Xaloc, it must be a sign 2
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I had always known that Carinoso was a little too small for American tastes. He is a perfect Spanish horse around 15 hands but not the horse that Americans would choose to cover their mares when looking to breed their 16-hand “dreamboat”. 

There was still never any question in my mind that Carinoso would come home. He was my pet and we will all be together until death do us part. As I started to deal with the logistics of bringing him home, I learned that it costs the same for the air shipment of one horse or two horses or three horses. 

One pays for the pallet whatever you carry. Naturally this made my business head work on the conundrum. There were two possible solutions. One to find someone to co-ship with or the other to ship more horses home.

I had put the Spanish breeding idea behind me because of Carinoso’s size and age, but when I started to think of other horses to buy, I concluded that the only sensible thing would be to purchase breeding stock. And if breeding stock, then big, young and beautiful breeding stock with a great pedigree.

I decided that I would love a magnificent white stallion for me. There is something about the suppressed energy and boiling hormones of commanding such a beast from above that is like no other that I have ever experienced. Carinoso is wonderful to ride still, but almost too reliable and safe. There is no edginess or fear of the unexpected any more.

I had also decided that I would want my great stallion to be named Xaloc. I discussed this with Ximo and discovered that you could call your horse whatever you wished, but that the name he was given at birth must always be the same as far as his PRE registration is concerned.

Ximo knows everybody who breeds horses in the vicinity and he is close friends with Dr. Martinez Ferri and his family who are the owners of Yeguada la Veleta. I knew them too, as Carinoso’s father had been one of their stallions. Ximo helps them in many ways and so it was quite normal that I should go with Ximo when he went to cover a mare with one of their breeding stallions.

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