REPORT MADE AT 2009 WAHO CONFERENCE:
Good afternoon, I am Marieta Salas, representing Spain. Together with me is Lieutenant Santiago Bermejo, he is the Registrar responsible for the stud book in Spain. As of the 2nd January 2008, the Spanish Arabian Breeders Association (AECCA) has taken the management of the Spanish Stud Book for Arabian horses, by an edict of the Ministry of Agriculture, due to the termination of the services related to the Stud Books of all breeds of 31st December 2007, from the Fondo de Explotación de los Servicios de Cría Caballar. These functions are presently being carried out by the Central Veterinary Laboratory in Algete, Madrid under the Ministry of Agriculture. This laboratory is able to determine DNA using 18 genetic parameters.
Spain is one of the countries with the oldest Arabian stud books in the world. There has been no new stud book published since number 45, which was published by the Ministry of Defence, but they will not be producing any more volumes. The Spanish Arabian Breeders Association will publish the next volume, next year.
There were 650 Arabian foals registered in 2008. During that year, 39 horses were imported and 29 were exported. We estimate the number of purebred Arabian horses living in Spain today to be 12,000, with 5,062 mares, 4,715 stallions and about 2,200 young-stock under three years of age. Our horses are now microchipped, they are DNA typed and they all have passports. As of 1st January 2009, the Association decided that the rules for Embryo Transfer should be revised, so from now on only 2 foals per mare will be permitted to be registered in the same year.
In Spain our Arabian horses compete mostly in halter classes and endurance. We also have showjumping, dressage and 3-day eventing, due to their athletic ability and their very kind natures. There were 12 halter shows held in 2008 with a good number of horses participating from all parts of Spain. AECCA is also working in conjunction with the Ministry of Agriculture and the Veterinary Faculty of Cordoba University in the study and selection of endurance horses, specifically towards the evaluation of young animals in order to find out their aptitudes in this field. 9 endurance competitions were organized in 2008.
Since 2005 the WAHO Trophy has aroused the interest of the breeders throughout Spain, encouraging them to enter their horses in sports competitions as well as in halter and to concentrate on improving our Straight Spanish lines, as well as those crossed with Straight Spanish. Thank you.
REPORT MADE AT 2007 WAHO CONFERENCE:
Spain is one of the oldest stud books in the world, since 1883 we have been registering all the pure Arabians born in Spain and those imported from other countries. At the beginning, they were from Russia, Turkey, Syria and Egypt. Then we imported horses from other countries, such as France and Argentina. One of our goals was the keeping of the desert lines and supporting the breeders of this beautiful horse. The rest of our history is like other countries, with the care and the confidence in this breed of horse. In 1972, Spain was one of the WAHO founder members and today is very proud of our contribution to this big Organization.
Now, some figures for Spain. Today we have about 12,620 registered Arabians, of which 1,130 mares are used for breeding and 600 breeding stallions. We have registered 770 foals in 2006, so we have seen a slight increase. Our last Stud Book is volume 44, which contains the 2001 to 2003 production.
We exported 17 horses and imported 48 in 2006. In the year 2000 we began with the DNA system, and parent verification is compulsory before registration. Spain was one of the pioneers in the use of microchipping, as an additional help in the identification of horses, and now we have about 60,000 microchipped in all breeds.
The most popular activities for Arabian horses are the shows, we have 8 shows to ECAHO level. Endurance is also more and more popular, this has improved and increased a lot in the last few years and in 2006 there were 70 endurance competitions held in Spain. As we all know the Arabian breed excels at this sport and Spanish Arabians are no exception, the Spanish team and individual riders have also competed successfully in international competitions over the past few years.
In 2007, Spain registered 747 foals. 11 horses were exported, and 35 were imported.
