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Andalusian Horse News
Breaking News by Donna DeYoung
Efforts between the Foundation and ANCCE Break Down
Note: The “Bombshell” letter is the letter PREA sent to
breeders saying they had opted not to cooperate with ANCCE. The “Grave Issues”
letter is the letter PREA sent to breeders explaining their actions. Copies of
these letters are presented at the end of this article.
Introduction
Breeders of Pura Raza Espanola (PRE) horses (also known as Andalusians) in the
United States often double register their horses with the U.S. organization
known as IALHA (International Andalusian and Lusitano Horse Association) and
with the mother country of Spain. The registration in Spain is known as
inscription (for entering young horses into the studbook) and revision
(approval/inspection done by the Spanish). A successfully revised adult PRE
horse receives a stamp on their papers (their carta) that makes them quite
valuable. Many breeders follow this tradition from overseas. It takes a
coordinated effort to bring Spanish inspectors to the U.S. and to coordinate the
trade of paperwork between us and them.
As many of you already know, FAB-PRE-USA was the former contact between the
United States breeders of Pure Spanish horses and Spain (Cria Caballar). As
FAB-PRE-USA became defunct (no longer responded and basically disappeared along
with countless requests for cartas/Spanish papers) the Foundation for the Pure
Spanish Horse (the Foundation) stepped up with their own official group called
PREA.
Also, a Spanish group of breeders in Spain known as ANCCE (Asociacion nacional
de criadores de caballos espanoles or National Association of Breeders of
Spanish Horses) made their move to gain control of the Spanish Studbook away
from the Cria Caballar (Spanish military arm). The Cria Caballar was supposed to
turn over the control to ANCCE on January 1 of 2007 (about a year ago).
PREA stepped up saying they had a protocol with ANCCE (and that it was the first
such agreement signed with anybody) and we could start right away with
inscriptions and revisions for 2007. They offered to help find the lost
paperwork from FAB-PRE-USA and to lead us through the tangled web of Spanish
papers and fees required by ANCCE.
I will start by chronicling the news that PREA (i.e., the Foundation) gave out via
public emails. My comments are in italics.
2006 News
April 2006: The Foundation announces breaking news that
“In a recent Ministerial Decree the Department of Agriculture has announced that
the management of the national P.R.E. stud book will pass from the hands of the
military to ANCCE, the largest breeder’s organization in Spain. The two groups
will start to work together in June to assure that the transition is a smooth
one and in January 2007 ANCCE will totally manage the book.” The Foundation also
announces they are no longer a part of FAB-PRE-USA (the PRE part) and that
“PREA, The Foundation’s branch that was part of the umbrella organization called
FAB-PRE-USA has resigned its membership in the group. Al Rotter has also
resigned his position as Treasurer. Please thank Barbara [Currie] and Al for all
their hard work and dedication to the organization during the last year or so.”
I’m not sure what role PREA played in FAB-PRE-USA; probably a minor one. On
the Foundation’s Wish List for the year they asked for “A protocol with Spain so
that we can assist all breeders in Revision and Inscription.”
June 15, 2006 – The Foundation announced that they are selling
microchips and DNA services (IALHA already provides this and FAB-PRE-USA used to
coordinate the use of our chips/DNA results that were acceptable to Spain).
As would happen, Spain now requires a 10-digit microchip that we must
acquire
from them. They also require to do their own DNA analysis in Spain. Not sure why
the Foundation began offering this service.
June 23, 2006 – The Foundation announces that horses can now go
through the Qualified Process (a second tier of revision/inspection) and that
this will happen in Los Angeles. “The Foundation has been selected by the Stud
Book as the single entity to make arrangements for this visit. A team of three
judges, accompanied by a representative of ANCCE, will make their single stop in
the USA in Los Angeles to judge the assembled horses.”
However, this never happened until 2007 (see July 22, 2006).
July 22, 2006: The Foundation announces that the Qualified
Tribunal has been post-poned.
