Qld: 12 & 13 December at Bellara Park, 97 Worendo Street, Veresdale (near Beaudesert)
Melbourne: 14 & 15 December at Peppercorn Equestrian Centre, 230 Oaklands Road, Oaklands Junction

This seminar would be beneficial for those who own, or wish to purchase, a Spanish horse, judges, or those who want to know more about the breed.
Cost: $40 per person (2 days) or $30 per person (1 day)

Visit the PREAA website for a registration form, or for more information contact: Catherine Nicholls on president@preaa.com.au.

Victoria: 17th and 18th of October, 2008 (Venue to be determined)
NSW/QLD: 19th and 20th of October, 2008 (Omaru Stud, Murwillumbah)

The seminar costs $40 per person for both days, or $25 per person for one day. A registration form and more information on this event can be found on the PREAA website.

EQUINE GENEALOGY

The equine genealogy program is now ready for breeders and enthusiasts so that you can consult information about your horse and its "family tree". Likewise there are other new possibilities such as:

- ON LINE updated information about the horses included in the LG-PRE- ANCCE database
- Complete file of each horse
- More information about the horses included in the genealogy
- Red rosette for qualified horses
- Coat color at birth and genetic coat color
- Current owner according to the LG-PRE-ANCCE Stud Book
- List of progeny for the horse consulted
- All sections of the family tree clickable.
- User-friendly

This first version is a demo, and it responds to the need the PRE enthusiasts have for information. In short, for both the public access and the private access versions, new functions will be included to help facilitate tasks, marketing and the dissemination of PRE horses.

The most important will be:

- Prediction of inbreeding for future progeny
- Prediction of coat colors, based on parent genotypes
- Breeder calendar for coverings, movements of horses in and out of the stud farm, veterinarian controls, LG-PRE-ANCCE Stud Book relations, etc.
- Updates of brands

We hope to have these and other utilities up and running before the end of the year.

The PRE stallion Fuego XII was the highest scoring Iberian horse in the Dressage Individual Grand Prix, with a total score of 66.083 ( 22nd place). The placings of the Iberian horses competing in this competion are as follows:

The scholarships consist of a monthly, 800 EUR payment to finance training expenses, maintenance and participation at competitions of 5, 6 and 7 years old horses. Four horses will be chosen per level, provided that the minimum average scores are reached.

ANCCE seeks to consolidate these horses in competition and to help them develop their potential to the fullest. The aim is to increase the level and number of riders with PRE horses that are already harvesting excellent results. This is a medium-term project, in which the objective is to improve the current level of PRE horses competing in the top level tests.

Those horses achieving the best averages, in their level, throughout the year will be eligible for these scholarships, providing these averages exceed 67%. The ANCCE Competition Commission will select the horses and riders by taking into consideration the average of the final scores achieved in three national competitions and the Young Horse Championship of Spain.

Every year, following the aforementioned Spanish National Championship, the commission will select the horses based on the results achieved. Owners will be granted the scholarships for the following year. To select the 5-year-olds, the scores in the tests for 4 years from the previous year will be taken into consideration; the same process will be followed all the way up to the 7-year-olds.

Scholarships are granted to the horse, so if ownership changes, the new owner will automatically receive the corresponding amount, provided that the horse continues competing and the required levels of results are attained. The ANCCE Competition Commission will follow the progress of each horse/rider throughout the year.

If due to injury or any other reason, a horse leaves the competition arena, the scholarship will be cancelled automatically. These scholarships will be awarded for yearly periods, with the exception stated in the previous paragraph. Each year the four horses that will receive the scholarships will be selected, depending on their results. The owner of the horse will sign a contract with ANCCE covering all these aspects.

The horse must be entered in competitions with the prefix ANCCE, and both the rider and the horse will advertise ANCCE on their clothes, according to the RFHE (Royal Equestrian Federation of Spain) Rules and Regulations.

A full copy of the rules and regulations for eligibility of Dressage scholarships will be published on the ANCCE web-site and will be sent to all the breeders.

More information can be found here.

The schedule for the 2008 Australian Valoration tour is out!

The March - April 2008 English edition of El Caballo magazine is available for download here (28 MB).