Amendment to FPS Regulations – July 2007

 

13.2              Applications for a Stallion Licence for colts in their second year should be made to the Secretary.  The name and full postal address of a Veterinary Surgeon must be supplied to the Secretary when the application is made, enclosing the correct licensing fee.  When a colt/stallion is inspected by the Veterinary Surgeon for the purpose of being licensed and is passed as suitable for stud use, the veterinary surgeon will take a hair sample for DNA testing and the colt/stallion must be microchipped, if not already done.  The hair sample will be used by the Society for the purpose of parentage testing.  Should the pony fail inspection, half of the licensing fee will be returned to the owner.

 

The requirement for the veterinary surgeon to be other than the vet normally used by the owner has been removed.

 

13.3  Any colt measuring 13.2½hh (138.5cm) at two years of age will be issued with a Temporary Stallion Licence.  It will be permitted to serve a maximum of five mares each year while the Temporary Licence is in force.  In the year that the colt attains its fourth birthday it must be re-measured by a Veterinary Surgeon at the owner’s expense to obtain a Life Stallion Licence.  The colt will be issued with a Life Stallion Licence upon receipt of a satisfactory report that the colt does not exceed 14 hands (142.2 cm).  If the colt exceeds 14 hands (142.2 cm) no further Stallion Licence will be issued.  Any foal sired by a stallion on a Temporary Stallion Licence that has not been issued with a Life Stallion Licence at the age of four years old will remain a registered Fell pony subject to Regulation 18.2.

 

This regulation previously specified that a colt with a Temporary Licence could only be used on the owner’s mares