August 31- September 1 2006 “Celebration” in Las Vegas. In the December 12, 2007
Grave Issues letter, the Foundation claims that Celebration 2006, “ANCCE
announced that they would give us a protocol and we could begin to work on
1-1-07.”
It is common for important breeders from Spain to visit this show each year.
Therefore, it makes sense that someone from ANCCE would be there.
September 2006: The Foundation announces “The Foundation has
the Protocol of Collaboration with the Cria Caballar, and is assisting breeders
and owners of P.R.E. horses.” PREA includes instructions for inscribing foals
and requests the paperwork be sent to them along with $100. They also say “ANCCE
and the Foundation are Working Together” and specifically that “ANCCE (Asociacion
Nacional de Criadores de Caballos Espanoles) has asked us to do some work for
them prior to their taking over the Stud Book …” They are talking about people
sending in Estado Inicial (initial farm) reports and suggesting vets that can do
inscription. This announcement also claims that “-Dr. Rojas has already been
approved and he will be able to do revisions January 2007.”
Apparently, Dr. Rojas only WENT ALONG with the ANCCE-approved inspector Dr.
Arancha Rodriguez during revision in 2007.
October 2006; The Foundation notes that Spain (ANCCE) has
announced “that the Qualified tribunals outside of Spain have been postponed.
The very earliest that they will be held would be in April 2007.”
November 2006: The Foundation notes that “ANCCE has extended an
invitation to all our Foundation members traveling to SICAB to attend their
official cocktail at
the Real Alcazares on Thursday, November 23rd 2006 from 22:00 until 23:30. Buses
will be made available departing from the Congresso's main entrance.”
This is the famous fiasco referred to in a yahoo email in that no
accommodations were made to get people back to their hotels after the cocktail. I
find that pretty funny, actually. Of course, I wasn’t one of the people
wandering the streets of Spain half-drunk.
They also mentioned that “We will have a conference about the management of the
stud book by ANCCE in SICAB, on Friday 24th … in the Sala Ronda … in the Palace
of Congresses of Seville.”
On problem papers, “We have received information from many of you regarding
missing Cartas/Passports of your horses, or other problems you want us to
present to ANCCE for resolution (hopefully!). We will deliver a binder to ANCCE
with these cases when we travel to Sevilla at the end of this month. All
information regarding problems to be submitted to ANCCE must be received in our
office of Albuquerque NM by Nov 19. after Nov 19 we will no longer accept
problem files.”
In News from Spain, the Foundation reports that a letter arrived from Jose Palma
Moreno (president of ANCCE). The letter said “Firstly, we want to thank the
large number of Foundation for the Pure Spanish Horse members and breeders who
attended SICAB 2006. It was our pleasure to spend time with your President,
Barbara Currie, Executive Director, Barbara Clark, and to recognize Board
member, Alex Zilo, responsible in large part for cultivating the positive
relationship that exists between ANCCE (Spanish National Association of PRE
Horse Breeders) and the Foundation for
the Pure Spanish Horse.”
The president goes on a cautionary note stating “ … we have had to modify our
scheduled start date for international issues. We will first begin to address
our national PRE Stud Book concerns using a computer program newly developed for
this purpose [this is the computer program, most likely, that the Foundation
talks about in their Grave Issues Letter of 12/11/07] … We have an agreement
[note he says agreement, not protocol] with the Foundation for the Pure Spanish
Horse Association, which we will honor. But we ask for your patience and
understanding. We have received the documents delivered to us by the Foundation
for the Pure Spanish Horse pertaining to pending cases. Once the transfer of PRE
Stud Book documents from the Cria Caballar to ANCCE is completed we will make
every effort to resolve these pending cases … We will be very rigorous"
December 2006: In the December 12, 2007 Grave Issues letter,
the Foundation claims that “Then in December 2006, we were told that we needed
to submit information about our office, so we sent 90 pages detailing our
employees, our security, our computer back-up, etc. We were told it was an
excellent and complete document and would be the model for other countries to
use. But no protocol.”
