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Establishes P.R.E. World Championships for 2013 SUBMITTED BY BARB CLARK
REALLY? THE WORLD Championships for the P.R.E. breed? It sounds positively silly, unrealistic, arrogant, and oh, so American! With about 60 countries breeding the P.R.E. Horse, how can a fair contest be held—a contest where everyone can participate, even the smallest breeders who live in the poorest countries? Everyone knows that at the Olympics and World Equestrian Games™ there is a fair representation of countries that do specific equestrian sports. These events are held at an enormous cost, so how on earth can the P.R.E. breed ever expect to fund a real world championship in morphology? Enter HorseShow.com. This site has amazing digital technology. Think about it. In today’s world, we can view the smallest details on the ground from satellites that orbit miles above the earth. We enhance digital images taken far away to see small details about almost anything. With this amazing ability to enhance images, all we have to do is digitally capture a horse going through a morphology pattern and upload the video into the HorseShow.com website. Immediately, questions come to your mind, don’t they? What about ensuring that the horses really are who they say they are, and what about making sure that they are properly microchipped and registered? The video images of horses entered into the P.R.E. World Championship Show must be taken from sanctioned P.R.E. shows where proof of ownership, identity, and eligibility are required. They can be Foundation approved, Stud Book of the Spanish Purebred Horse (ANCCE) approved, or any other approved or sanctioned show from a recognized P.R.E. authority. The idea is to have the best P.R.E. horses in the world, no matter where they are or 158 EQUINE
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with whom they are registered. There will be honored judges selected from among the best that Spain and the P.R.E. breed have to offer. HorseShow. com is currently negotiating with judges’ groups in Spain to have four judges review the horses in the classes. The panel of expert judges will review and assign marks on fiches for each horse entered into the show. This is an amazing opportunity for horsemen to have their equines judged by experts in a fair and equitable manner. HorseShow. com is a third party entity that has no interest in the outcome of the P.R.E World Championships. They are running the show to ensure that every entry receives fair treatment in the show. You can enter the P.R.E. World Championship Show by attending The Foundation’s National Show. The popular Earl Warren Showgrounds,
Is your horse a world champion in movement?
in the lovely town of Santa Barbara, CA, will be the location of National Celebration 2013. This will be an ideal venue to film your entries into the P.R.E. World Championships! By entering this national championship, you will be maximizing your show dollars. You can take a video of your horse’s presentation and enter it into the P.R.E. World Championships at HorseShow.com after you compete at the National Show. It is quite exciting! Everyone, in every country, every breeder, every owner, can compete for the title of world champion. There will also be a reserve champion prize awarded for each class. Does your horse have what it takes to be a world champion? You will never know unless you enter. Entry fees for the P.R.E. World Championship Show, presented by The Foundation for the Pure Spanish Horse and HorseShow.com, are only $100 per class (only $25 per judge). The cutoff for entries is December 31. Entries are being accepted now. For all the details about this exciting opportunity, visit HorseShow. com or prehorse.org. Enter to win, and brag about having the very first world champion P.R.E.
PHOTO: CAROL WALKER
Foundation for the Pure Spanish Horse
| June 2013
5/15/13 11:07:47 AM