All shows conducted by Feria del Caballo Español are open to Pure Spanish Horses (Caballos de Pura Raza Española) who are properly inscribed and/or revised by the Spanish stud book.
To enter horses you must submit the following with their entry:
Sucklings/Weanlings
Solicitud de Servicio for Inscription and copies of Sire & Dam bloodlines from the Spanish Stud Book
Horses age One through Three
Inscription Carta, Revision Carta or Solicitud de Servicio for Inscription/Revision with copies of their parents’ Cartas or bloodlines from the Spanish Stud Book site (www.librogenealogico.com)
Mares & Stallions 4 yrs. & over
Carta (revised & approved) or if being presented for Revision this year may submit a copy of the Solicitud de Servicio for Revision with copies of their parents Cartas or bloodlines from the Spanish Stud Book site.
Geldings all ages
Inscription Carta, Carta, or Solicitud de Servicio with copies of their parents’ bloodlines from the Spanish Stud Book site or IALHA (S) papers. Geldings ARE NOT ELIGIBLE for the Spanish Book of Merits.
Cobras of Mares
Mares must be revised/approved and be 4 years of age or older
NOTE: Any horses submitted with a Solicitud de Servicio in lieu of a carta and who later fail to be presented or fail to be approved when presented for revision will forfeit their placement in the class and all points awarded for that/those class(es) in the Books of Merits will be void.
Horses may be shown in any suitable halter with a throatlatch; Spanish tack is not a requisite. Handlers are to be dressed neatly and cleanly (no blue jeans or denim, t-shirts or tennis shoes). Spanish attire for the handler is not a requisite. One handler may handle more than one horse; the stand-in handler accepting the horse in the ring must also be neatly and cleanly dressed (no blue jeans or denim, t-shirts or tennis shoes.) Tailers are permitted; there is to be no snapping of a whip held by a tailer. Mares may be shown with suckling at their side; sucklings may be shown with the dam at their side.
Horses three years of age and older, except for geldings and cobras, will be required to canter in the ring. Stallions four years of age and older must complete the Functionality Test which counts for 25% of their morphology score for their In-Hand scores to be counted. A snaffle bit is obligatory. If you are using single reins, then snaffle bit only. For Double reins, normal bits and chains are allowed along with a mandatory snaffle bit. No whips allowed in the class.
The horses will enter the ring at the walk. They will line up shoulder-to-shoulder, wait for the steward to beckon, then walk to the judge. They will walk to the rail and walk back to the judge. They will then trot to the rail, canter several circles if age group requires and trot back to the judge, stand and be shown. They will trot away from the judge and take their position in the end of the string of horses in the class.
In addition to the placings in the class, a best movement winner will be selected in each section. That winner is eligible to compete in the Best Movement Class, according to age.
Please visit www.feriadelcaballoespanol.com under SHOW INFORMATION to see the judge’s scorecard, Functionality diagram, and to read in Spanish the Functionality Test. The Feria del Caballo Español horse show is covered by the rules of ANCCE and will be conducted in accordance with those rules. The rules may also be downloaded on the SHOW RULES page.
