- The Foundation for the Pure Spanish Horse

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www.prehorse.org THE P.R.E. Horse  Page
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 THE P.R.E. Horse Issue I 2010
The International Voice of the P.R.E.
Publisher
The Foundation for the Pure Spanish Horse
Editor
Gavin Mackenzie [email protected]
Advertising and Circulation
Shelley Devine [email protected]
Graphic Design
BTL Designs, Barbara T. Lawrie (916) 206-3092
[email protected]
Contributing Authors
Elizabeth R. Babits, Antonio Topete Diaz, Cameron
English, Lanys Kaye-Eddie, Jennings Lambeth, Ariella
Mostov
Directors Emeritus (Life Trustees)
Michael Connelly
Marie Dooley [email protected]
Lanys Kaye-Eddie [email protected]
Jennings Lambeth [email protected]
Mary McDonough [email protected]
Barbara Rotter [email protected]
Directors
Chair: Barbara Currie [email protected]
President: Richard Nickerson [email protected]
Vice President: Santiago Chuck
[email protected]
Mary Adams [email protected]
Cameron English [email protected]
Teri Young [email protected]
Advisory Board Members
Theresa Milbocker [email protected]
Roxy Montana [email protected]
Leesa Ann Nero [email protected]
Jackie Kennard [email protected]
Diane McCormick [email protected]
Tony Manzo [email protected]
Tony Bealessio [email protected]
Holly Hansen [email protected]
Penny Verde [email protected]
Erick Pflucker [email protected]
Aldo del Carpio [email protected]
Walter Henslee [email protected]
Cynthia Roberts [email protected]
Michel Goldman [email protected]
Linda Nickerson [email protected]
Tom Reed [email protected]
Sharon Hittner [email protected]
Sandy Wagner [email protected]
Sarah Hollis [email protected]
Lisa Alley Zarkades [email protected]
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The Foundation
An Association
Patrice Quinlan [email protected]
Mary Beth Klock Perez [email protected]
Richard Bazinet none
Pam Hines [email protected]
Celia Stenfors Dacre [email protected]
Sally Handley [email protected]
Deb Erickson none
Maria O’Brian [email protected]
Raul Minondo [email protected]
The Foundation Staff
Executive Director : Barbara Clark (505) 294-0800
[email protected]
Accounting Services: Debbie O’Keefe (505) 294-0800 [email protected]
Membership Services: (505) 294-0800
[email protected]
Treasurer: Al Rotter [email protected]
PREA (Pura Raza Española Association)
PREA is the subsidiary of
The Foundation for the Pure Spanish Horse Association
and is the Manager of the P.R.E. Mundial Registry.
This subsidiary was formed in compliance with IRS
regulations to ensure the non-profit 501(c)(3) status of
the Foundation for the Pure Spanish Horse Association.
PREA is also a not-for-profit organization, however it is a
501(c)(5) and any contributions to it are not deductible
from federal income tax as a charitable contribution.
PREA Administrators
Phone (505) 323-4413 • Fax (505) 294-0812
Margaret Lopez [email protected]
Margarita Smith [email protected]
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National Show Chair
Richard Nickerson [email protected]
National Celebration 2010 Show Chair
Cameron English [email protected]
Regional Directors
Region 1
Jerrett Cross [email protected]
District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia
Region 2
Andrea Michan [email protected]
Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio,
West Virginia,Wisconsin
Region 3
Johnny Jimenez [email protected]
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee
Region 4
Linda Frey [email protected]
Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,
North Dakota, South Dakota
Region 5
Lyn Bosey [email protected]
Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah,
Wyoming
Mission Statement
is a non-profit public benefit corporation and
is not organized for the private gain of any
person. The primary purpose of this not-for-profit
corporation is to develop, perpetuate and foster
an appreciation and understanding of the
Pure Spanish Horse (P.R.E.)
throughout the United States,
and any other country where
interest in the P.R.E. has been
expressed or the help of
The Foundation
requested.
Region 6
Linda M. Dewilde-Peterson [email protected]
Toni Mueller [email protected]
Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
Region 7
Mike Mendoza [email protected]
Sarah Shechner [email protected]
California, Hawaii, Nevada
Region 8
Paige Strait [email protected]
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusettes, New Hampshire,
New York, Rhode Island, Vermont
Region 9
Alexander Cisne [email protected]
Edward Wright [email protected]
Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas
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P.R.E. Publication
Editor
Graphic Design
BTL Designs, Barbara T. Lawrie (916) 206-3092
[email protected]
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The Foundation was established
To assist in the protection of the breed,
including sharing of breeding stock and breeding
information throughout the world.
To maintain a strong and cordial working
relationship with the parent Stud Book and the
entities which administer its rules and regulations
To educate owners and the public about the
P.R.E., its history and traits
To establish and maintain a program for
introducing youth and students to the P.R.E.
including training them to care for and show
the horse
To provide protection for P.R.E. horses in
endangered circumstances by rescue and/or
relocation
To sponsor shows and other programs that
introduce the P.R.E. to the public
To work with any sister organization or organizations
which also have the mandate to protect and
promote the P.R.E.
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Table of Contents
THE P.R.E. HORSE
PURA RAZA ESPAñOLA
Features
Volume VIII 2010 • Number I
26 Following a Century of Tradition
Why the Foundation follows in the footsteps of the Cria Caballar
40Manuel Trigo
Training in Balance and Lightness
44The Simplicities of Mare Management
An expert simple guide to breeding your mare
54 Classical Spanish Equitation
An Introduction to “Doma Clasica”
62 Feeding Your Horse
Feed Tags -know what you are feeding
Our cover art ~
The proof of many years of selective breeding,
a perfectly matched cobra of six.
66Young Stars
Youth and Horses
Departments
Mares
PREA Mundial News
Foundation News
International News
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Regulars
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From the Editor
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68 Classifieds
We’ve got Mail
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Foundation Membership Application
69 Business Cards 70 Advertiser’s Index
The P.R.E. Horse magazine is published quarterly by The Foundation for the Pure Spanish Horse,
a section 501(c)(3) not-for-profit tax-exempt corporation.
Gifts to the Foundation are tax deductible to the extent allowed by the law. The contribution for tax purposes is limited to the amount
which exceeds the value of any goods and services of benefit to the donor.
Printed by
Signature Press,
Wisconsin
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The entire content of the P.R.E. Horse magazine is copyrighted by the P.R.E. Horse Magazine 2010 and may not be reproduced in any
manner, either whole or in part without written permission. All rights are reserved.
The P.R.E. Horse magazine is not responsible for advertiser’s claims.
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Gavin Mackenzie, Editor
Editor’s Letter
Dear Patrons of the Pure Spanish Horse,
The aim of this noble and useful art is solely to make horses supple, relaxed, compliant, and obedient
and to lower the quarters, without all of which a horse – whether he be meant for military service,
hunting or dressage – will be neither comfortable in his movements nor pleasurable to ride.
François Robichon de la Guériniére
In the articles, Training in Balance and Lightness and an Introduction to Classical Spanish Equitation,
both clinicians embrace the methods of the Classical Masters. As every devoted equestrian knows, it
will take time, dedication, diligence, patience, and perseverance to achieve the Art of Horsemanship.
Schooling and training your equine companion will likewise require time and patience, as well as a
religious adherence to ethical principles of empathy and sensitivity for the wellbeing of those equine
companions.
Under International News, you will find letters written by Dr. Gerd Heuschmann and Colonel Carde,
denouncing the use of hyperflexion or ‘rollkur’ in the training of the horse. Concerned equestrians
throughout the world have begun to denounce the ill-treatment of horses to achieve quick results
for personal gain and glory. Dr. Heuschmann reiterates the principles of classical teaching, which
demand the protection of the horse.
As the controversy rages, in the mother country of our own exquisite breed, over the management of
the Stud Book, the Foundation is committed to Following a Century of Tradition by maintaining the
time-honored standards established by the Cria Caballar. We continue to be guided by these timehonored standards derived from the royal decrees of the 17th century Spanish Kings and continued
by the Cria Caballar, the managers of the P.R.E. Stud Book from 1913 until 2007.
To assist the breeders in this country in their breeding programs, the Foundation relies on experienced
and certified judges who, through years and years of judging P.R.E. horses, possess the vast
knowledge and wisdom to guide and advise our breeders when making those critical stallion and
mare decisions. The article, Issues from Spain, in the International News section, contains a letter
from the President of the College of P.R.E. Judges Association in Huelva, Spain, voicing concern
over the “classification” of judges.
Achieving the Art of Horsemanship would be impossible without that exquisite and dignified creature
we call the horse. To realize our dreams of breeding that unique foal we need our mother mares - the
foundation of every future champion. In The Simplicities of Mare Management, Dr. Elizabeth Babits
gives the reader an expert and simple-to-understand guide to taking care of the mare throughout her
pregnancy.
Nature has endowed the horse with a complex digestive physiology and because we, as humans,
mostly keep our equine companions in an environment to suit ourselves, we are obligated to care for
their nutritional needs. Feeding your Horse will explain the importance of reading and understanding
Feed Tags, those little pieces of paper, invariably sewn into the seams of feed bags, that we discard
so nonchalantly.
As time passes, and we lose the patrons and aficionados of the Pure Spanish Horse, like our dear
friend Donna Hecht, we must look to the youth to perpetuate and protect the Pure Spanish Horse.
It takes fervor and zeal, and in the article Youth and Horses, you will be able to read the story of
someone who has found the passion for our unique breed.
We hope you enjoy reading The P.R.E. Horse and we always appreciate your comments, concerns,
and criticisms.
Gavin
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we’ve got mail
The PRE is a beautiful, majestic,
and exciting breed. I am doing
research on them and you have been most generous with your time. I
just wanted to tell you how impressed I am with the consideration
you have shown and thank you kindly for the time you have taken to
answer my questions. Thanks once again.
