If your horse has been freeze-marked then that is another way to find out history providing that the registrations have been kept up to date.

Farmkey

Farmkey,
Rookery Farm Lane,
Tilstone Fearnall,
Tarporley,
Cheshire,
CW6 9HY

Telephone - 0870 870 7107
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Website - http://www.farmkey.com

Any combination of 2 letters and 2 numbers. (Early freeze marks have 3 numbers and 1 letter). A personal mark is available which is 3 letters and 1 number. On a Grey the 4 digits will be in a square. Farmkey will also do the "loss of use" mark which is an "L" in a circle. A MicroMark has been launched, in the shape of an upside down Omega, shows that the horse has been micro-chipped. Farmkey's freeze marking fees are listed on their web site. Farmkey also sell the following warning that horses are freeze marked: A gate sign - £4.95, a rug badge - £1.75 and a window sticker at £0.75. Discounts are being offered to BHS Riding Club members. For £15, Farmkey will write to previous owners, or pass on your correspondence, to find out the previous history of the horse being traced. However, Farmkey are able to give you a certain amount of information over the phone so do ask.

NB. If you bought your horse and don't have the original papers and want to re-register the freeze-mark, apply in your own name to Farmkey who will send new papers to you. The process takes 2-3 weeks and in that time they will also write to the person who was last registered as the owner to check that the horse has been sold and not stolen. If there is no response from the last person listed as the owner after 2 weeks Farmkey will transfer the details anyway to the person who has applied to re-register.

Equestrian Security Services - This company may no longer exist. Farmkey can register horses with ESS marks on their database for £25. The brand has up to 5 digits and has a diamond as a prefix or a suffix. Please call Farmkey so that they can send out some forms to fill in.

FreezeMark

FreezeMark Ltd,
Oxbow Farm,
Avon Dassett,
Southam,
Warks
CV47 2AQ

Telephone - 01295 690090 (24 HOUR SERVICE)
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Website - http://www.freezemark.biz

The standard mark used by the company is a three-character combination of letters and numbers. Owners can, however, choose their own marks, using either 2 / 4 letters or 2 / 4 numbers and this has proved very popular. Examples are BEN, STAR, MAX, owners initials, e.g. MJA, CEH, etc Combinations such as 007 and 999 have also been selected. Of course, the combination can only be used once.

Northern Brand

Margaret Lee
Tirril
Penrith
Cumbria

Telephone - 01768 895516 or 07725 043789
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Website - http://www.northernbrand.co.uk

Northern Brand is a company dedicated to the identification, security and traceability of animals. All horses freeze marked by NORTHERN BRAND will have a unique code prefixed by the star. The star prefix is unique to NORTHERN BRAND and enables national and international recognition to the NORTHERN BRAND Company, where data is kept for all horses freeze marked by us for the lifetime of the horse. They digitally photograph all horses freeze marked with our prefix.

Padlock Ireland

Padlock Ireland
Carrig,
Birr,
Co. Offaly,
Ireland

Telephone - 00353 50923939 or 00353 877626269
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Format is four letters 2 above 2 below as required with 2". One letter will be introduced at a later date when all number sequences have been used. Available nationwide and actual freeze-marking cost also includes.