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| FAKATEKO Liver Chestnut stallion, 1986. (Zacateco / Zakateka). Breeder and owner: S.A.R. Teresa de Borbon. Strain: Managhi Sbeyli (Beni Kaled, 1918). | |
| As in 2006, Spain has continued with a points system to select this year’s WAHO Trophy winner, taking into account both Show and Sports results of the proposed horse and up to 5 of its best placed offspring. | |
| ABCCA is proud to announce that the 2007 WAHO Trophy winner for Spain is Fakateko, son of Spain’s 2005 WAHO Trophy winner Zacateco (Jacio/Baldosa) and the mare Zakateka (Marmol/Samarkanda), owned by SRH Teresa De Borbon and bred at her Flor De Lis Stud farm. | |
| Fakateko wins thanks to his own Show points which have been added to the points earned by his daughter Braken (out of Banika), who was 2nd placed and Top 5 at the 1994 European Championships, 3rd placed and Top 10 at the World Championships, Filly Champion in Menton and in the All Nations Cup that same year – and also the dam of Top 5 World Championship winner, Gasir; his son Luksor (out of Ankara), Junior Champion in Madrid and 2nd placed in Arabes & Co in Miono, Spain, which is a mixed Show and Sports competition; and his son SS Orion (out of Daikiri), presently in the USA, where he competes very successfully both in Show and Sports events. | |
| With these results, Fakateko earned more than double the points of his nearest rival in Spain’s 2007 WAHO Trophy calculations. | |
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| FIOLEK Grey stallion, 1986. (Zacateco / Rijeka). Owner and breeder: Doña Teresa de Borbon of the Flor de Lis Stud. Strain: Managhi Sbeyli (Beni Kaled, 1918). | |
| After the unanimous choice of Zacateco in 2005, Spain has changed its method of selection to a points system, taking into account Show and Sports results of both the nominee and of his most successful offspring. | |
| In 2006, the Spanish Breed Association, AECCA, was pleased to announce that the clear winner of the WAHO Trophy was FIOLEK, born in 1986. |  |
| Son of the previous year’s winner Zacateco and the mare Rijeka ( Vasallo x Nevisca), Fiolek is owned and bred by Doña Teresa de Borbon of the Flor de Lis Stud. He is a wonderful mover whose gentle nature makes him a pleasure to ride and he has competed successfully in Cross country competitions and flat racing, as well as becoming National Reserve Champion in hand. But above all, he possesses what all breeders look for when selecting a stallion - that his offspring are even better than he is! | |
| Some of his better known get are :- Lobeke, who is, among other things, Netherlands National in hand Champion, Top 10 in the World Championship in Paris and winner of the Dutch Open Eventing Championship; Obelisco, with excellent results in Show, Flat racing and Endurance; Pikara, excelling in Show and Eventing; and many others, all with their fathers´ strong movement and tremendous heart in all they undertake. | |
 Doña Teresa receiving the Trophy from Lieutenant Colonel Rubalcaba, head of the Stallion Depots in Avila, as the representative of the owners (Yeguada Militar) of the previous years' winner. | |
| ZACATECO [Jacio / Baldosa]. Chestnut stallion, 1980. Breeder and Owner: Yeguada Militar de Jerez. Strain: Hamdani Simri (Sambry 1904). |
| The Spanish Arabian Horse Breeders Society (AECCA) is delighted to be able to initiate the journey of the WAHO Trophy, by awarding it for the first time to Zacateco, a very special 25-year old stallion, owned and bred by the Spanish National Stud, the Yeguada Militar, whose stallions have been the foundation of a large number of the private Studs in existence today. |
| Zacateco is an excellent representative of the historic lines of Arabian horses in Spain, and is probably the most influential Sire of the last 20 years, classified First in the Stallions Book of Merits. He has been used by a considerable number of private Breeders, with excellent results, producing (up to the end of 2005) a total of 218 offspring, all with his gentle nature and considerable intelligence. Many of these, direct and second generation descendents, have been outstanding in halter classes, Internationally as well as Nationally, including several classified Top 10 in Paris at the World Championship, an All Nations Cup Champion and a European Reserve Champion and many others, well placed in these and other Shows. |
| In Sports Competitions, he has sired many successful Endurance competitors, as well as Jumping, Dressage and Eventing horses at all levels, including Open National Championships, in- and outside of Spain. Particularly important to modern day breeding are those horses which combine remarkable results in both Ridden and Halter Classes. Now 25 years old, Zacateco has been the Senior Chief Sire at the Yeguada Militar for many years. |
 Zacateco, Spain's 2005 WAHO Trophy winner/td> |
