[nbsp]You may have seen the recent correspondence between USPRE and the Pre Mundial registry that has revisited the controversy over that registry's use of the PRE name for their horses. Although Hampton Green Farm and USPRE are two separate entities, one a privately owned business and the other a public non-profit, the issues that are being addressed by USPRE are relevant if not vital to all PRE Breeders and owners in the United States, HGF and its clients included.[nbsp]
The PRE Studbook (sometimes referred to as LGANCCE), owned by the Spanish Government and managed by the breeders' association ANCCE, is virtually unique among European Sport Horse studbooks in that it allows all PREs born outside of Spain who follow the protocol to be registered in the same studbook as horses born in Spain. Other studbooks, such as the warmblood studbooks in Germany, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, and most others, are closed to breeders outside of their countries. These studbooks allow American breeders to form their own registries, and to include horses in their own (American) registries under the European breed name (ie, American Hannoverian, KWPN North America, American Friesian, North American Danish Warmblood Association, etc.) as long as they work closely under the auspices of the original European studbook authority. But an American Hannoverian is not registered in the same studbook as a German Hannoverian. (And no American registry for a European breed currently operates without the cooperation of the parent studbook--except for Pre Mundial.)
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Under current provisions, the PRE Horses Breeders in the United States have the privilege of having their horses registered in the parent Studbook in Spain, alongside all PREs born and registered there. To protect this right, American PREs must follow the same protocols as the PREs in Spain, submit the same paperwork, be presented for inspection by Spanish officials, and owners/breeders must be registered as such in Spain. PRE horses breeders in the United States accept the additional expense, effort and time this process brings, because they understand the value of their Spanish papers, and their clients know the value of the Spanish Carta, of having a horse that is registered in the parent Spanish studbook which is recognized and protected by the European Union.[nbsp]
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In the opinion of the government of Spain who owns the PRE Studbook, and ANCCE who manages the Studbook, and USPRE who represents the Spanish Studbook in America, the breed name PRE (Pura Raza Espanola or translated Pure Spanish Horse) belongs only to horses who are registered in the parent Studbook.[nbsp]
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Pre Mundial, on the other hand, is an American registry based in New Mexico that started three years ago and began to register new horses as PREs, without permission by any Spanish authority. Repeated calls by the government of Spain to cease and desist have gone unheeded by Pre Mundial, whose registry is only recognized by the United States, and who can only paper horses in the United States. Unlike their name, they neither represent the PRE Horse nor the entire world. Pre Mundial has admitted publicly that they are an American registry which can only operate in the United States, that they have no permission from Spain to use the PRE name, and that they have chosen to use the PRE name of their own volition and by their own definition--in other words, an unauthorized imitation which endangers the quality and value of the good name of the original. USPRE has called on Pre Mundial to take the high road and stop pirating the name of the PRE Horse for their own benefit. USPRE has asked Pre Mundial to call their horses by an American name of their choosing, but not by the name of a studbook whom they do not represent. Confusion among breeders and new owners has already occurred with USPRE being put in the uncomfortable position of having to inform Pre Mundial owners who contact them that they have a horse that is not recognized in Spain.
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USPRE acknowledges that the American PRE Breeders have a unique privilege to register their horses in the parent Studbook, and also the responsibility to protect that right and the name of the breed that represents the quality, heritage and value of the PRE Horse. Engaging in a battle of words with Pre Mundial is not something that USPRE desires to do, or that it looks forward to. USPRE would like nothing more than to see Pre Mundial establish their own honestly-named registry and operate with success and collaboration with the other Iberian-based registries and associations here in the United States. However, as part of its role in representing the US Breeders of PREs, USPRE has no choice but to stand up and point out a counterfeit when they see it. A Pre Mundial horse may be a beautiful animal, may carry the kind and noble disposition of its ancestors, may excel in sport, and may bring a high price, but a Pre Mundial horse is not a PRE Horse, and can never be one unless it is registered in the PRE Studbook in Spain.
For more information, see[nbsp]www.usprea.com
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