Note, the earlier agreement that perhaps we would be able work with ANCCE as
of January 1, 2007.
2007 News
March 2007: The 12/12/07 Grave Issues letter claims that during this time “ …
Barbara Currie was asked to go to Costa Rica during the Bonanza horse show
(3-07) to sign a protocol; but it turned out not to be a protocol, but a
Memorandum of Understanding. This document was signed, because we had no
alternative. The “real” protocol was promised daily, monthly. It didn’t appear.”
At the same time, the Foundation March 2007 newsletter claimed “ANCCE has
recognized The Foundation for the Pure Spanish Horse Association as their sole
agent in the U.S.A. The Foundation is the first entity recognized in the world
by the new managers of the Stud Book. This approval opens the door for owners
and breeders in the U.S.A. to have their Pure Spanish Horses registered in the
parent Stud Book and later approved as breeding quality horses. The Foundation’s
President Barbara Currie said: ‘We are honored to have this recognition and
acceptance by our parent Stud Book. We pledge to uphold the high standards
maintained by this Stud Book since its inception in 1911.’” The newsletter ends
by saying “For more information about the Protocol … contact the Foundation.”
This makes it SEEM as if there was a real protocol signed CONTRARY to what
the Foundation later revealed.
June 2007: Revision occurs in U.S. “The first ANCCE Revision
trip is taking place as you read this! Though it is a smaller trip than we had
hoped for, at least it is a start. There are three sites in this trip: Leesburg,
VA; Sanger, TX; and Orlando, Fl. Dr. Arancha Rodriguez is the ANCCE
representative coming to do revision this time … The Foundation has requested
two additional revision trips from ANCCE for this summer and early fall, but
there will not be confirmation of whether those trips will take place until
after the completion of the June trip. ANCCE wants to be sure
that their revision procedures function well prior to making further revision
trip commitments.” The Foundation answers the question on whether we should send
in paperwork yet … “ … not yet. We cannot accept any paperwork … until after we
have a final approved Protocol from ANCCE and they authorize us to be the
liaison to the PRE Stud Book in Spain. When we are able to receive paperwork
once again we will make a BIG announcement in the e-mail newsletter and on our
website. We are very eager to begin Stud Book Services work again, but we
cannot until we have authority to do so.”
This is important, notice that can’t accept any paperwork UNTIL they have a
FINAL APPROVED PROTOCOL from Spain. Also, they are eager to begin “Stud Book
Services work AGAIN” … which implies that they have done it before (not sure
what this means?)
The Foundation also includes a news announcement from Spain “On Monday, June 11,
2007 Mr. Isaías Pérez Saldaña, the minister of Agriculture and Fisheries,
officially inaugurated the Pure Spanish Horse StudBook offices. The offices are
headquartered in the Sevilla Business Tower building. Since January 1, 2007 the
office has been managed by the National Association of Breeders of The Pure
Spanish Horse (ANCCE).”
July 21, 2007: The Foundation asks for PRE owners to send in
the ANCCE papers for inscription along with $230 per horse. They also announced
plans for revision to be held in August in California and that there will be a
qualified tribunal in September (also in California).
July 26, 2007: The Foundation announces the deadline for
submitting revision paperwork. “Any person wishing to present a horse for
revision on August 29, 2007 at the Celebration National PRE Horseshow in Las
Vegas, NV please send immediately the following to The Foundation …” The
inscription process was again outlined with how to get the forms needed for
ANCCE.
August 2, 2007: The Foundation states “After our meeting on
Monday July 30 with Dr. Arancha Rodriguez, the ANCCE person in charge of
international affairs, we received further clarification regarding P.R.E. Stud
Book Services …” They explain that you must have a breeder’s code and if you do
not, send $250 plus the proper forms. You must also get an ownership card for
each PRE horse at a cost of $30 each and “After December 31, 2007 the cost will
increase to $60 per horse.” The foundation announced there would be a qualified
tribunal in Wellington, FL on September 4, 2007.
