Horse Thoughts

Natural Equine Care We have always practiced natural management of our horses keeping them as an integrated herd with the stallion and mares being able to socialise. As part of that system I have for many years used herbs, essential oils and homeopathy in their care, and in recent years incorporated Aloe Vera products

to great effect. The Equine Healthcare page introduces and shares with you some of the
uses of these products. Please feel free to contact me if you require further information or
are interested in buying wholesale.

The Life and Times of Piyayo

Piyayo was an extraordinary horse of great character and abilities, in his very full life he
charmed many people both in and outside of the equestrian world. Many stories have flown
around about him, sadly a few invented with the sole intention of defamation of an animal
that had never given offence. In respect for him and at the request of those whose lives
were touched by him we started writing about his life; not exactly a quickly achieved task
but one still ongoing.
At present I apologise as the writing has been interrupted in pursuit of research and work to
leave a more substantial legacy acknowledging not just Piyayo but all Hispano-Árabes; that
being the establishment of a UK daughter studbook and greater publicity of the correct
information about these horses.

The WAY FORWARD

For many years the Hispano-Árabe has been very much misunderstood and misrepresented; as a result of which many breeders/owners have fallen in love with these superb horses only to be thwarted at every move to seek information, representation or advice and recognition of their horses.

Not Anymore! The Hispano-Árabe now has its own Breed Society/Registration service here in the UK working with Unión Española de Ganaderos de Caballos de Raza Hispano-árabe (UEGHá) in Spain. www.Hispano-ArabeUK.com

UEGHá is the organisation responsible for the Mother Studbook. In 2006 when they took responsibility to continue the work the Cria Caballar had begun 30 years ago there were a large number of Spanish breeders who had not at the outset fallen into compliance with the breeding programme being implemented. To some extent this was due to concern by the ranchers/vaqueraos that the demands to fix the Hispano-Árabe breed in terms of zootechnic formulae would corrupt and alter the breed if it did not take account of centuries of the breeders selecting for performance on the proven capability of the horse in work and sport.

To deal with the large numbers of Hispano-Árabe horses that were not registered with the Studbook as their sires or dams had not been submitted to the Foundation Studbook, UEGHá opened an Auxiliary Registry for registration of Hispano-Árabe stock that for various reasons had not been registered in the past when the Cria held the Studbook......

......this has great impact for breeders and owners here in the UK as there are a large number of Hispano-Árabe horses that have been breed here but for various reasons registered into other breed societies and were not correctly incorporated into the Spanish Studbook. There are also horses whose breeder/owners were incorrectly told they could not register stock due to the misuse and wrongful application of the hypothetical 25-75% Arab blood ratio.

All of these UK bred horses are eligible for registration as Hispano-Árabes and if they are to be brought into our breeding programme the owners do need to contact the British Association for the Pura Raza Hispano-Árabe this year to submit their horses for consideration by UEGHá for entry to the Auxiliart Registry.