On Monday, the 11th June Mr. Isaías Pérez Saldaña, Andaluisan Regional Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, officially inaugurated the Purebred Spanish Horse Stud Book office, based in the Torneo Empresarial building in Seville.  This office has been under the management of the National Purebred Spanish Horse Breeders’ Association of Spain (ANCCE) since the 1st of January of this year.

The Regional Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries was also accompanied by Mrs. Rosamar Prieto, alderwoman for Economy and Innovation of the Sevilla City Council, as well as by the President of ANCCE, Mr. José Palma Moreno. Mr. Pedro Rey, the Stud Book’s Technical Manager, was in charge of showing them P.R.E. Stud Book operations, including the full process used when a breeder sends in an application to register a horse.

There are sixteen employees at the office, as well as the twenty veterinarians distributed throughout Spain.  Since ANCCE took over the P.R.E. Stud Book at the beginning of the year, more than 3100 registrations, affecting approximately 13,900 Purebred Spanish Horses have been handled.