The Irish Cob Society
Established the first Irish Cob Studbook in Ireland in 1998
The Irish Cob Studbook
The first Irish Cob Studbook was officially recognised in Ireland on 18 July 1996. The Irish Cob Society, which established the first Irish Cob Studbook (as the studbook of the origin of the breed) in Ireland, was officially approved in accordance with Article 2(1) of Decision 92/353/EEC on 16 July 1998 to maintain the studbook as an official studbook in respect of which the Irish Cob Society was therefore authorised to issue the official identification document (passport) established in Decision 93/623/EEC and as amended in Decision 2000/68/EC, and subquently as 'the officially approved or recognised organisation or association' referred to in Article 4(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) 504/2008.
Establishment of the Irish Cob Studbook
NEWS
On 14 September 2026, the Irish Cob Society submitted applications under Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 for reapproval of its Irish Cob Studbook Breeding Programme and Irish Cob Part Bred Studbook Breeding Programme (previously called the Irish Cob Society's Studbook Principles and Irish Cob Part Bred Principles under Decision 92/353/EEC).
The Irish Cob Society's applications are therefore to have the Irish Cob Society's Irish Cob Studbook and Irish Cob Part Bred Studbook returned, and are therefore for the purpose of having the Irish Cob Society approved under Article 4(1) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/963 and therefore for the puporse of having the Irish Cob Society included on the updated list of competent authorities and, where applicable, delegated bodies, responsible for issuing single lifetime identification documents for equine animals in respect of the Irish Cob Society's Irish Cob Stubdook and Irish Cob Part Bred Studbook.