Best regards,
Linda (wikihorseworld.com), MO
“Of course you can publish my comments on the worthy
endeavors of the Foundation for the Pure Spanish Horse. You all deserve them.
As I was telling you on the telephone, I was thinking about our conversation of about
4 years ago when it was so difficult for people like me living away from any other PRE
horse breeders to get revision accomplished and even to do the inscription when the
approved Vet lived too far away! My relief and delight is it has come to pass that I can
now do self inscription and the delightful revision judge was able to come to our farm
with no fuss or bother to do the revision on my horse. On top of that, the paperwork is
so much easier. Thank you all so much for making the changes.”
Diana Christensen, Louisiana
Hello PREA,
Thank you - I got it, printing out and will mail tomorrow. What
excellent service, talk about fast and friendly! WOW!
Saludos,
Susan A., Kentucky
Hello! I just wanted to thank you for the first wonderful
year of membership. You were of great help with moving
my registration over to my new P.R.E. I am so very excited
about owning Majestad del C. I would like to continue my
membership for 2010. Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Jody Dawn Sauer, Colorado
We want to hear what you think of The P.R.E. Horse Magazine so that we can continually make changes for the better.
Letters should be sent to the Foundation for the Pure Spanish Horse Association
4001 Juan Tabo NE, Suite D, Albuquerque, NM, 87111 • Email should be sent to [email protected].
All submissions become the property of The Foundation for the Pure Spanish Horse Association and the P.R.E. Horse Magazine, and will not be returned.
Submissions may be edited and may be published on the Foundation website, www.prehorse.org.
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It’s all
about Foals
Advertising Deadline: April 14, 2010
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Sell your yearlings
AND - Submit your photos for the Foal Follies Photo Spread!
Frolicking, frisky newborns and mischievous yearlings. Everyone loves to see the antics of the
herd with the latest arrivals. Advertise your youngsters for sale or send us your photos and
then watch for them in Issue II: The Foal Issue.
Age Group: Foal to yearling
Your youngsters will be seen with the best of the P.R.E.s in the world. Send your photo, horse’s
name, your name, farm name, and caption if you have one, to:
The P.R.E. Magazine Foal Follies
4001 Juan Tabo NE, Suite D, Albuquerque, NM 87111
Phone: (505) 294-0800 • Fax (505) 294-0812
[email protected]
Photos will not be returned.
Email submissions are
welcome.
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P.R.E. MUNDIAL News
P.R.E. MUNDIAL
Continues to Grow
It’s a New Year! We are beginning the third year
of the successful and independent P.R.E. Mundial Registry,
created to serve the P.R.E. horse and its owners and breeders
with reliable and trustworthy service. We are proud to have
become the P.R.E. Registry you can depend on getting the job
done; we’re about the horse! We look forward to serving you
in 2010 and we aim to continue providing you with excellent
quality and service.
Each new year brings change as we continually strive for
improvement in the P.R.E. Mundial Registry. We do not want
to add to the cost of registration unnecessarily, that is why
we have not increased any of our registry service prices for
2010. However, as of January 1, 2010 we require ALL horses
inscribing into the P.R.E. Mundial Registry to have DNA
records on file in the UC Davis Veterinary Genetics Laboratory.
This step is taken to first and foremost protect your horse, and
then you as the owner, and as an additional protection for
your horse in the registry. After great consideration we have
decided that this protection is essential. The benefit to you is
that your horse will have its DNA on file in the U.S., which
will facilitate the ability to do parent verification with ease for
all future offspring inscriptions.
As always, you can easily request DNA for your horse from
PREA by emailing, sending, or faxing a DNA/MC request
form (downloadable from the P.R.E. Mundial Registry tab
on our website www.prehorse.org) to us and paying the
applicable fee. We will receive from UC Davis and forward
to you the test kit form onto which you will tape the pulled
Coronels Zorrilla, Velázquez and Olmedo give the first
International Judges College seminar at Celebration 2009
in Del Mar, CA.’
tail hair and send to UC Davis. When we receive the results,
we will keep a copy in our permanent files and also send you
a copy. If you prefer you can request DNA directly from UC
Davis by going to the UC Davis website www.vgl.ucdavis.
edu. Click on services and the picture of the horse and follow
the instructions for requesting the “DNA Typing- Parent
Verification” test. When you receive the analysis report back
from UC Davis, remember to email the results to PREA and
they will be added to the information for your horse.
P.R.E. Mundial Cartas, The Intelligent
Choice for Registering Your P.R.E.
Horse. Visit www.prehorse.org and
click on the P.R.E. Mundial Registry
Services tab for more info
or call the office at 505-3234413, ext 11 and 13.
Coronel Velázquez explains morphology during the judges seminar at
Celebration 2009.
To learn all about
P.R.E. Mundial Revision,
go to the P.R.E. Mundial Registry
link and select Registry Services from
the sub-menu on our website,
www.prehorse.org,
PREA - a subsidiary of
The Foundation for The Pure Spanish Horse Association
4001 Juan Tabo NE, Ste. D, Albuquerque, NM 87111
(505) 323-4413 • Fax (505) 294-0812
Margaret Lopez (505) 323-4413x13
email: [email protected]
Margarita Smith (505) 323-4413
email: [email protected]
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Foundation News
Mourning an Icon, Our Friend,
Donna Hecht
On January 22, 2010, our dear friend Donna Hecht
lost her valiant battle for life. Donna was everyone’s friend,
everyone’s “angel”, everyone’s “go-to” person.
In her professional life, she shared the business she and her
husband Jay owned, a business Jay had started of auto and
refrigerant parts that grew to be one of the top suppliers in
the nation. She was the “people person” in the office, while
Jay was the “numbers man”. She knew everyone in the
office, their stories, their worries, their successes. Jay knew
every part number of every model that, it seemed, had been
produced since parts numbers were invented. They were a
fascinating couple ... spending day and night together, sharing
business and pleasure, parts and horses. In Donna’s personal
professional life, she was the founder of JDON Farms,
based in Somis, California. Donna was known for producing
exceptional quality horses that were sold around the world.
She took her horses to competitions and was a consistent
winner in the show ring. She took her horses to exhibitions
and parades, to demonstrations and seminars. She opened her
farm to seminars, clinics, and gatherings for the Pure Spanish
Horse, for youth programs, for charities. She was generous
Donna Hecht, our beloved friend
signing the protocol with Spain to
enter the U.S.A. into the Spanish
Studbook in 1996.
not only with her time and financial resources, but with her
energies as well. Donna served many years as a board member
and president of the International Andalusian and Lusitano
Horse Association.
Her next great quest was as one of the founders of The
Foundation for the Pure Spanish Horse in 2000. She was a
generous patron, a benevolent leader, a savvy businesswoman.
She was far-sighted, thinking well past the question under
discussion, intuitively seeing how it would impact the future.
She led with kindness and humor and brought many new
friends to the P.R.E. as well as to The Foundation. She was
instrumental in opening the door to bring international artists
and clinicians to the States. She “found” many new and
interesting ways to learn about the breed, to keep the learning
interesting, to have fun. She wanted the horse to serve not
only as a beautiful object, but to be the base of deep and
lasting friendships.
Everyone has stories of how Donna helped them. How Donna
encouraged them. How Donna made a difference in their
lives. She will live on, certainly, in the fame of her horses and
her contributions to the future of the breed, but her greatest
contribution was to bring together with her bubbling laughter
the disparate parts of the horse world. She was a friend, an
icon, and now truly our angel.
Rest in peace, dear friend. We know that you are with your
beloved Jay, your sweet “P”, and some of your favorite senior
horses. We selfishly mourn our loss, but know that you are
still smiling, if not laughing, with us as we continue your life’s
work for the Pure Spanish Horse.
If you would like to send your condolences, please send them
to The Foundation office and we will see that they
are delivered to Steve Bell who, for these last years,
was her guardian angel and closest friend.
Board of Directors
Meeting
The Board of Directors
of The Foundation
conducted a Board Meeting in Albuquerque on
December 4 through 6, 2009. The Board reviewed
the performance of the Foundation and the Mundial
Registry in 2009 and unanimously agreed that
both the Foundation and the Mundial Registry
had exceeded expectations in spite of the difficult
financial times.
The Board initiated a comprehensive plan for 2010
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Foundation News
and expressed the utmost confidence and excitement in the
future of the Foundation and the Mundial Registry.
continued
do occur. The last issue of The P.R.E Horse contained a major
omission and an error.
One of the Board’s decisions was a renewed commitment to
Celebration, the premier P.R.E. Horse Show in the country.
Celebration XI will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada from August
31 through September 5, 2010
Book of Merits
It takes an exceptional horse to withstand
the test of time in the show arena. The
horses that have earned their Certificated
Status in The Foundation’s Book of Merits
will be awarded this beautiful frame-able
certificate that honors their achievement
as an exceptional example of the P.R.E.
Breed.
Clinics, Seminars and Lectures
The Foundation, through its Education Committee, is
committed to providing the opportunity for every member to
attend a diverse program of clinics, seminars, and lectures. If
any member is planning, or is aware of an educational event in
their region, please bring it to the attention of the Foundation
office so that other members may benefit from the experience.
April 9, 10, 11
April 10, 11
April 17, 21, 24
May 1,2
May 22
June 4, 5, 6
November
Stephanie Grant Millham Classical Dressage Clinic
Francis Carbonnel
Juan Llamas
Manolo Mendez
Work-in-Hand Clinic
Feria Encantada
Stephanie Grant Millham Classical Dressage Clinic
Anja Beran Trainer and
Instructor’s Classical Clinic
Dominante XXIX, National Champion Stallion AND Absolute
Champion of Functionality, owned by Richard and Linda Nickerson.
Dominante XXIX, owned by Richard and Linda Nickerson
of Snowy Peaks Ranch, trained and ridden by Patti Thurman
and handled by Kimm Wilcoxen, was depicted as the National
Champion of Functionality. This was only partially correct.
