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Raza Española (PRE), through a registry that followed the lead of the national breed association of Spain, known as ANCCE. Ten years later, the focus is not changing but the leadership is. Floridian Kim Van Kampen Boyer has stepped down after three terms as president, turning the reins over to the west coast’s Betsy Ketcham. Kim leaves the office confident that
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the organization is financially sound with a steady stream of income from registration services, has a good rela- tionship with its Spanish counterpart and can boast of a breeding sector so strong that last year the number of new breeders increased by 25 percent. Betsy moves in to the top spot after
having served as vice president for four years. She has a deep apprecia- tion for the legacy of Kim’s administra- tion and yet is clear minded about the challenges ahead. “Kim is a hard act to follow with her amazing ability to
pick the right people and organize them for success. She has a vision for the horse in the U.S. and that has been very clear,” Betsy explains. “Before Kim helped found the USPRE, most people thought if a horse came from Spain, it was an Andalusian. Today, through the efforts of Kim and others, people in the United States have come to understand that the pure Spanish horse breed is the PRE. A PRE horse is registered in Spain in the closed stud book, no matter where it is bred or lives. And they understand that PRE is the name of Spain’s horse.” Today, Betsy points out, the PRE horse is easily recognized
at competitions around the country. “Eight years ago, a lot of people in the U.S. had never heard of the PRE,” she continues, “and Kim and her board have accomplished this quietly and steadily.”
Hard Work Pays Off One of USPRE’s greatest challenges has been the diverse interests in a large country like ours. “This horse is loved, owned and developed by so many different people in many
NEW LEADERSHIP Spanish Horse Registry By Patti Schofler
n 2006, the USPRE Association sprouted its roots with the goal of building the U.S. population and presence of the Pure Spanish Horse, or Pura
communities,” says Kim. “There are people who love them for dressage, for halter classes, for the traditional classic riding like doma vaquera and for Western dressage. We have the strong dres- sage community in Florida, and we have the strong southern California Mexican-American breeders with their traditions. From the start, we wanted a creative community where everyone felt comfortable coming in with their own practices.” Kim credits the bilingual office
staff of three full-time employees for much of the organization’s success in serving these varied communi- ties. A concerted effort was made to bring in the PRE Latino breeders from southern California, for example. “Our staff talked with the key people in this community and introduced the board. The board went to the shows in California and had meetings. Now several of these breeders have come on to the board. It has worked
because of the love of this horse, and that we’re all American. And that is why we see so many new members,” she says. USPRE bylaws call for the organization to follow the lead of the Spanish organization and its studbook. The Ameri- can organization has found this relationship is a definite advan- tage when it comes to
Above: Kim Van Kampen Boyer stands with her own-bred PRE Vaquero HGF currently competing with young rider Kerrigan Gluch. Right: Also owned by Kim, PRE stallion Gran- dioso and Daniel Martin Dockx competed at the 2012 Olympics for Spain’s team where the pair came in 29th. He currently is planned to compete again at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
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Bob Langrish
Courtesy Kim Boyer
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