The Full Register:
This is for spotted ponies who have two parents and four grandparents registered with the BSpPS or in a place of one parent and two grandparents have an allowable British Native breed or Riding Pony outcross.

The Provisional Register:
This is for spotted ponies that have less than the required criteria for the Full Register and is essentially a register for grading up.

Solid Colour Register:
This is for ponies of known spotted breeding who are solid colour; they are placed according to their pedigree onto either the Provisional or the Full Solid Colour Register. Ponies who later 'spot out' are transferred onto the appropriate spotted register.

Part-Bred Register:
This is for ponies that have one parent registered with the BSpPS and the other parent a registered but non allowable outcross. Ponies have to grade up from this register by crossing with BSpPS stock to achieve 87.5% British Spotted Pony blood.

International Register: This is for imported ponies and those bred from imported stock, this too is a grading up register and ponies are crossed with BSpPS stock to achieve 87.5% BSpPS blood.

Passports:
From 1st January 1998 all registerable foals must be issued with a Passport. Ponies are placed on the appropriate register from the above list.

Supplementary Appendix:
This is a list of spotted ponies or ponies of spotted breeding, who do not qualify for entry onto one of the above Registers.