Dominante XXIX was not only Absolute Champion of
Functionality with an exceptional score of 80.4%, but was
more importantly, National Champion Stallion (Campeón de
la Raza) of Celebration 2009.
Please visit The Foundation web site at www.prehorse.org for
more information on the above clinics.
Magnificent animals that
have also earned the right
to use this beautiful seal
in their advertising and
promotional materials.
When you see this seal
associated with a P.R.E.
horse, you will know
immediately that it is
one of the few horses in
the world that has been
examined and approved
in the show ring, by expert Spanish Judges, time after time. To learn more about the
program and find out how your horse can also earn this coveted award, please visit www.
prehorse.org and review the Book of Merits link on the homepage or call The Foundation
office at (505) 294-0800.
Foundation Revision Tour 2010
The Foundation will host a further P.R.E. Mundial Revision
Tour later this year with dates approximate to Celebration XI.
The Foundation
Dressage Awards Program
Foundation Judges
The Foundation announces that three additional judges have
been approved by the International College of Judges.
Mercedes Gonzalez Cort
Coronel D. Alberto Zapatero Gatón
Dr. Sabina Holle, DVM
Errata
The editorial staffof the Foundation strives to be as close
to perfect as possible but unfortunately, errors and omissions
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At left is the beautiful P.R.E. stallion
Gavilan BMR, National Champion 5/6 Year Old Colts,
owned by Marie Koenig.
On page 37 in the article titled A Taste of Spain, the name
of the horse presenting the Spanish Colors was omitted and the
name of the ranch was incorrectly stated. The horse is Gavilan
BMR, National Champion 5/6 Year Old Colts (Sectión 10)
Owned by Marie Koenig of Rancho Maria and bred by Blue
Moon Ranch.
Garabato IV, Silver Dressage Horse Medalist, owned and ridden by
Natalie Merritt.
Garabato
IV, owned and ridden by Natalie Merritt of Ocala, Florida,
who has been awarded The Foundation’s Silver Dressage
Horse Medal. Garabato IV has demonstrated excellence in
the Dressage arena by receiving several scores from different
judges of over 60 % in Third Level, Fourth Level and also
Prix St. George. We are proud of Garabato IV and Natalie’s
efforts to promote the breed in Dressage. To see if your horse
qualifies for a Foundation Dressage Award’s medal please
review the Dressage Award Program under the Horse Show
menu on the Foundation website at www.prehorse.org.
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Invites You to Join Our Family!
Membership Application
Join us in supporting the P.R.E. Horse! We are a non-profit public benefit, a 501 C (3) corporation whose mandate is
to develop, perpetuate, and foster an appreciation and understanding of The Pure Spanish Horse. Membership in our clubs is tax
deductible to the full extent of the law. All memberships receive recognition as a club member in The Online Directory, an income
tax donation receipt, annual subscription to The P.R.E. Horse Magazine, a membership card, and member pricing for horseshows,
advertising in ‘The P.R.E. Horse Magazine’ and Online Directory, a free text-only classified website ad, and substantial discounts for
P.R.E. Mundial services. NOTE: Piaffe & higher club members receive a free online directory farm ad & Piaffe & higher owners of P.R.E.
mares and/or stallions have voting rights. Additional Club benefits are listed below.
Passage Club $ 12.00/month
d Basic benefits listed above.
Piaffe Club
$ 24.00/month
d The Comprehensive Buyers Guide to the Pure Spanish Horse
Levade Club
$ 50.00/month
d One copy of the Comprehensive Buyers Guide
d 10% discount to audit all Foundation seminars/lectures/clinics
Courbette Club
$ 100.00/month
d Five copies of the Comprehensive Buyers Guide
d Banner space for your banner at all Foundation shows
Spanish Walk Club
$ 250.00/month
d Six copies of the Comprehensive Buyers Guide
d Banner space for your banner at all Foundation shows
BallotadeClub
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$ 500.00/month
Nine copies of the Comprehensive Buyers Guide
50% discount to audit all Foundation seminars/lectures/clinics
Banner space for your banner at all Foundation shows
Recognition at the National Celebration
Terre Terre Club
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$ 750.00/month
Eleven copies of the Comprehensive Buyers Guide
75% discount to audit all Foundation seminars/lectures/clinics
Capriole Club
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$1,000.00/month
Fourteen copies of the Comprehensive Buyers Guide
Audit all Foundation seminars/lectures/clinics at no charge
Diamond Award (14k gold lapel pin with diamond in crown)
Please contact: (505) 294-0800 d
Fax: (505) 294-0812 d
Email: [email protected]
Join us in supporting the P.R.E. breed!
We are a non-profit public benefit, 501(c)(3), corporation whose mandate is to develop, perpetuate, and foster
an appreciation and understanding of the Pure Spanish Horse.
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Following
a Century of Tradition
by Lanys Kaye-Eddie
In the beginning, the very beginning
principal objective of promotion and improvement of the
horses in the private sector. The Military Studs are those
responsible to breed select examples of the P.R.E., Pura Raza
Arabe, Hispano-Arabe, Caballo de Silla y Salta, Bretón y
Razas Autóctonas Asnales, to replace those who have died or
become infertile in the Stallion Deposits. They still are the
priceless genetic reserve of all these horses.
To set the stage - The Catholic Kings (as Queen Isabella and
King Ferdinand were called), once they had successfully
completed the Reconquest of Spain expelling the Moors,
having created and organized the first modern nation in world
history, while organizing the economic life of the Peninsular In 1996 the number of Stallion Deposits is fixed at seven
Kingdoms, created the
- located in Avila,
Royal Stud in Córdoba.
Jerez de la Frontera,
The Foundation follows in the footsteps
King Felipe II, of course,
Ecija, Zaragoza, Léon,
was responsible for
Santander y Santa Cruz
of the Cria Caballar
the codification of our
de Tenerife, and in
breed, and King Felipe
five for the Yeguadas
IV created, in the year 1659, the Royal Horse Breeding Board, Militares - Jerez de la Frontera for the breeding of Pure Spanish
with the idea that this would coordinate all activities related Horses and Pure Arabians - Ecija for Anglo-Arabians and
to horse breeding in Spain. Amongst other royal decrees, was Hispano-Arabians and ‘Native Asses’ - Lore-Toki, traditional
one that provided for the inspection of the public breeding for the breeding of Thoroughbreds - Ibio, prestigious now
sites established by both individuals and by the State, and for the Saddle and Jumping Horse, and recently Santander,
named breeding stations for horses and mules.
to where the Bretón horse has been moved from its original
site in Ecija.
In 1864, by royal decree, the horse breeding stations were
dependent on the Department of War, through the Cavalry The First P.R.E. Stud Book
arm. (J.C. Altamirano - La Yeguada Militar). In 1897 this
activity passed to the Ministry of the Army, subsequently The first P.R.E. Stud Book was published by the Cria Caballar
to the Ministry of Agriculture, and finally to the Ministry of in 1913, representing, of course, many horses born before the
Defense. This was specifically due to the mandate of breeding turn of the century, and the last printed volume was Volume
suitable horses for the use of the Army.
XXII, which was published in 2001 - with computerized
access available to the public from the early 2000’s.
The name CRIA CABALLAR (literally - Horse Breeding)
was developed over time, representing the Cavalry Division The Cria Caballar also published the first Libro de Meritos for
managing the horse breeding activities of the State through the P.R.E. including information through 1994. It contained
the Ministry of Defense.
a complicated mathematical formula combining points for
morfología, dressage, functionality, doma vaquera, endurance
Stallion Stations
(3-day) and driving.
The principal mission of the Stallion Deposits is that of
attending to the stabling, care, management, and preparation
of stallions of different breeds to be able to be deployed
annually to the Official Breeding Sites of the State with the
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Coronel José Bobi Miguel
The following attributes were judged:
Beauty: as framed within the racial characters of the breed.
Docility: this facilitates learning in the practice of equitation
in all riding styles.
Coronel José Maria Fernández Olmedo.
Coronel José Bobi Miguel with the author, Lanys Kaye-Eddie.
Coronel Javier Velázquez Rivera.
Photo: Paco Rey
Photo: Paco Rey
The Foundation stands for the preservation, protection,
and promotion of th P.R.E. in the United States.
The Cria Caballar regularly produced publications of the
Selected Stallions of the State, and it was their expertise that
was brought to bear to assist smaller breeders to improve the
quality of their herds, by providing, at a very low cost, some
of the best stallions in the country. It was a great honor for a
breeder to have his stallion purchased by the Cria Caballar to
stand at one of the State Stallion Stations, and many of the
best stallions in the country were owned by the State. Some
of the most extraordinary mares of the breed are also located
at the mother mare farms, and during the time that the Cria
Caballar competed horses in the National Shows in Spain,
they were extraordinarily successful. Presently the Cria
Caballar still maintains Stallion Deposits and the mother mare
farm in Jerez de la Frontera for the P.R.E. and the Pura Raza
Arabe to preserve certain important genetic lines, and when
they have a sufficient number of a particular line, they sell the
excess mares at auction to Spanish Breeders.
Officers of the Cria Caballar were, of course, responsible
for revision throughout the country, thereby attempting to
improve the quality of the stock of the independent breeders,
and eliminate from the breeding pool, horses with genetic
defects, or characteristics considered outside the particular
breed.
The Cria Caballar also conducted judging seminars in Spain
and abroad, to help develop judges and to help breeders to
be cognizant of the standards of the horse, and the rules of
competition. They conducted numerous seminars in the US,
which were always well received.
Enter the U.S.A.
