IRISH Draught breeder and stallion owner Sophie Meehan fears the endangered breed will be lost further due to lengthy delays and errors being made on passports being issued by Horse Sport Ireland.

Meehan stands five Irish Draught stallions at Longwood Stud in Sligo and breeds from 15 mares. Getting in contact with The Irish Field this week, she feared that some of the passports with errors will never be fixed due to owner’s fears. “In fairness, we have gotten a few passports back from Horse Sport Ireland, but we got one this morning and it should be a TIH (Traditional Irish Horse) passport, but the TIH sticker isn’t on it.