Joint Measurement Board (JMB) Official Measurement Service

Equivet is pleased to be able to offer an official JMB measuring service at our registered measuring pad at Greyfriars' Farm, the only official JMB pad in Surrey.

Eamon Smyth is our JMB Official Measurer and is happy to explain what is involved during the measuring procedure including any rules and regulations. We usually perform official measurements on Mondays, when the clinic is quieter, allowing your horse or pony to settle more easily and attain a height measurement in a relaxed atmosphere.

The JMB has converted to a digital format and no longer issues hard copies of height certificates (old paper certificates are obsolete). Official measurements are submitted, recorded and listed and can be viewed on the JMB website.

If you are thinking of competing in affiliated competitions for showing, show jumping or pony racing and need to get your horse or pony measured, please study the guidelines on the JMB website under the "measurement" tab. 

You apply and pay for measurements online via the JMB website whereupon you will receive a transaction code. You will need this transaction code before you make an appointment with the Equivet office for a measurement. Horses and ponies have to have a registered name, passport, be microchipped and have shoes removed prior to any measurement.

It is a good idea to practice measuring at home, so that horses and ponies get used to being touched by the measuring stick on their withers and are trained to stand squarely and still until relaxed.

Horses and ponies aged 4,5 or 6 years old will need to be measured, by different measurers in different years, and be over 7 years old with one annual height certificates to attain a full height measurement.