Solicitation to the Cria Caballar on behalf of the breeders in
the USA, to be included in the Stud Book, began in 1989, and
continued with regular trips to the Madrid offices meeting a
succession of Generals who commanded the Stud Book, in
order to achieve this acceptance for the P.R.E. horses in the
US. Revision was offered on a voluntary basis to the breeders
in the United States in 1994. The Spanish Stud Book was
open to us for 3 years (with an extension of 2 years allowed)
to permit as complete coverage as possible in the USA and
Canada. The help and guidance of Coronel José Bobi Miguel
was invaluable during this period, as he attempted to gently
guide us in our breeding programs, while trying not to
destroy our budding passion for the breed and our deep love
of our own horses, which, though beautiful in our eyes were,
though, perhaps not quite up to the standard. Although dealing
with the Cria Caballar with paperwork was often very slow,
(they were, after all a government department) we managed
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the wait, perhaps because we trusted their integrity.
It was apparent to most people after a short initial five-year
revision period that the horses that had been submitted to the
revision process and had been approved for breeding, had
significantly raised the standard of the offspring produced.
Today, the Cria Caballar judges have told us that the best
horses in our horse shows could compete equally with the best
horses in Spain.
The Foundation follows the Cria Caballar
When Spain joined the European Union, many changes were
required. Among them was the necessity of moving all of the
Stud Books of all breeds from the Ministry of Defense to the
Ministry of Agriculture, to be in compliance with EU rules
(Spain being the only Country in the EU whose Stud Books
were in the control of a military department). The Ministry of
Agriculture did not want the daily management of the Stud
Book, so it remained for years with the Cria Caballar. After
specific legislation was written for the breeder’s association
ANCCE, the management was passed to them by the Ministry
of Agriculture. The manner in which this transfer was handled
is still in dispute in the courts in Spain and in the courts of
the EU.
Though the management of the Stud Book is no longer in their
hands, the Cria Caballar still maintains the responsibility for
the Stallion Deposits and the mother mare farms.
With the change of the Stud Book into the breeder’s hands,
it appeared that the impartiality of the Cria Caballar was
no longer in effect, and the unbiased judgment that we had
come to depend on for our breeding programs, was changed
significantly. Having revision conducted by members of the
breeder’s association was an uncomfortable change for some
people.
The strict standards of the Cria Caballar that were in place
to educate the breeders were overridden by the decisions of
ANCCE. With one of the missions of the Foundation being to
educate, we determined that the rules of the impartial managers
of the Stud Book (the Cria Caballar) needed to be maintained.
The Military Officers’ expertise which included daily contact
with P.R.E. horses, on farms, at horse shows, as well as the
military installations, provided exposure of the Cria Caballar
officers to huge numbers of horses for comparison.
It was the standard set by the Cria Caballar for detailed revision,
designed to help the new breeders, which The Foundation
chose to follow. The detailed information contained in those
original forms continues to help us evaluate our horses for
breeding and for shows. We know that the information
contained in these forms was given fairly and impartially
based on the extensive knowledge of the retired military
officer judging the stallion or the mare for reproductive use.
This detailed information, more than just height and testicle
count of the new way, serves to continue the education of the
breeders and owners of the P.R.E.
Horse Shows,
The Foundation and the Cria Caballar
The Foundation has consistently used the last horse show rules
approved by the Cria Caballar, so we are not embroiled in
the problems now seen in Spain where those rules have been
changed by current Stud Book managers, and where these
changes are under legal review. We have returned to the old
revision “ficha” (form) which shows points for each region of
the horse, thus continuing to educate the owners with a sheet
to take home to study.
When selecting judges for our Foundation competitions, we
again turned to the most experienced officers in the military.
All had been on the original list of approved judges and trained
by the Cria Caballar. All had enormous experience judging
within Spain at regional and national morfologic shows - as
well as their duties of conducting revisions for breed fidelity
and quality. Additionally most had judged in other countries in
Europe as well as the Americas. We chose men who had seen
and evaluated hundreds or thousands of horses per annum,
more than the newer judges had been exposed to. We routinely
chose one judge for Regional shows and multiple judges for
National shows.
We are using the expertise of these authentic caballeros,
true gentlemen, to develop a strict, reasonable standard for
selecting horses into the “qualified’ status. Two of these
men,Coronel Javier Velázquez Rivera and Coronel José Maria
Fernández Olmedo were on the original team with the Cria
Caballar that helped to develop the rules.... they know what
worked and what did not. Their vast experience makes them
the logical candidates to make suggestion that will be reviewed
and accepted by the Board of Directors of the Foundation for
its Mundial Registry, and its programs.
These particular judges have the interests of the P.R.E. horse
in the US in their hearts, and have declared themselves to be
sincere supporters of the Foundation for the Pure Spanish
Horse and its mandate for the preservation, protection and
promotion of the P.R.E. in the United States. They have
demonstrated their complete impartiality on numerous
occasions. These are mostly retired military officers who are
not subject to commercial bias in any way.
The Foundation accepted at its base the responsibility to work
first for the horse, then the breeder. Every issue discussed in
Board meetings begins with “is it good for the breed”. We
have only some 30-plus years of experience with this breed
in the U.S.A., so we rely on the knowledge and experience,
the impartiality and advice of the Cria Caballar. We are
committed to follow in their footsteps of more than 100 years
of tradition.
In Summary
Royal Stables, Córdoba, Spain
Cria Caballar, Ministerio de Defensa
Harmony of Gaits: this makes it possible for brilliant
completion of all types of movement.
Robustness: this allows all types of work to be done.
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Issues from Spain
The letter pictured across these pages is to Ancce from
Diego Marín Fidalgo, President of College of P.R.E. Judges
Association in Huelva, Spain expressing their displeasure
and non-acceptance of the system of classification of judges
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developed by ANCCE. The letter characterizes this latest step
by Ancce as a cumulation of the errors made by Ancce
during their mandate.
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Open Letter
from Dr. Gerd Heuschmann to the FEI, the German
National Equestrian Federation (FN) and the
German National Horse Judges Association dated
December 18, 2009.
To whom it may concern:
More than two years have passed since I sent my last
letter to you. I have neither received a reply nor have
I gotten the feeling that you have actually looked into
and dealt with all those questions that – it seems to me
– have become really urgent and important by now.
Decades ago, you chose or, for that matter, started tolerating
a way of schooling and training horse that values spectacular
performances higher than established principles in order to fill
stadiums, achieve higher TV ratings and enthuse the masses.
This movement periodically reaches new climaxes every
other year.
Looking at the economical side of the horse industry only,
you might very well see a considerable increase, i.e.
success. Looking at current events though with YOUR
teachings and ethical principles in mind, which every
organization or club directly or indirectly imposes on itself
by ways of its regulations, you are facing an incredible defeat.
Do you actually still care about the horses themselves
as formulated in most of your rules and regulations? I cannot
shake the impression that horses have become mere extras
such as bikes to the Tour de France and that the actual goals
are fame and money.
I understand that no one likes to question themselves and to
admit mistakes that might have been made. However, you
cannot honestly believe that those people, who are still tuning
in and applauding, will continue to do so once they realize that
most of what is happening is make-belief at the expense of
the horse. The sentiment is about to change! The regulations
of the FEI describe a well-trained horse as a “happy athlete”,
they speak of looseness and impulsion generated in the
hindquarters. Reading this, my only reaction was: How
stupid do you think we are? Is there any other sport in the
world where doing the exact opposite of what the regulations
prescribe is generally tolerated? Exactly these rules are still
valid, are they not? From a historical perspective, they have
been tested over centuries and approved. You award a horse
a score high enough to break the world record that does not
fulfill any of your own criteria. You are looking for flexible
and systematically trained “back movers”, yet you make “leg
movers” superstars, that are shown in a skillful and technically
accomplished way.
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continued
For reasons of credibility, however, the Germans have been
enforcing a very aggressive and transparent anti-doping
policy. We are working hard on doping regulations, but forget
to ask ourselves what the reasons for the increasing number
of doping incidents are. In this context, should we not be
asking why so much treatment in the area of orthopedic and
psychopharmacological issues is necessary in the first place?
Is it not the case that a horse trained and presented according
to the principles of classical teachings (regulations of FEI
and FN) – a horse that moves cadenced and balanced, shows
self-carriage, looseness and whose back muscles are flexible
– requires considerably less medical attention than a “leg
mover” full of negative tension?
Classical teachings equal actively practiced animal protection!
How do you suggest veterinary doctors are supposed to
react when, shortly before a show, “sports equipment” worth
millions of dollars suddenly “breaks”? Would you as a rider,
owner or trainer, who is directly involved, not be tempted to
fix it? Which role does the veterinary profession play in all
of this? On the one hand, a vet has an obligation towards the
owner (and the horse?) and receives great questionable honor
if his efforts to fix the damage pay off without being picked
up on during doping tests. On the other hand, this vet will
always exist in some gray area of legality since only these
kinds of actions show that you are a good vet, who can join the
conversations at the top of the “food chain”. Why are so many
institutions and educated people concerned about damage
control and the treatment of symptoms?
FEI
(Fédération Equestre Internationale)
resolves rollkur controversy
round table conference
Lausanne (SUI), 9 February 2010
Following constructive debate at the FEI round-
table conference at the IOC Headquarters in Lausanne today
(9 February), the consensus of the group was that any head
and neck position achieved through aggressive force is not
acceptable. The group redefined hyperflexion/rollkur as
flexion of the horse’s neck achieved through aggressive force,
which is therefore unacceptable. The technique known as
Low, Deep and Round (LDR), which achieves flexion without
undue force, is acceptable.
The group unanimously agreed that any form of
aggressive riding must be sanctioned. The FEI will establish a
working group, headed by Dressage Committee Chair Frank
Kemperman, to expand the current guidelines for stewards to
facilitate the implementation of this policy. The group agreed
that no changes are required to the current FEI Rules.
The FEI Management is currently studying a range
of additional measures, including the use of closed
circuit television for warm-up arenas at selected shows.
The group also emphasised that the main responsibility for the
welfare of the horse rests with the rider.
The FEI President HRH Princess Haya accepted a petition
of 41,000 signatories against Rollkur presented by Dr Gerd
Heuschman.
For more information, please visit the FEI website at www.
fei.org.
