Dr. Jose Laracuente..I SALUTE you !!

[Terry Wallace]

Have you all seen or heard about this?

his Confepaso report, Dr. Laracuente stated that 20% of the horses shown at the Mundial in Puerto Rico were registered with PFHA. These horses earned 10 1st place awards, 8 2nd place awards, 4 3rd place awards and 2 5th place awards.
Dr. Laracuente also reported that at the Judges and Stewards Clinic after the 2005 Mundial, all of the judges present-including those from the USA-signed an agreement that after grandfathering in horses born prior to the 2005 Mundial they would disqualify horses with altered tails.
• Motion that International competition is defined as Mundial or World Cup only, passed.
• Motion that the PFHA BOD create a Mundial Committee to work with the PFHA staff to execute Confepaso 2007 Mundial, passed.

EDITING to add.... Now that is taking some accountability, showing a backbone, and giving me more "faith" in the PFHA...a step in the right direction..if you ask me! ;-)

[Linda Y]

:shock: :jawdrop :yay
Great thing! A first step!

[CarolU]

I agree...and I should add, that he told the membership this before the vote on the altered tails. Sooooo, if Confepaso AND PFHA quit allowing altered tails...does anyone think Florida might change?

[Wendy]

That's wonderful! I'm glad that someone as well respected as Dr. Laracuente has forced this issued to the forfront. He should be commented for his efforts. Thanks to everyone that wants to see this practice banned.

[SandyMM]

Anybody have an address for him - would love to thank him personally.

Anything that is part of the breed description (and therfore a judgeable characteristic) should be genetic, not surgical.

[Terry Wallace]

I PM'd it to you....