DRESSAGE AT DEVON September 2006 Cary Wallace of Custom Saddlery and daughter
Eva Marie at award ceremony  for Amanda Bailey.

<USA Team Bronze at the World Equestrian Games Steffen Peters

TheUnited States P.R.E. Association is pleased to announce the recipientsof its inaugural 2007 Horse and Rider of the Year Award: Rociero XV andKristina Harrison-Naness.

TheUnited States P.R.E. Association (USPRE), was formed in 2007 as anorganization dedicated to the promotion of the Pure Spanish Horse (PRE)in the United States for sport and performance, and which provides anumber of services and programs for PRE owners, riders, and breeders.

In2007, Rociero XV, with Kristina Harrison-Naness, entered the field ofDressage Grand Prix competition in California and rose to top rankingswithin a very short time. As USDF Horse of the Year in 2006 atIntermediate II, Rociero had already begun a long line of “firsts” forthe PRE breed in this country. This past year, under the coaching ofOlympian Debbie McDonald and United States Dressage Team Coach KlausBalkenhol, Harrison-Naness and Rociero finished Third overall in theNational Grand Prix Championships in June. Later in the year, the pairwere awarded a USDF Developing Horse Grant and traveled with McDonaldto Balkenhol’s training facility in Germany where they competed forseveral months. Their trip culminated in their best performance at theOldenberg CDI, where Rociero finished second in the Grand Prix, andfifth in the Special against challenging German and internationalcompetition. Rociero and Harrison-Naness are currently in the top fivepairs in the USEF standings going into 2008, an Olympic Qualifying Year.

RocieroXV and Harrison-Naness have brought national and international attention to the PRE breed , and are the first to achieve such goals
for the PRE horse outside of Spain .

Rides in the Wolfgang Solo