Riding as a sport
on such a high level is also about
culture and art. It is supposed to create role models instead of
questionable superstars. If doping regulations were as clear
as they are said to be and if we did not want any medical
intervention, why do people require team veterinarians to be
taken to shows? In case of emergency, a vet carefully chosen
by the event’s organizer may just as well tend to the horse –
and besides, almost everyone knows how to hold a hose pipe
to cool down a horse or its legs. What do we expect from a
“personal” vet during such an event.
Have you ever thought about the condition that ends most
of the promising careers in dressage? More and more often,
dressage horses, which were showered with glory only a day
ago, vanish from the main stage. Only in rare cases can a
downfall be predicted because of massive swelling above the
fetlocks. Most of the damage to the suspensory ligament is
caused in the respective fetlock, invisible from the outside.
Usually, lame excuses are being used even though it should
be obvious to every horseman – no matter if he is involved in
auctions or in the show circuit – that an increase in negative
tension causes an increase in this type of injuries!
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Even in world championships for young horses,
forelegs flung about in a showy and flashy way receive the
highest scores! These kinds of movements originate from
tense back muscles rather than from active hindquarters.
There is no way that only “leg movers” should win and that
we should simply approve of the extremely high drop-out rate
with regard to “show movers”!
Another issue related to the problem discussed here is
the fact that real collection does not exist anymore. It is
biomechanically impossible for a horse with tense back
muscles to flex or bend its haunches. Nowadays, horses
that we assume to be flexing their haunches really only
are pushed together and were trained to fling up their legs.
Attempts to explain uncontrollable psychological tension
in high-performance horses by means of their lineage and
bloodline are plain ridiculous. As every experienced rider
knows, negative physical tension always causes psychological
agitation and stress. When a horse is skittish and hard to
control, this is usually not its own fault or its own doing! A
correctly trained horse is calm and has strong nerves because
it is relaxed (especially with regard to its muscles) and trusts
its rider.
continued
There will always be misunderstandings with regard to
classical teachings – we are merely humans after all. However,
such systematic aberrations are incomprehensible and
unacceptable to me! Moreover, there will never be “new” or
revised teachings of how to ride and train a horse. Horses have
always been horses and will always be. The psychological
and physiological concept, which is the basis of classical
teachings, will always remain valid. There is no doubt that
there will always be well schooled “back movers” with a
flexible back and relaxed muscles displaying movements that
are balanced and natural (i.e., not artificial or showy).
It also goes without saying that there will always be “leg
movers”, pushed together by impatient and insensitive
riders. In my opinion though, it is high time that the people
responsible for defining and implementing the rules of our
sport finally remember what they decided on and start putting
it into practice. How is it possible that our distinguished
and professionally competent national trainer repeatedly
recommends the renunciation of the training scale as the only
way to be successful? The balancing act between theoretical
commitment and practical implementation that has been
practiced over the last decades is starting to hurt badly –
especially the horses.
I only see one way out of this calamity: consequently and
unequivocally following and practicing the core principles
as defined in the Principles of Riding (as published by
FNverlag, Germany, or Kenilworth Press, UK, for the English
translation)! Let us once again adhere to our rules and
regulations!
About 50 years ago, Dr. Gustav Rauh said that it was a
judge’s honorable task to distinguish a “leg mover” from a
“back mover”. A “leg mover” should never be considered for
high rankings even if his performance was technically perfect.
Only “back movers” could be in the rankings – the quality
of technique was only judged after making sure that a horse
really was a “back mover”.
How are riders at grass-roots level supposed to interpret world
record-high scores for “leg movers”? Do you honestly believe
that you can continue to fool the public in this way? Where is
this journey supposed to go? Where is this ride headed?
Yours sincerely,
Gerd Heuschmann
Veterinarian and Author (Finger in der Wunde [Tug of War],
Stimmen der Pferde, Mein Pferd hat die Nase vorn!)
Dr. Gerd Heuschmann
was born in 1959 in
Marktredwitz, Germany. From his early youth onward
warmbloods were kept on the farm his parents owned. While
waiting to go to university to study veterinary medicine
he trained for the profession of ‘Pferdwirt Schwerpunkt
Reiten’. His first year of training was at the Bavarian
Performance Center for Eventing in Ansbach. The second
school year he transfered to the German Riding School in
Warendorf where he was awarded the ‘Stensbeck Plaque’ for
his achievement in the final examination. Afterward, he began
his studies of Veterinary Medicine at the Ludwig’Maximilians
University (LMU) of Munich. After graduating in 1986, he
worked as an assistant in the Veterinary Clinic of Surgery at
the LMY, where he also prepared his Ph.D. thesis at the same
time. From 1989 to 1991 he was employed by the German
National Equestrian Federation (FN) as consultant of the
breeding department. In 1991 Dr. Heuschmann took over a
veterinary clinic, which became the Veterinary Clinic Dormane
Karthaus three years later. In 1998 he and Dr. Dirk Remmier
acquired a clinicial practice for horses in Warendorf which
they still run today. Dr. Heuschmann also worked as team vet
for the driving team at the German Olympic Committee for
Horse Riding (DOKR) for seven years until 2000. Since 1998,
Dr. Remmier and Dr. Heuschmann have been responsible for
the veterinary education for the candidates of the ‘Pferdewirt
Schwerpunkt Reiten’ (professional riders) examination. Based
on these classes he developed a series of presentations, which
have attracted a great deal of attention nationally as well as
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internationally. The presentations deal principally with the
functional anatomy of the sport horse. They explain the basic
features of classical riding instruction, which is derived from
extensive knowledge about the anatomy of the horse. It was
during one of these seminars that Dr. Heuschmann met Anja
Beran who shared his fundamental philosophy. This led to the
foundation of an organization dedicated to the promotion of
classical equestrianism and to Anja Beran’s book; Classical
Schooling With The Horse In Mind. Dr. Heuschmann’s
book, Tug Of War, clearly defines the damage being done
by some modern day training methods such as ‘rollkur’ or
hyperflexion. Dr. Heuschmann advocates the necessity for
those responsible for the health and well-being of their horses
to adhere to the classical principles of training.
Letter
from Colonel Carde to Dr. Heuschmann in
preparation for the FEI Feb. 9th discussion.
Dear Gerd,
You have been invited to take part in the FEI roundtable
discussion scheduled for February 9, 2010.
At the heart of the debate will be the hyperflexion of the
horse’s neck. I want to personally let you know that like many
trainers, judges and thousands of riders, all my thoughts will
be with you on that day.
Rollkur must be strongly discouraged in riding/training
and banned from competition:
• Because it has no place in a philosophy of training
designed to develop horses into happy athletes.
• Because it is contrary to the classical Dressage
principles applied in all the Schools.
• Because it is dangerous to the horse’s health when
badly executed – which is the overwhelming majority
of cases.
In Dressage competition, it must be forbidden for the
entire duration of the competitions. In order to implement this
rule, at the very least, the warm-up should be monitored by a
judge and at the very best, it should be scored and that score
should be included in the competitors’ final ranking.
Good luck, we are counting on you.
Colonel Christian Carde
Ancien écuyer en chef de l’Ecole Nationale d’Equitation et du Cadre Noir de
Saumur (Former Head Rider of the French National School of Riding and of
the Cadre Noir in Saumur.)
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Manuel Trigo Clinic
The happy participants of the
Piaffe and Passage
Training in Balance and Lightness
by Cameron English
The Foundation hosted a seminar with Manuel Trigo at Oak
Hill, the Ranch of Malcolm and Barbara Currie. Manuel
Trigo has built a career of training and teaching others the
concepts of natural horsemanship and lightness. Manuel is
from Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. He has worked in the
Costa Rica area for the past 15 years, as well as teaching and
presenting his concepts throughout Mexico and Europe.
Attending the Piaffe & Passage seminar was a diverse
group of equestrian enthusiasts with one thing in common;
an interest in the Art of Classical Training. Manuel teaches
with passion and simple, manageable methods. My personal
interest in attending was to advance my knowledge of training
my young horses the Piaffe and Passage. I am sure I speak for
all attendees in stating that we all received much more than
we bargained for!
Manuel started with the basics of Piaffe and Passage. He
pointed out that competitive dressage has moved and evolved
over the years from an art form to a form of competition, based
on control of the Horse. Manuel very eloquently expressed
his desire to see the Sport of Dressage return to the Art of
Dressage. Manuel states: “Lightness is the ability of the horse
to respond to the rider, always with balance, impulsion and
brio. Lightness is not only a light contact with the hands or the
mouth but the self-carriage of the horse, perfect obedience,
extreme sensitivity to the aids of the rider and a subliminal
bilateral communication with the horse.” To emphasize his
point, we watched international dressage competition video
of top named riders competing in Grand Prix tests. What we
viewed were examples of riders holding their horses behind
the vertical, canter pirouettes that looked extremely heavy and
labored. The Piaffe and Passage were examples of “heavy”
horses behaving badly. The fact that these examples were
world-renowned international riders shows very clearly the
point Manuel was making; Lightness is an Art, and at times
a lost art.
Manuel referred to classic trainers such as F.R. De La
Gueriniere who stated: “The Piaffe is a trot in a same spot,
without going forward, backward or sideways. The horse lifts
up and bends, with order and grace, the front and hind legs.
This movement is Piaffer”. Manuel pointed out: “The Piaffe
is the most perfect expression of the equestrian balance; from
this all the airs are immediately feasible”.
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Further, Manuel quoted classical trainer Michel Henriquet:
“Those who believed to have found the key to Piaffe, with
spurs and sticks, unfortunately arrived to degenerated,
disordered and arrhythmic “diagonalizations”.
As you can begin to understand; what began as a practical
seminar on how to train your horse to Piaffe and Passage,
quickly became a study into the foundations of classical
training. What a great reminder of the importance of training
a horse in the correct way, with the goal being a quality
movement and a happy horse!
