered with other societies.

All paperwork for any Welsh registration (*excluding Part Welsh and Section E geldings) must be received at the National Office prior to the 31^st of July of that breeding season or administration fees will be applied.  The administration fee for late registration for mare/filly and colts is the registration fee multiplied by the number of years overdue after the 1^st of August year following year of birth.  *Part Welsh and Section E geldings may be registered at any age. 

Forms can be emailed or posted to the National Office for processing.  If you email the forms do not post them to the office as well, this may risk being charged twice. Payment for registrations must be included.

If you wish to submit photos in lieu of completing the markings page of the registration form, this is acceptable. Please ensure that you provide clear full body photos from the near and the off side, and of the pony’s face.

WELSH MARE/FILLY AND COLT REGISTRATION

FILLY/MARE REGISTRATION FEE  $50
COLT REGISTRATION FEE               $50

WELSH GELDING REGISTRATION

Welsh gelding registrations can be lodged at any time without additional charges; however, a tier fee system applies. Gelding registrations received in the year following their birth are charged at a lower fee than a registration received after one year.  Colt or stallion to gelding registrations will be completed at no charge.  The original colt or stallion registration certificate must be returned to the National Office with a completed gelding registration form.

GELDING REGISTRATION FEES

As at 1st August 2024, all purebred gelding registrations $45

Previously colt or stallion registered       Free

WELSH STALLION REGISTRATION

Application for stallion registration must be made before a colt attains the age of four years and not before two years of age (as per the breeding season which is from the 1st August to the 31st July). If the pony is older than 4 years of age, additional administration fees apply. Applications for the Stallion registration kits are made via the National office. Once application and payment have been received you will be sent all forms, instructions and the DNA kit. If the pony has been DNA profiled through another Society, a copy of the DNA result can be forwarded to the National Office.  The DNA profiling fee will not be required if DNA profiling information can be supplied from an approved organisation but the stallion registration fee still applies.

STALLION REGISTRATION FEES

2 – 3 years                                  $205

2 – 3 years (DNA provided)      $135

PART WELSH MARE/FILLY, COLT & GELDING REGISTRATION

Part Welsh animals have a minimum of 12.5% registered Welsh blood in their parentage, which can come from the sire, the dam, or cumulative from both. Part Welsh can be registered at any age without additional charges being applied.

PART WELSH FILLY/MARE REGISTRATION FEE      $50

PART WELSH COLT REGISTRATION FEE                  $50

PART WELSH GELDING REGISTRATION FEE           $50

Previously colt or stallion registered                         Free

PART WELSH STALLION REGISTRATION

Application for stallion registration must be made before a colt attains the age of four years and not before two years of age (as per the breeding season which is from the 1st August to the 31st July). If the pony is older than 4 years of age, administration fees apply. Applications for the Stallion registration kits are made via the National office. Once application and payment have been received you will be sent all forms, instructions and the DNA kit. If the pony has been DNA profiled through another Society, a copy of the DNA result can be forwarded to the National Office.  The DNA profiling fee will not be required if DNA profiling information can be supplied from an approved organisation but the stallion registration fee still applies.

PART WELSH STALLION REGISTRATION FEES

2 – 3 years                                   $205

2 – 3 years (DNA provided)       $135

RECIPROCAL REGISTRATION

A pony that has at least the minimum 12.5 % Welsh blood and is not currently registered with the WPCS of A but is registered with another society such as the APSB and Riding Pony Society is eligible for reciprocal registration. Some other registrations such as German Riding Ponies may be eligible subject to pedigree verification of registered Welsh blood percentages.

Proof of ownership is required via a copy of another approved Society’s registration papers showing ownership details. The owner must be a full financial member of the Society.

If the owner is the breeder of the animal a Part Welsh registration form is required and a reciprocal registration form cannot be used.

RECIPROCAL REGISTRATION FEES ARE AS PER PART WELSH FEES

REGISTRATION OF A PREFIX AND/OR BRAND

Applications for Prefix and Brand can only be accepted from Full Financial members of the Society. When choosing a prefix please note that an animal name is limited to 30 characters including prefix and spaces.

It is strongly recommended that members read the STUD BOOK REGULATIONS before applying for a prefix/brand.

Either fire or freeze branding is accepted by the Society. Welsh ponies born after 1st August 2013 can be solely microchipped and no longer require branding. Part Welsh are entitled to be microchipped regardless of date of birth.

Under Section 7C of the Regulations for Entry of Stock, the Committee of Management shall have the right to decline to register any Prefix or Brand, which, in its opinion, is unsuitable or objectionable or can be construed as misleading.

Unless a prefix is already registered and in use with another breed Society, it will not be approved if the prefix being applied for if it:

• is phonetically identical to an existing Stud Prefix or close enough to be misleading
• includes addition of a suffix eg Park, Lodge after an existing stud prefix

The Society discourages the use of two letter or initial stud prefixes as they can cause confusion when attempting to identify the breeder of a horse. Such prefix applications will not be approved for use with the Society, the exception being when proof is submitted with the application showing that the prefix has previously been registered and has been used for the registration of animals bred by the applicant with another breed society. Such applications will be considered individually in order to ensure that the prefix applied for cannot be considered misleading or phonetically too similar to an existing prefix.

PLEASE NOTE: A prefix may be made inactive after 10 years and offered to another party providing no ponies have been recorded with that prefix.

PREFIX AND/OR BRAND APPLICATION FEE      $75