Cindy Ramirez-Smith enjoys eventing training and jumping with her 2008 PRE mare. Carina HGF is by Camaron IX, out of Sevillana (Pampero VII), and proof that some PREs can fly! Cindy Ramirez-Smith is a USDF Bronze Medalist and All Breeds winner and trainer based in Santa Barbara, California. Carina HGF was born in Fruitport, Michigan.

At the annual USPRE Party on Wednesday evening, February 13, Robert Dover's Fiero HGF was a crowd favorite of the exhibition horses that evening. Nicholas Fyffe of Australia, Fiero's rider, did a demonstration with the coming five-year-old stallion while Robert Dover discussed their training techniques for a talented young horse with tons of potential for the Grand Prix. Close to 700 people attended this event dedicated to upper level PREs and which highlighted the Spanish Team riders from London 2012. Fiero HGF is a son of Grandioso III, out of Ibiza, and was born in Fruitport, Michigan.

Six year old Vaquero HGF (Cuatrero IV x Idilio II) won the Copa ANCCE for both weeks of Sunshine Tour, the annual series of two CDI 3* competitions held in Vejer de la Frontera, Spain. The Copa ANCCE is given to the highest scoring PRE Horse in the Four, Five and Six Year Old divisions, taken as a group. Vaquero also placed first and second overall in the FEI 6 Year Old classes throughout the two weekends. Vaquero HGF was born in Fruitport, Michigan, and was sent to Spain in 2010 to be trained and competed by Daniel Martin Dockx. In 2012, Vaquero finished the year as the highest ranked 5 Year Old PRE in the National Young Horse Championships in Zaragoza.