HORSE Sport Ireland (HSI) has introduced hefty changes to the cost of registering foals and other services in 2026, along with heralding ‘new innovations’ for the Horse Source system, which promise to reduce passport turnaround times.

This innovation will see a reduction in the steps, and paper trail, involved in handling a foal registration. Currently, when a customer submits a passport application through Horse Source, a DNA kit and blank paper marking chart is issued to the customer, the customer arranges a veterinary appointment to have the foal marked and the hair sample and completed chart are returned by post to Horse Sport Ireland before being sent on to the laboratory by post.