...the present situation of PRE Spain. Breeders are not covering their mares because they can't feed more mouths. On the extreme end there are breeders with lots of anger and some hidden tears telling us with hanging heads that they are living a tragedy. Some don't cover their mares or very few of them. Others are forced to sacrifice their horses because they can't afford to feed them and they are in bad condition. Some say this serves to eliminate the many low quality horses and raise the standard of the breed. I think in desperation things are not well achieved and it is quite brutal. A intelligent selection would be less drastic and totally possible. But this is the reality today and we have to deal with it. You would think that with lots of horses on the market you would be able to find a great selection for very good prices. But this is not what we see. The truth is that today its even harder to find healthy horses, professionally bred, and with a training that is not accelerated for sale purposes. When we select I look at the quality as if they were for myself and there are already too few. In Spain a horse is a animal and if the funds are lacking the vitamins to the horse are not prioritized. I have been searching for mares now for 6 months and it is hard enough but to find the good basic condition, and when I also find the quality I want we are talking alot of money. The spanish breeders are now, more than ever, aware if they have quality to offer. Last week I was speaking to a breeder interested in breeding with one of our stallions. Because of the present situation he was not convinced he wanted to breed at all. But I was encouraging him because if you breed quality today you will be some of the few offering interesting horses to the market tomorrow. And it is important to be one of those. He agreed.

But it is not all doom and gloom! I am very satisfied and proud of our horses and their achievements this year. Festivos bronze in EU championships, the wonderful offspring to our stallions in Sweden, both Festivo and Donoso passed TRC, finding the perfect person for Festivo, the perfect horses for other people and this month on the frontpage of Ecuestre. In a week and a half we will be able to enjoy this years best spanish horses in SICAB. I won't be competing but I will be there, I will study, make my conclusions and learn. I hope to see as many as possible of you, let's enjoy, relax and get inspired!

Festivo & me SICAB 2010

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