Welcome to NED Online, the website for the country's National Equine Database, which is due to be launched this year. Watch this site for developments and launch information as it becomes available. When NED Online is launched you will be able to access it at this web address.

The National Equine Database (NED) is a collaborative project between Defra and the horse industry. It was developed to hold the information contained on horse passports (click here for a list of Passport Issuing Organisations) and also for veterinary surveillance to help control any equine disease outbreaks. NED itself is not available for the public to use, however:

The NED system has been enhanced to hold pedigree and performance, evaluation and grading information on each horse born or resident in the UK with a passport. The enhanced system will be called NED Online and will be available for the public to use. Some of the information will be free and some will be paid-for.

• Search for horses and ponies using a variety of search criteria.
• Check information contained in passports.
• Obtain pedigree information for horses and ponies.
• Obtain lifetime best competition results for horses and ponies.
• Use NED Links enabling quick and easy access to any horse or pony's record.
• Associate yourself with a horse or pony and add (unverified) supplementary information.
• Trace and track 'favourite' horses and ponies.