From the beginning, Manuel encouraged our group with the
advice that anyone could reach the goal of becoming a capable
trainer. Of course the gift of the P.R.E. helps, as the breed we
all love and admire, has a natural ability to collect and to
gather with balance.
Manuel Trigo Training Seminar held
at Oak Hill by Malcolm and Barbara
Currie.
• Everything starts with the withers in the Piaffe
Of course, in order to fully appreciate Manuel’s system, you
will have to attend the seminar and/or attend the mounted
clinic as well. Manuel developed our understanding of the
keys on how to build the balance and collection of our horses
with patience and persistence. He showed us the keys to
building impulsion and collection into our training programs
with a systematic series of practical exercises. These exercises
could only come from a lifetime of applied training.
Those attending are now prepared and motivated to apply
the concepts Manuel so eloquently demonstrated during the
seminar. The Foundation for the Pure Spanish Horse is now
planning additional seminars in the major markets throughout
the US. Cost for the Piaffe & Passage Seminar is three hundred
and fifty dollars ($350) and includes two days of hands on
training and explanatory manuals.
Manuel plans to bring his students to Celebration XI - The
PRE horse show in Las Vegas from Aug 31 to Sept 5, 2010.
Several of Manuel’s students will be competing in Doma
Vaquera and Alta Escuela classes at Celebration.
For more information about future Manuel Trigo clinics
please visit the Foundation’s web site at www.prehorse.org or
Manuel Trigo’s web site at www.trigomanuel.com.
Manuel proceeded to break down the three parts of a successful
training program for the horse:
• Preparation – Training the horse to collect - using transitions and methods to teach the horse to collect and to work
in balance and lightness
• Teaching the horse the Piaffe & Passage
• Developing the Piaffe and Passage
One of the aspects I really appreciated about Manuel’s seminar
is the way he very clearly separated the steps to develop the
horse. At times, I felt as if I was learning key secrets on how
to apply Manuel’s techniques to my own personal training
program. If you have ever trained horses, you can appreciate
the value of proven practical and tactical training methods.
Throughout the seminar, I kept thinking how much I could
not wait to get into the arena to work with Manuel’s suggested
system. Manuel begins the seminar in the classroom, and then
follows with a hands-on mounted clinic – giving the students
the opportunity to apply the methods and ideas taught in the
classroom.
Some of Manuel’s practical ideas that were reinforced with
specific exercises:
• Long Reins - Key to training for Piaffe
• The horse is always right!
• Learn to train rewarding the horse
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by Dr. Elizabeth R. Babits, DVM
He arches his neck, prances and dances in the morning sunlight,
taunting the dust kicked up by his little winged feet. He drinks in the freshness
of the Spring air, and his lofty movement tells of talents yet to be revealed. He
is the reward of a long anticipated wait, a culmination of hundreds of years of
careful genetic and morphological selection and breeding: the P.R.E. foal - a
spirited, kind, and noble soul born into a new year.
S Mare
The
implicities
of
Management
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Boy, wouldn’t I love to breed my mare to him...
It is the time of year again which so
quickly creeps up on all of us - the
time of foaling, of selecting stallions
for mares, and of the breeding process
and care of our mares which carry and
sustain our prized, beautiful P.R.E. foals. So much attention
is placed on choosing just the right stallion to complement
individual mares, we often forget to take into account the
process of carefully managing our mares and their care which
enables them to produce future champions. In this article I
will focus on the basics of mare breeding management,
including selection, general health and care of the mare. the
estrus cycle, methods of breeding, and care during gestation.
We have all studied and seen the most gorgeous stallion
and thought “Boy, wouldn’t I love to breed my mare to
him.” However, an important part of breeding horses is
picking not just a beautiful stallion, but also a stallion that
complements the mare. It is important to look at a mare and
stallion’s weaker points, and try to counterbalance those
effects. For example, if the mare has a slightly steep shoulder
and shorter, upright pasterns, it would be important to breed
to a stallion with a longer sloped shoulder, and pasterns of
a longer, lower angle. By carefully selecting a stallion that
complements the mare and enhances her weaker points
(and the mare can even enhance a stallion’s weaker points
if she is stronger in those morphological areas) one can
also work towards producing a foal of correct conformation
and thus negate certain soundness problems (such as the
development of pastern joint osteoarthritis (high ringbone)
in short, upright pasterns). Additionally, one needs to assess
the mare’s breeding conformation. Does she have strong legs
of good bone? Is the pelvis of adequate length and width?
Does she have any unsoundness, which may make carrying
the foal later in gestation difficult? Has she had laminitis? If
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the mare is prone to laminitis, then careful feeding must be
undertaken to ensure she has enough protein and energy for
proper foal development, but also to minimize risk of future
episodes of laminitis while carrying the fetus. Phenylbutazone
administration during gestation may pose certain risks to the
fetus, so try to ensure that the mare will be comfortable enough
without it, particularly in those mares prone to laminitis or with
osteoarthritis. Pay careful attention to the vulvar conformation
as well: there should not be significant recesses or dips from
the anus to the vulva. If so, the mare should have a CasIick
surgery performed after breeding to ensure that urine, dirt, and
debris will not be pooled into the uterus, or cause placentitis
(an inflammation and infection of the placenta). If your mare
has previously had a Caslicks, make sure that it is removed
prior to foaling. Poor vulvar conformation is more likely to be
seen in older mares.
A mare’s general health overall is also
to be considered. She should have twice annual physical
examinations, usually during spring and fall at the time of
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Soundness exams are an important part of
establishing a viable pregnancy.
vaccination, and be current for deworming and vaccinations.
Current vaccinations will ensure that the foal, when born,
has adequate immunity from the mare’s
antibodies passed in the colostrum.
During pregnancy, it is important to
vaccinate the mare for Rhinopneumonitis
which can cause abortion at months
5, 7, and 9 of gestation. One month
prior to foaling, she should be vaccinated against Eastern and Western
Encephalitis, Tetanus, and West Nile.
Mare breeding
soundness
exams are an important part of helping to
establish a viable pregnancy. Every mare
prior to breeding should have a breeding
exam which includes a vaginal exam as
well as uterine ultrasound. During the
vaginal exam, the veterinarian will assess
conformation as well as the potential for
pooling of urine. The uterus, ovaries,
and cervix are assessed via ultrasound.
The uterus will be examined for the
presence of abnormal accumulation
of fluid (and that fluid characterized),
uterine cysts, thickening of the uterine
wall, etc. The ovarian structure and
anatomy will be assessed as well as
follicular development and stage of
estrus. If abnormalities are detected on
ultrasound, a culture and biopsy of the
uterine wall should be performed. Also,
if the mare was bred the previous year,
but did not become pregnant, then a
biopsy and culture for bacterial growth
should definitely be performed. If the
culture is positive for bacteria, then a
uterine flush and infusion of antibiotics
is done to try to “clean up” and ready the
uterus for an embryo. Often this is done
in timing with the breeding. The uterine
biopsy can indicate if there are chronic
changes in the uterus such as fibrosis
and scarring which can make embryo
implantation difficult and an important
aspect of infertility in the mare. Special
breeding strategies will have to be
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performed in order to establish a healthy pregnancy in
a mare with significant changes of the uterine biopsy.
When breeding mares it is important to understand the estrus
cycle in order to be able to time the breeding correctly. This
is important for both live cover and in particular artificial
insemination with fresh cooled transported semen or frozen
semen. The estrus cycle is divided into two basic phases:
estrus and diestrus. During actual estrus, the mare develops
an ovarian follicle which will ovulate and is receptive to
breeding. Estrus can last anywhere from 3-7 days on average.
Diestrus is during the time after the ovarian follicle has been
released from the egg, and the progesterone is produced.
Diestrus usually lasts an average of 14 days, therefore making
the entire estrus cycle an average of 21 days. Mares typically
go through anestrus which occurs during the winter months in
which there is no ovulation. Transitionary heat cycles occur
when the mare is transitioning between regular heat cycles
and anestrus, for example in the fall going into winter, and
the winter going into spring. These heat cycles can be erratic,
with follicles building and regressing, and can be difficult
to breed on. It is important to understand the estrus cycle
so that an appropriate time for breeding can be determined.
There are various breeding methods available. The simplest
is live cover. Typically the mare is teased to see if she is
receptive to the stallion, and then breeding commences when
she initially comes into heat and every other day until she
ovulates and is not receptive to the stallion. Even though
artificial insemination (AI) is now one of the most common
breeding methods, live cover is still necessary for some mares
who do not respond well to the extenders in shipped semen.
However, there is more risk for the stallion, the mare, and
handlers, so precautions should be taken to ensure that the
area for live cover is safe, and the handlers are experienced.
If the mare is not terribly polite (we know that would never
be true with our P.R.E. horses), a nose twitch, hobbles, and/
or light sedation may be necessary to ensure safety for the
stallion.
Artificial
insemination is widely
practiced. The estrus cycle of the mare is closely followed
with ultrasound to determine when the follicle will be ready
to ovulate. Prior contact with the stallion owner, veterinarian,
and collection personnel is necessary.
Usually, the stallion owner should be contacted when the
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Happy Breeding Season
to All!
mare comes into estrus. Insemination cannot be performed
before the follicle is 35mm. Once there is a 35mm follicle
and adequate uterine edema, the mare can be inseminated,
and human chorionic gonadotropin (beG) administered to
ensure ovulation within 24-36 hours. Equine semen can be
viable up to 72 hours post insemination within the mare’s
reproductive tract. I typically like to track particular mare’s
cycles to determine at what size follicle they typically
ovulate on. That may be 40-45mm or 52-55-60mm in
Warmblood breeds. I will generally time the insemination
within 12 hours prior to ovulation. With frozen semen, the
mare must be inseminated either 6 hours prior to or 6 hours
post ovulation as frozen semen is more fragile than shipped
cooled semen. Reproductive drugs can also be used to induce
ovulation if the mare is at least 5 days post ovulation and to
cycle mares together, which makes breeding a lot of mares
easier. For harder to breed mares there are other methods
of breeding such as embryo transfer and actual surgical
implantation of the semen into the fallopian tubes of the ovary.