August 7, 2007: The Foundation announced that they just heard
from ANCCE that revision will be on September 1, 2007 and not on August 29,
2007.
August 17, 2007: The Foundation gives a PRE update that says
“We are happy to report that there has been some movement from ANCCE recently.
Our Protocol agreement was finalized in July, officially making The Foundation
for the Pure Spanish Horse Association the sole U.S. liaison to the P.R.E. Stud
Book in Spain! This event was long anticipated and we are very glad to have it
happen!! This has allowed us to re-start the process of accepting some new
inscription requests and organizing both revision and Qualified Tribunal dates.”
As for the missing cartas (due to FAB-PRE-USA), they said “We are still not able
to serve well those people who have pending horse passports with Cria Caballar.
We have had no response to the 250 horses worth of pending paperwork cases which
we have submitted to ANCCE between November 2006 and now. We have seen some
evidence that Cria Caballar is still processing paperwork. We have received in
our office 28 passports from Cria Caballar that were from applications we
submitted to them between September and December 2006. We still have nearly 50
outstanding passports we solicited during that time, but hopefully we will
eventually receive those also. We sent the received passports to the persons who
had applied for them, and will do so with anything further that we receive from
Cria Caballar.”
“July 31st we met with the ANCCE international representative. She confirmed for
us that Cria Caballar is still working to process paperwork that was received by
them during their tenure as P.R.E. Stud Book managers. She also said she did not
know exactly when Cria Caballar would complete their work, but she hoped that it
would be within a few months. She said that when Cria Caballar is completely
finished processing paperwork they will inform ANCCE and then ANCCE will inform
The Foundation. At that point, people who have still not received their Cria
passports will be able to make a choice as to whether they want to begin the
process all over again with ANCCE. ANCCE will be happy to serve people who do
decide to start over at that point, but not until Cria Caballar is completely
finished.”
September 4, 2007: Foundation announces they can plan revisions
for central and western states for fall 2007 and give a preliminary itinerary
for sites in Illinois, Michigan, Colorado, Washington, California, and Missouri.
September 13, 2007: The Foundation sends information about
stallion reports and fees for ANCCE with an October 8 deadline. The Foundation
explains that hair testing/DNA via UC Davis is no longer accepted by Spain for
inscription purposes. They announce that the list of approved veterinarians (for
inscriptions) is online.
October 16, 2007: PREA news says “Thank you to all those people
who submitted your 2007 breeding and birth certificate requests prior to the
October 8 deadline. The process is now that we complete an excel spreadsheet
with all the information submitted to us and transmit it to ANCCE by October
15.” They add “The systems are complex, have multiple steps and require
significant amounts of labor in our office and in the ANCCE Stud Book office
(remember that the U.S. is only one of 40 countries with P.R.E. horses
requesting services from the Stud Book office). In addition, because it is the
first time anyone is doing anything with ANCCE as P.R.E. Stud Book managers and
with The Foundation as the official U.S. liaison with ANCCE naturally there will
be complications and obstacles that no one predicted as we begin to see the
system work. “
November 23, 2007: Foundation sends a “friendly reminder” to
pay your $30 fee for ownership card and tells us the late fee for inscription of
horses older than 6 months will be $400 vs. $230. They ask for paperwork to be in
their office by December 15, 2007. Just ten days later the Foundation sends the
Bombshell Letter.
December 3, 2007: The Foundation writes a letter to ANCCE (I do
not have a copy of it). They reported that they wrote a letter to "ANCCE, the
entity which has been charged by the owners of the Stud Book of our breed
(Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, MAPA) with the management of the Stud Book. In
the letter, we stated that we believed that ANCCE is in breach of the agreements
contained in the protocol which was signed earlier this year. The reason for
writing this letter to ANCCE was to place in writing the grave issues which we
believed were not being addressed by the management of ANCCE.”
