National Pony Society (1893 – ....)

« The National Pony Society (NPS) is a charitable body that was established in 1893, ‘to encourage the Breeding, Registration and Improvement of Riding Ponies and Mountain & Moorland ponies and to foster the Welfare of Ponies in general’. In conjunction with the British Horse Society , it is the officially appointed liaison between the Government and all those concerned with ponies, and is represented on all major horse and pony organisations. The NPS is also the custodian of the British Riding Pony Studbook. The studbook is a DEFRA approved Passport Issuing Organisation that registers the offspring of British Riding Ponies and also crosses between British Riding Ponies, British Mountain & Moorland breeds with Thoroughbred, Arab or Anglo Arabs. » National Pony Society (2025)