Following breeding,
the earliest time at
which pregnancy can be detected is 14 days via ultrasound.
Once pregnancy has been established, it is important to assess
for twins. If twins are discovered, it is necessary to “pinch”
one of the embryos to prevent twins from developing further.
If abnormalities are detected, it is advisable to ultrasound
at 21 days and 30 days to follow the embryo development.
Your mare has been confirmed to be in foal. She
is healthy and you are happy. Now it is a nerveracking 11 month wait to be able to witness one of
life’s few surprises: a newborn foal!
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Introduction to
Classical Spanish
Equitation
By Antonio Topete Diaz
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In countries around the World,
man has been blessed with a noble and powerful creature,
which he has used for pleasure, sport, war, and work
through the ages.
This creature is the Horse.
A flowing Spanish Walk performed by Avi Cohen and Alborozo.
Spanish Riding performed by
Photo: Patty Wigdhal
Tracy Lyn. Photo: Paco Rey
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The Three Training Stages
of the
DOMA CLASICA
1 Nivel de Introduccion
(Introductory level)
Doma Basica (Basic training)
2 La Escuela de Campana
(Campaign School)
3 Gran Premio or
Alta Escuela Clasica
To accomplish man’s desire
and goals
however, methods had to be developed to work with horses so
that this noble creature would submit willingly to his master’s
commands, through the subtlest of aids. In Spain, over centuries
of interaction with the horse such techniques evolved into what
is identified as the School of Classical Spanish Equitation.
The Art of Horsemanship has been documented for
thousands of years since before the birth of Christ.
Xenophon (Greek Military Commander, philosopher,
and historian) wrote “The Art of Horsemanship”
about 400 years B.C. His book explained to
inexperienced riders how a warhorse should
be kept, fed and trained. About two thousand
years later, history noted a group of
exceptional horse masters. Among them
were Federico Grisone, Pignatelli, and
William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle.
Perhaps the most famous of all during
this time was Francois Robinchon de
la Gueriniere who is credited with
the development of the shoulder-in. As a result of the Crusades,
many diverse schools of thought developed on how to properly
train a horse. King Charles I of Spain, also known as the Holy
Roman Emperor Charles V, strongly influenced the art of
horsemanship during the mid 1500’s in Spain and Austria. It is
thought that the first Chief Riders of the Spanish Riding School
in Vienna were of Spanish origin because of the Spanish names
found on the original school records. This was the beginning
of Classical Spanish Equitation, which incorporates tried-andtrue methodologies and techniques into the three styles of riding
found in Spain today.
Doma
Clasica
is equivalent to Classical
Dressage. In this style of riding, the horse is taken through three
stages of training.
1. Nivel de Introduccion (Introductory level)
Doma Basica (Basic training)
2. La Escuela de Campana (Campaign School)
3. Gran Premio or Alta Escuela Clasica
A level one horse is taught the basics of energetic forward
movement and obedience to the aids. Correct gymnastics are
used to develop the horse physically. When he has accomplished
these skills, he moves into the second level of training that
includes both development of lateral movement and his paces as
well as advanced training designed to increase suppleness
and collection. Level three includes training in patterns that
are more difficult and exercises such as piaffe and passage,
tempi changes and canter pirouettes. The completion of
the entire Doma Clasica regimen from beginning to end
could take from two to six or more years depending on the
physical and mental abilities of the horse, and the skill,
expertise, and abilities of his master.
It is easy to see how the stages of Doma Clasica relate to
Classical Dressage, which breaks the training progress of a
horse into more stages beginning with Training Level and
ending with Grand Prix.
An enthusiast of either discipline should be able to follow
and enjoy classes at a show that features either school of
thought.
Doma Vaquera is the style of riding most
commonly used in Spain for cattle work, competition, and
exhibition. In this work, the horse is taught a combination
of movements from canter pirouettes to sliding stops and
could be described as a combination of a western reining
class and classical dressage.
In fact, the Spanish Dons brought this style of riding
Doma Vaquera performed by Ami MacHugh.
Photo: Paco Rey
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to California where it evolved into the Vaquero Style. In
Mexico, Spanish Riding Masters planted the seeds that
became the Charreria. Doma Vaquera skills are also basic to
the Rejoneadores (Mounted Bull Fighters). Some of the most
skilled Doma Vaquera riders will often perform with no hands
on the reins to show the perfection of their horse’s training.
No one will ever forget a garrachista performance if they have
the privilege to see one. The horse spinning under the garracha
pole, the flamenco music playing, and the rider relaxed in the
saddle, one hand on the pole and the other resting on his thigh.
The Doma Vaquera work requires years of patient and
systematic work, as does Doma Clasica. Both advanced Doma
Vaquera competition, and its actual field application working
the bulls, require canter half passes, canter pirouettes, and
sliding stops as well as tempi changes and roll-backs. It
requires a more intense and speedy skill level than that
required in dressage. Since most of the movements are done
in walk, canter, and full gallop the rider’s seat must be very
secure and he must be able to ride on a curb bit alone with
just one hand, freeing the other for the use of the Garrocha,
Rejones, or Banderillas. Many great Vaquera riders use Doma
Clasica in their Vaquera Training regimen. The main goal in
the Vaquera style is to produce absolute obedience, lightness
and suppleness so the rider can keep the horse fully collected
with one hand. The horse must be willing to depart at a canter
from a standstill, a walk or a rein-back on any lead required by
the rider. The work for Doma Vaquera once again, depending
on horse and rider will take anywhere from sixteen months
to six years to accomplish a polished and reliable level of
performance. Doma Vaquera horses can be seen in exhibition,
the bullring, or on a working ranch. This can be dangerous
work and requires one hundred and ten percent from both
rider and horse.
Alta Escuela literally means High School.
This style of riding includes many Grand Prix Dressage
movements and beyond. The Alta Escuela Española form also
includes the Spanish Walk, perhaps kneeling, laying down,
bowing and in the most advanced level Levade, Posadas,
Corvetas or Cabriolas in hand or under saddle. This work
takes a very long time in addition to a solid foundation in
Doma Vaquera or Doma Clasica. The Alta Escuela horse is
therefore the most spectacular and beautiful to watch.
In my experience, there is a benefit to combining elements of
Doma Clasica, Doma Vaquera and Alta Escuela in a young
horse’s training regime. It creates a willing, enthusiastic horse
that is properly “gymnastisized”. An additional benefit is
the rider more quickly recognizes the natural talent for any
one of the disciplines. I like to train youngsters in the open
because the horse learns to focus on the riding aids while
ignoring external stimulation. Therefore, one of the greatest
enemies of progress - boredom, is prevented by avoiding
constant repetition of schooling figures in the riding arena.
Just as many top American trainers use cross training to
develop all sides of their young horses, combining the three
classic forms of Spanish Equitation serves the same purpose.
This method will help to discover, more quickly, any young
horse’s special talents so his future training can be directed
towards a specialty. The country of origin for Classical Spanish
Equitation is Spain and the original horse trained in this way
is the P.R.E., however, in America there is an application for
these techniques for many other breeds and disciplines. These
three methodologies are tried and true, built on systematic
steps designed to strengthen and discover special talents. This
is something that can have value in the American market.
Antonio Topete Diaz
Attended the Centaur Institute of Classical Equine Studies
(CICES) at Bend, Eastern Oregon from 2006-2008 (A former
rider of the Spanish Riding School for 15 years, who also
spent 10 years as a professional Rejoneador, developed the
program.) Student of the year award at CICES 2006. Oregon
Horse Trainers Association Colt Starter’s Program 2006.
Graduated third in class and performed a Grand Prix musical
freestyle at the 2008 spring graduation ceremony. Rider and
Trainer of Emperador (5 years old to 8 years old). Emperador
had been worked at dressage training level for one year when
I was appointed to continue and complete his training as part
of my training at the CICES school. Emperador performed
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all the classical airs, such as one and two tempi changes,
piaffe pirouettes, canter pirouettes, zigzag half pass, canter
pirouettes, piaffe-passage transitions, and caprioles in hand.
Based on the combination of my personal training experience
I have developed a training regime for young horses that
combine the principles of Alta Escuela and Doma Vaquera.
In Classical Spanish Equitation, this is the equivalent of cross
training so often used in the U.S. The reason this works so well,
it avoids boring the horse with repetitive exercises, and allows
full development of its physical and mental capabilities. The
result is a properly “gymnastisized” horse ready to specialize
in the medium and upper level movement in either discipline.
A spectacular Levade
A la Garrocha
performed by the Medieval Times.
Photo: Paco Rey
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Feeding
your Horse: Feed Tags
by J.C. Lambeth
“Oops!
The feed bin is low
so I better get to the feed store before
they close and pick up some of that 12
percent in the yellow bag”.
Examples of Ingredients
using Collective Terms
Animal Protein Products
• Blood meal
• Casein
• Fish Meal
• Hydrolyzed Feather Meal
• Meat and Bone Meal
Plant Protein Products
• Canola Meal
• Cottonseed Meal
• Yeast Products
• Peanut Meal
Grain Products
• Corn
• Barley
• Wheat
• Rice
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Processed Grain By-Products
• Corn Gluten Feed
• Corn Gluten Meal
• Brewers Dried Grain with
solubles
• Wheat Middlings
Roughage Products
• Corn Cobs
• Cottonseed Hulls
• Rice Hulls
• Soybean Hulls
• Citrus Pulp
• Beet Pulp
Horse owners go through this thought
process all the time with the good
intentions of buying nutritional feed
for their horses. However, do they fully
understand what they are doing; do they
buy feed by the color of the bag, or do
they read the bag tag first? Moreover, if
they read the bag tag, do they understand
what is, or is not, being stated about the
quality of the contents?