December 4, 2007: The Foundation sends the "Bombshell Letter"
(see below) to PRE horse owners via email. “The current chaotic situation in
Spain, and the fact that we have had unsatisfactory response to multiple
concerns of Stud Book service issues for our breeders and owners requires us to
suspend work with ANCCE until further notice. Furthermore, The Foundation for
the Pure Spanish Horse Association received notification that the President of
ANCCE has resigned unexpectedly.”
“The Foundation is working diligently on behalf of P.R.E. breeders and owners to
assure the continuance of registration for the P.R.E. horse and resolution of
past issues. We continue to be committed to providing Stud Book services that
are accurate, expedient and affordable for our P.R.E. breed and request your
patience and understanding during this period.”
December 10, 2007: The Foundation sends the Grave Issues
Letter. You can read it below.
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BOMBSHELL LETTER
December, 4, 2007
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In This Issue:
• THE LATEST NEWS!/LAS ULTIMAS NOTICIAS
• E-MAIL CHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT!/ANUNCIO DE CAMBIO DE CORREO ELECTRONICO!
• NEWS FLASH: THE P.R.E. ON TV!/BIG NEWS: EL P.R.E. EN TV!
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THE LATEST NEWS!/LAS ULTIMAS NOTICIAS
The current chaotic situation in Spain, and the fact that we have had
unsatisfactory response to multiple concerns of Stud Book service issues for our
breeders and owners requires us to suspend work with ANCCE until further notice.
Furthermore, The Foundation for the Pure Spanish Horse Association received
notification that the President of ANCCE has resigned unexpectedly.
The Foundation is working diligently on behalf of P.R.E. breeders and owners to
assure the continuance of registration for the P.R.E. horse and resolution of
past issues. We continue to be committed to providing Stud Book services that
are accurate, expedient and affordable for our P.R.E. breed and request your
patience and understanding during this period.
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GRAVE ISSUES LETTER:
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Dec 10/2007
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In This Issue:
• TO ALL MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF THE FOUNDATION
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TO ALL MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF THE FOUNDATION
This letter is sent to you in our desire to shed light on the most recent
actions of The Foundation and its relationship with the Spanish Stud Book.
On December 3, The Foundation wrote a letter to ANCCE, the entity which has been
charged by the owners of the Stud Book of our breed (Spanish Ministry of
Agriculture, MAPA) with the management of the Stud Book. In the letter, we
stated that we believed that ANCCE is in breach of the agreements contained in
the protocol which was signed earlier this year. The reason for writing this
letter to ANCCE was to place in writing the grave issues which we believed were
not being addressed by the management of ANCCE.
Specifically:
1. We were told we needed a protocol before we could begin work with the Stud
Book. At Celebration 2006, ANCCE announced that they would give us a protocol
and we could begin to work on 1-1-07. Then in December 2006, we were told that
we needed to submit information about our office, so we sent 90 pages detailing
our employees, our security, our computer back-up, etc. We were told it was an
excellent and complete document and would be the model for other countries to
use. But no protocol. Then Barbara Currie was asked to go to Costa Rica during
the Bonanza horse show (3-07) to sign a protocol; but it turned out not to be a
protocol, but a Memorandum of Understanding. This document was signed, because
we had no alternative. The “real” protocol was promised daily, monthly. It
didn’t appear. At a board meeting in late June/early July, the directors sent a
very strong letter to ANCCE demanding the protocol or a reason why it was not to
be issued and in response, a protocol was provided two days later. However, it
contained a last minute unilateral insertion of a long paragraph which in a
normal business dealing would have led to more negotiation, but in the case of
the protocol, there was no good faith negotiation. It was take it or leave it,
accept or not. So, in order to have a protocol to be able to service our
breeders, the document was signed. But the promised service did not begin
because:
2. We needed their computer program to start working. We were promised the
computer 1-1-07. Then after we signed the protocol. Then another promise for
9-07. Then at Celebration 2007 the date was moved from 1-1-08 to 3-08. Now the
anticipated arrival date is 6-08. Without the computer program, consider the
steps which are required just to ask for the preinscription document for
inscription: we receive information from the breeders (by fax, email, regular
mail); we put it in our computers so that we have a record of it; we send it to
ANCCE; ANCCE produces the sticker which goes on the form and mails it to us; we
receive it and log it in and mail it out to the breeder; the breeder has the
inscription performed by a recognized vet; the breeder sends the completed form
back to us; we receive it and log it in and mail it to ANCCE; and we wait for a
yet-to-be-determined time to receive the completed carta. You can see the delays
which could be eliminated if our office could print the preinscription document
on receipt of the information from the breeder. But, perhaps the point which is
so very unnatural for us in the U.S.A.: we are required to pay IN FULL for the
service on making the first request to ANCCE. (When the Cria had the Stud Book,
we were advised when the cartas were ready; we wired the money; the cartas were
sent. No completed service/no payment.)
