THE new e-passport system, Horse Source, officially launched by Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) this week will, according to the governing body, make the process of applying for passports, change of ownership and other key functions easier and quicker with less room for error.

HSI CEO Denis Duggan told The Irish Field that while it was “regrettable” that there was a delay of about one month in launching the new website, the system has been soft launched over the last two weeks. “The reaction we have received from our customers since launch has been tremendously supportive of our digital e-passport. We are deeply appreciative to the 300 randomly selected breeders that were involved in early July in tests of the Horse Source, and equally appreciate the significant volumes where more than 2,500 customers have used Horsesource.ie since launch earlier this week. I want to thank all those customers and breeders for their business, and their patience during this transition.”