In order to purchase one of these COMPLIANT RFID 11784/11785 chips you must have a premises id....The Jockey club is now a reseller of these chips. No premises id No chip......

 

 

Microchips provided by The Jockey Club are USDA National Animal Identification System compliant and are in conformity with recommendations made by the International Stud Book Committee. The Jockey Club recommends shipping microchips to the address where the horse is located and will only ship to an address associated with a premises identification number (PIN) issued by the appropriate state or tribal animal health authority. To obtain a PIN, please register your premises with the state or tribal animal health authority in the state where your premises is located. For more information on premises registration or to register your premises, visit http://animalid.aphis.usda.gov/nais/premises_id/index.shtml. Please note, the address where the microchip will be mailed and the address registered with the premises must match. 

 

The Jockey Club has been and is involved with the Equine Species Working Group right from the start of NAIS. .

 

You can read more here... http://news.bloodhorse.com/article/44033.htm

 

Many of you adopt TB's thru Canter etc. If these horses are chipped with NAIS compliant RFID chips, then in order to purchase or rescue a TB you will be required to have a premises id... But of course its all VOLUNTARY until you want to purchase a horse with a NAIS complaint chip!

 

 

The Jockey Club will ship microchips only to addresses associated with a premises identification number issued by the appropriate state or tribal animal health authority. To receive a PIN, Thoroughbred farm owners/operators may visit AnimalID.APHIS.USDA.dov/NAIS/premises_id/index.shtml.