3. ANCCE is giving some service, but no complete service.
a. In this we acknowledge that ANCCE sent the Tribunal de Reproductores
Calificados to Celebration with a stop in Miami on their way back to Spain.
Horses were seen and some approved. However: for those horses which were
approved, their passports were taken and have not yet been returned, even though
we have been advised formally in writing that they are approved. Additionally,
we have not been able to bill the participants because ANCCE has been too busy
to provide us with a trip expense report which we would divide amongst the
participants. By waiting so long after the event, there will be less and less
desire of those who participated and whose horses did not qualify to pay. And,
even those whose horses were approved lose interest in payment when the billing
is delayed so long.
b. We acknowledge that ANCCE sent a delegate to do revision in Florida, Virginia
and Texas. However: when there were changes necessary in the cartas and the
cartas taken back to Spain for correction, they have not been returned. We can’t
understand the delay.
c. We acknowledge that ANCCE sent a delegate to do revision at Celebration and
later through the West and Midwest. This representative provided professional
service and made the changes to the cartas where necessary on the spot. No
cartas were taken. We are most grateful for his presence and his assistance.
However: prior to his visit, 18 horses whose owners held cartas in their hands,
were told that they could not present their horses because the data could not be
confirmed in their computer. This step horrified us because the carta had been
issued by the Cria Caballar, signed by two military men within the Stud Book
management, and the horses were found on the website of Melpi which is the agent
authorized by the Cria Caballar for making the Stud Book available on the
internet. We do not understand ANCCE’s position on this refusal and their
refusal to even see the horse and provide an “approved pending confirmation”
status to the horse. The greater problem is that of the validity of the carta
issued by the Cria Caballar. Does ANCCE have the unilateral right to say that a
validly issued carta is really not valid?
d. We want to thank ANCCE for allowing Arancha Rodriguez, the head of the
international portion of the stud book, to include Albuquerque on her visit to
Costa Rica. Unfortunately, the visit did not include bringing the computer
program (as had been originally promised) and served only as a means of
strengthening the ties already personally established by a visit of the four
employees of The Foundation to Sevilla in November 2006. We appreciate the
visit, but don’t believe that ANCCE should count it as a productive visit.
4. Pricing. This has been a most serious problem which we have been fighting for
the breeders. First, ANCCE established many new categories for which we would
pay for services. Then they added a 16% VAT tax (which we should not be paying)
on top of the charges for new services. To give just two examples of fee
changes: when requesting a Código de la Ganaderia from the Cria, there was no
payment to the Cria. Our office (and FAB-PRE-USA before us) charged $25 for
office handling and mailing. ANCCE is now charging 150 euros (US$220) to get a
breeder’s código. Another example: instead of sending in our “Altas” and “Bajas”
(at no charge to the breeder) we now have a “pink slip” or “carta de titularidad”
for which we will pay US$30 for every horse we own until 3-1-08 and then US$60
after that. A new charge.
5. ANCCE has made changes to the breed standards without discussion or request
for comment. No further comment necessary: simply a reminder of the comment from
the head of the stud book commission under the administration of ANCCE which
said in response to a question from Barbara Currie at SICAB 2006: “Barbara, the
stud book is not a democracy.”
