diff --git a/CraftBukkit-Patches/0143-Convert-Horses-owner-to-UUID.patch b/CraftBukkit-Patches/0143-Convert-Horses-owner-to-UUID.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..daadc3b52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CraftBukkit-Patches/0143-Convert-Horses-owner-to-UUID.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+From 13fb31ca6e4afa040ee6108db64d8bdf50b88f8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Aikar <aikar@aikar.co>
+Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 01:40:30 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] Convert Horses owner to UUID
+
+
+diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/EntityHorse.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/EntityHorse.java
+index 5978ea3..1b1ed9b 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/EntityHorse.java
++++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/EntityHorse.java
+@@ -1000,6 +1000,14 @@ public class EntityHorse extends EntityAnimal implements IInventoryListener {
+         if (nbttagcompound.hasKeyOfType("OwnerUUID", 8)) {
+             this.setOwnerUUID(nbttagcompound.getString("OwnerUUID"));
+         }
++        // Spigot start
++        else if (nbttagcompound.hasKey("OwnerName")) {
++            String owner = nbttagcompound.getString("OwnerName");
++            if (owner != null && !owner.isEmpty()) {
++                this.setOwnerUUID(NameReferencingFileConverter.a(owner));
++            }
++        }
++        // Spigot end
+         // CraftBukkit start
+         if (nbttagcompound.hasKey("Bukkit.MaxDomestication")) {
+             this.maxDomestication = nbttagcompound.getInt("Bukkit.MaxDomestication");
+-- 
+1.8.3.2
+