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NPS Breeders Webinar
A Breeders Webinar will be run by the National Pony Society at 7pm on Thursday 22 January. Breeders of any native breed of pony can sign up to watch and listen by emailing admin@nationalponysociety.com
7 Jan 2026
Membership renewals for 2026
Thank you to all members who have renewed your membership. Please can you check you are paying the current rate? The rates can be checked on the Membership page and in the Autumn 2025 Magazine. If you have paid an old rate, send the extra payment as soon as possible, then we can issue your new membership card.
Priority will be given to those who have paid correctly.
Members are only eligible to vote for Council if their subscription has been paid *in full* by 15 February, and we cannot guarantee you will receive a reminder by this date and so you will miss out on the opportunity to vote.
Happy New Year! 7 Jan 2026
New Secretary / Treasurer Appointed
Mrs Bryony Richardson has been appointed as Secretary / Treasurer.
Bryony joins us in the office on 2 September and will take over as Secretary and Treasurer with effect from 1 November.
13 August 2025
Learning with Fells 2026
The Society is beginning to prepare for this year's Learning with
Fells scheme, so if you are interested and have not yet lodged your
interest with the Society then you have until 31 May to get in touch –
email please to secretary@fellponysociety.org.uk.
Anyone out there willing to host please get in touch by 31 May.
7 Jan 2026
Check that you have the right email address for us
Just a reminder that the FPS Office email is secretary@fellponysociety.org
or secretary@fellponysociety.org.uk
The Gmail address that was set up as a workaround during lockdown DOES NOT WORK ANY MORE.
Do please check which one is in your email address books. 11 Feb 2025
FIS certificates - caution
For the first time since FIS testing was introduced in 2010, the Society has seen an FIS certificate that has been tampered with.
Please be aware that this can happen. If you have any doubts about the authenticity of a certificate then please share a copy with the FPS office who will check it out for you.
The Society would like to encourage owners who have had their pony tested to have the result recorded in the passport. We understand that sending in the passport to the office is a bind, but this process can’t be done automatically. If you’re sending a passport in for some other reason you can just send a copy of the certificate along with it and ask for the info to be recorded. This can also be done for you at the Stallion Show and at the Breed Show.
If you are a new owner, and you’re not sure if your pony has been FIS tested, ask the FPS office to enquire if it has, and, if so, then a duplicate certificate can be obtained for a small fee. The lab will email it direct to you, as the owner. 3 June 2024
Important information for all who export live animals to the EU.
Animal Health Regulations (2021) See particularly pages 7 and 12.
Enquiries from EU owners and breeders
Please contact the FPS office by email, if you have any queries
regarding the issue and updating of passports for Fell Ponies in the EU.
The FPS can continue to issue Stallion Licences for Fell Ponies in the
EU
We can:
- accept FPS membership applications - for new EU members and renewals
- issue stallion service books and accept service details online for EU
ponies who have already been issued with a FPS Stallion License
- issue FIS test kits to EU members
- issue DNA test kits to EU members
- issue prefix applications for EU members to register a prefix with the
Central Prefix Register
Please be assured that we are still working very hard to support members and ponies within the EU.
Thanks
Katherine 14 Sept 2021
Deadlines for Breeders
· The current Equine Identification regulations require the applications for foal passports to arrive with the Society within 6 months of birth or 30 November whichever is the later. However in addition to the above, FPS regulations require applications to be received by no later than 31 December (irrespective of age) or the application will be treated as late and will require late registration fees and confirmation of the sire and dam by DNA. Double fees may also apply if applications are received during December.
· Service Books / notifications of coverings online must be notified by 31 December in the year of covering; if not, any resulting foal will have to be DNA typed to confirm the sire prior to registration.
When completing stallion service certificates please complete all the details fully, including full name and registration number of stallion and mare and full dates of covering to include at least month and year. Month on its own with no year is unacceptable. 20 November 2019