6. The value of the euro against the dollar. When it was apparent that the
dollar was going to continue to slide against the euro, we requested that the
value be maintained at a set price, reviewed twice a year. They agreed verbally,
but they have never confirmed in writing, and continue to demand that we pay at
the daily exchange rate. Nor have they responded to the three requests we have
sent in writing offering various solutions to this problem. They seem to be too
busy to worry about this with us.
7. Impact of lack of a carta. Perhaps ANCCE didn’t realize the depth of the
discontent and worry their delays are causing. We have tried to give to them the
example of 600 foals born in 2006 and 2007 who are without cartas. If they are
worth only a minimum of $10,000, that is $6,000,000 in lost business because the
horses are not marketable without a carta. We conclude that they don’t care if
we sell our horses. They also are not giving credence to the number of people
who are leaving our breed in favor of other breeds. They are not worried about
the loss of market share our breed and breeders are facing in this country.
The Foundation cares deeply about the status of the P.R.E. in our country. The
Foundation cares deeply about our breeders, whether they are members or not. It
has always been our desire to have the horses included in the parent Stud Book
and that remains our desire. But we want the services for which we have paid. We
want the services we contracted for. And, at this time, ANCCE does not seem to
be in a position to provide these services.
So, what are we doing for the P.R.E. in the meantime?
• We have requested a meeting with the Ministry of Agriculture (MAPA) at their
earliest convenience to discuss our situation, the needs of our breeders, and
request that we be given permission to carry the book of our breed for our
country.
• We have secured, in the meantime, the promise of help from retired military
officers who were part of the management of the Stud Book during their duty as
part of the Cria Caballar. These represent a continuous tradition of over 100
years of service as the Stud Book of our breed and with the consequent
reputation for fidelity recognized worldwide. The gentlemen who have offered
their assistance have had direct responsibility within the Cria offices for the
Stud Book and have been recognized internationally for their strict adherence to
the regulations and their loyal support of our breed.
• We are reaching out to other countries in the Americas for a meeting in early
January to discuss this situation and ask for their help and support.
• We are doing all we can to provide the services which our horses need and for
which their owners have already paid. To that end, we have a computer program
capable of producing certificates based on the forms and rules in existence from
the days of the Cria Caballar. From these documents, and with the use of UC
Davis for DNA and parent verification, we can produce a carta which would
contain the same information as in current cartas. These would have all the
back-up necessary to comply with the requirements of the parent stud book and
will be provided without further cost to the parent stud book when that option
is again available. The production of papers for our breeders can begin almost
immediately.
• We have assembled a team of international experts to oversee our movement
toward producing documents so that they comply with the prior accepted
standards.
In other words, we are doing everything possible to provide owners with a carta
which holds meaning, and producing that paperwork in a timely and efficient
manner.
The Foundation since its inception and its directors individually since the
early 1980’s have been dedicated to the Spanish Stud Book as an institution
managed with integrity, devoted exclusively to the horse itself, and without
possibility of economic gain. It is regretful that the inability to provide
timely stud book services, to continue this long and distinguished service as
provided by the Cría Caballar, has forced us to take these actions to protect
our horses and our breeders. We will do all in our power to begin immediate
service to our breeders while still working with the Ministry of Agriculture to
have the horses from the U.S.A. included in the parent stud book.
We will remain in contact with you by email and through our other vehicles of
communication as new steps are suggested or implemented. And, we invite you to
attend our Annual General Meeting to be held in Dallas, Texas, January 26 and
27, 2008 (details on our website www.prehorse.org ). If you have any questions,
please feel free to contact us by email, by phone, or in person in our
Albuquerque office. We are a Foundation and Association dedicated to the
protection and promotion of the Pure Spanish Horse. This is our mandate; this is
our responsibility. We welcome your help in meeting these goals.
The Directors of The Foundation for the Pure Spanish Horse Association
Barbara Currie, Richard Nickerson, Santiago Chuck, Jennings Lambeth, Mary
McDonough
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