The feed tag is often overlooked and
taken for granted when horse feed is
purchased. This article will summarize
the basics of the information on the
tag with the objective of providing a
guideline for horse owners to follow
when making the important decision on
what to feed their horse. Knowing the
ingredients of the feed is also important
for managing breeds that are ‘easy
keepers” such as the P.R.E.
First, let us review the primary means
of producing horse feed concentrates
(grains), Fixed Formula and Least Cost
Formula.
Fixed Formulation The feed is
produced using the same ingredients
every time the product is made. There
is no substitution of ingredients and no
change to the recipe or formula. Quality
is very consistent but the cost of the
ingredients track grain markets and
therefore price can often change. On
the bag tag, each ingredient in the feed
is listed in order of most to least, just
as human food is identified in a grocery
store.
of production. Costs are therefore more
stable but quality can vary from batch
to batch. Least cost feeds list ingredients
using collective terms such as grain
products, plant protein products, and
animal protein products.
It is clear that when buying Least Cost
produced feed there is no way to know
what is actually in the bag. This also
explains why horses “go off feed”
even though they are fed the same
product all the time. They know
something has changed – they
are smarter than we are! The
fact that the ingredients
are unknown leads us to
the next major point
regarding crude protein.
Feed is sold primarily
Least Cost Formulation With
this method, producers substitute
ingredients depending on the
cost of the ingredients in the
grain market at the time
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Feed Tag Message Points
•Use Fixed Formula feeds whenever possible. Read the tag!
•Know what you are buying as the quality of ingredients is critical
•Guaranteed analysis does not mean guaranteed digestibility
•Quality feed can save you money
using the percentage protein as a
starting point for making the purchasing
decision. However, just because the
feed tag “guarantees” the percentage
crude protein of the feed, it does not
mean that the protein is digestible! If
the horse cannot digest the protein,
then it cannot use the protein for
maintaining itself, building muscle, or
having energy to work. It also costs you
money. For example, a widely used least
cost produced 14% feed pellet has a
digestible nutrient factor of 70% which
means 30% is passing through the horse
and your money is
going on the ground.
This fact also applies
to percentage crude
fiber. Digestible fiber
is very important
for overall health
of the horse and
the function of
the hindgut. It is
particularly critical
for older horses in
times of drought or
those horses that are
being fed complete
feeds (very high
fiber content) as hay
substitutes.
In either case, in
order to know the
quality of the source
of the protein as
well as that of fiber,
we must be able to
know exactly what
ingredients are being
used in the feed.
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Crude fat made from animal fats is not
as palatable as fat made from vegetable
oils. The higher the fat content, the
lower the sugar and starch contained
in the feed and the better the source
of calories for the horse. Again, if the
ingredients vary, so does the starch
content and the difference can be
significant. One popular low starch feed,
least cost produced, has a percentage
starch variation of up to 40 percent. The
manufacturer “guarantees” a minimum
percentage but no maximum! High
starch levels will make a horse “hot”
and “fussy”, not what you want when
you enter the dressage arena.
Least cost feeds typically require higher
feed rates due to the often lower quality
of ingredients used. Check the bag tag
and compare recommended feeding
rates between the two types of feed. If
you calculate the cost per pound of feed
and multiply by the feed rate per day,
you will determine the cost per horse per
day. Higher quality feeds require lower
feed rates and many times will actually
cost less per horse per day to feed!
Notes and Acknowledgement:
Technical Data
• Mars Horsecare USA
Buckeye Nutrition Brand
• Dr. Dan Burke, Kalmbach Feeds
Tribute Brand
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Young Stars
Y
outh
and Horses
by Ariella Mostov
Someone once told me that every little
girl goes through a horse-crazed phase.
Some start around preschool, other start
as pre-teens. Most out-grow it and that
usually calms parents who are terrified
of the price tag. Not for me, I loved
horses since the age of four, when I
could first draw them and understand
that they were huge, loving animals
that could carry you around. I did not
become serious about horses until I was
ten. In fifth grade I needed a passion that
I would keep for life.
I turned to horses for comfort. My
parents thought it was just a phase, my
parents’ friends told them it was just a
phase, but to me horses became a part
of me in no other way imaginable. My
parents wouldn’t consider lessons until
my interest seemed cemented. They
did let me volunteer
at a 4-H club for the
handicapped where I
learned the all-healing,
most enchanting and
somewhat, out-of-this
world, power of horses.
As I lead Dexter, a boy
with autism, on the back
of a Paso Fino, I saw his
face come to life. He
maintained eye contact
and expressed joy just
as any other boy would.
It was then and there
I knew I could never
stop being enchanted
by the powers of the
horse. Since then I
have dedicated my life
to pursuing my love of
horses.
I was blessed last
winter to be the grand
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prize winner of The Foundation of the
Pure Spanish Horse’s 2008 annual essay
contest. Through this magical event,
I found the horse of my dreams, TB
Zamarra. Thanks to the generosity of
Barbara Currie of Oak Hill P.R.E., I
finally have the happily ever after I’ve
always dreamed of. Zamarra is my
first horse, and it gives me no greater
joy to experience every moment of
my life with her. As a P.R.E Zamarra
possesses qualities of no other horse I
have ever seen. To finally realize that
unconditional love does exist is the
most gratifying experience I’ve ever
had. I love my horse and she loves me,
and the things she has taught me and all
the other horses I have met, have made
me who I am today. Horses and youth
is possibly the greatest combination of
love, learning and laughter.
What My Horse
Has Taught Me
There are boundless amounts of
education I have experienced on the back
of a horse, but my horse has specifically
taught me about determination, patience,
and unconditional love.
Determination
When I found out that I won a horse,
it was the greatest shock of my life,
and it especially affected my parents.
They couldn’t believe the phone call
we received, or the pictures of such a
beautiful horse that was mine. However,
we had trouble figuring out how to
accommodate a then 3 year old unbroken
mare at the time. I was at a schooling
barn where they advised us to sell
Zamarra (oh the horror!), while others
said donate her to a rescue (strange,
since she doesn’t need rescuing) and
some were just plain simple about itdon’t accept. But how could I turn away
a dream come true? How could I never
meet the horse of my dreams and spend
time with the most beautiful creature? So
I was determined to find a way to make
this work. I needed a trainer, a barn that
would be willing to take a 3 year old,
and somehow the finances to provide
for her. She needed a place to live where
she could be happy and well fed. So I
searched every option I could think of.
I also must admit that I
even tried telepathically
begging Zamarra to find
a place to live with me.
As I tried networking
with other horse lovers
I was so blessed to have
the support of my cousin
Melanie who vowed
to help me make this
work. With our joint
determination we were
able to find Zamarra a
place to live and I learned
that with the right amount
of determination and guts
to get things done I could
accomplish anything for
my horse and I.
Patience
Zamarra is my first horse.
She is, of course, the
most perfect first horse.
As a young horse though, patience must
be used constantly. I must have patience
with myself, others and of course with
her. She’s taught me that patience and
time is more gratifying than rushing
into anything. She’s the horse I’ve been
waiting for, and I will maintain my
patience as we learn and grow from each
other. As I watch her mature in mind and
body, it is patience that guarantees her
health and successful training. She is
patient with me as I am patient with her.
The first time I was able to ride Zamarra
I was learning from her and she was
learning from me, and that can only
be accomplished with patience. I was
able to understand that she was a horse
willing to do anything that was asked,
but at the same time we both needed time
to accommodate ourselves in this new
realm of saddle-hood. With patience we
are able to now communicate through
the saddle, as well as on the ground and
just when we are in the presence of one
another.
Unconditional love
The best thing about a horse is they will
forgive you for your mistakes. They
will love you when you feel no one else
loves you and they enjoy your company
just as much as you enjoy theirs.
Zamarra exceeds these expectations.
She comforts me, even when I just
think about her. She’s what gets me up
in the morning, makes me motivated
to do well in school so I’ll be able to
provide for her in and after college,
and there is never, ever a doubt that we
don’t love each other. It was the most
surreal feeling when I realized I love my
horse no matter what, and in return she
provides me with her company, love and
the freedom that can only be achieved
while on a horse’s back. I didn’t know
what unconditional love really was
until I met Zamarra. This is possibly the
most magical thing a horse, my horse,
has ever taught me. As a teenager, life
seems difficult, even impossible at
times. My passage into adulthood seems
unbearable and yet necessary, but it is
difficult to enter the adult world unless
you know you are loved. To love and to
be loved is the greatest lesson that can
be learnt, and I am so fortunate to learn
it from my horse.
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Advertiser’s Index
2010 Advertising Information
Reservations
Inside Front Cover:
Rothrock Andalusians
Inside Back Cover:
Cortijo Las Morerias
LA Graphics.............................................69
Amandalusian Farm ................................36
American Dream Farms...........................69
Blue Fire Moon Farm...............................69
Branch River Ranch...................................8
Corazones De Fuego ...............................52
Dehesa De Cabeza Rubia...................16, 17
Dorado Andaluz.......................................25
Estirpe Cárdenas........................................6
Glynn, Jerry & Karen...............................35
Gremlan Farms.........................................72
Iberian Connection...................................13
La Tienda Española..................................69
Legacy P.R.E........................................... 64
Lionheart Andalusians.............................69
Lost Art Spanish Horses..........................15
Majestic Andalusians...............................11
Nobleza del Guadiana..............................31
Oak Hill..............................................60, 61
Omega Fields...........................................49
ONM (Odor-No-More)........................... 64
Pixel Graphix Design...............................36
Rancho Dos Centavos................................5
Rancho Maria.....................................43, 69
Ranch O Grove Andalusians....................24
Rancho Sol Del Pacifico..........................30
Saddleridge Farms...................................69
Snowy Peaks Ranch...................................1
Sommer Ranch . ......................................65
StemEquine..............................................69
Victor Pozzo Training Stables................. 68
Watchman P.R.E...................................... 42
Yeguada Aquilino Fraile............................2
Yeguada Charileen.............................38, 39
Yeguada Trujillo.......................................48
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