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Elena is a very
dark black/brown 14.2h ¾ Puerto Rican, ¼ Colombian 1981 mare, and a
former successful
endurance/parade/show horse, bred on the ranges of
Idaho
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Her sire, El Gavilan Cabal, is a son of Top Ten Sire Mar de Plata, and
the Puerto Rican Poquita Estrella LaCE, daughter
of Altanero LaCE, a son of
the famous Triunfo and Guamanita. She distinctly has the famous
MdeP high elegant neckset.
Elena’s pure PR dam, black Mirada Salago, is a mare I showed myself
for other owners very successfully both under saddle, in Bellas Formas,
and also driving, a VERY versatile performance type horse, plenty of
brio! Her sire, Sizcocho LaCe, was a direct son of Sonador, the
most important broodmare sire in Puerto Rico for many decades, imparting
size, strength, substance and very balanced conformation, along with
strong gaitedness. Her dam, Malta La CE was a PR import and
daughter of Caramelo III, also dam of such successful horses as Vieques
LaCE and Astro Sombre LaCE.
Elena has been successfully bred to a number of stallions, including
Favorito que tal, Cuadro Venidero, and Excalibur’s Embellazo,
producing outstandingly conformed and well-gaited horses with excellent
size and refinement, and mostly fillies. She is still a powerful horse
to ride, the "old performance" type with action, a tight corto,
but very fast largo. As you can see from the photo above (age
26!), she is barely showing her age, and she can still fly!
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