Castillo P
July 16, 2001
Urgel III by Curiosa XXII
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"After researching the Spanish horse for many years by any method I could obtain, book, video, traveling, etc, I began my search for my 'perfect' model Andalusian colt. I looked for many years by calling around the US and getting videos, pictures, etc. I finally gave up my search after about 8 years of looking, life changes, etc. Even though I was no longer looking, I surfed the net and Andalusian magazine classifieds just to keep abreast of who had what and if anything interested me, and NOTHING did for quite some time.
"Then in Febuary of this year, I was surfing the net and came across a farm who's name I was familiar with, but could not remember why. That farm was Rancho Andalucia. I had seen write ups in the Andalusian magazine from Christa many years earlier. As I normally do, I began looking at the farm's breeding stock. I instantly fell in love with the farm's main stallion, Urgel, an import from Spain, and a very typie, well made, classical horse with tons of bone, good substance of body, with an unbelieveable hind end and roundness, and this horse can move! His movement was just the type I was looking for, a horse with a motor in the hind! I was so excited when I then came across the mares and they were the same type and style with superb movement as well. That is when I decided to take a look at the sales page.
"I INSTANTLY fell in love with the face and head of a yearling colt called Castillo. As I looked at his pictures throughout the website, I knew this was the horse I had been looking for. I quickly emailed Christa with some questions, she emailed me back the next day and I decided this was serious, I needed to call. I called her, she called me, we both left messages and the phone tag went on for about 3 weeks. When we finally made contact I was delighted to find that she had the same overall goals and views about the Spanish horse, what it should move and look like. I told her I wanted Castillo and would make arrangements to purchase him.
"I impatienly waited for him to be delivered, calling Christa several times a week just to see how he was doing. When he arrived, my husband and I were taken by his type, style and the next day when I took him out to the round pen to run around, I knew that this was the horse I was waiting for, his movement was to DIE FOR. He was more than we could have expected. Quiet, easy going, but energetic and GORGOEUS at the same time.
"It is our goal to use him to promote the breed in our local area at public functions in the future. We do hope to show him (time permitting) at some of the Texas based IALHA shows and stand him one day at stud so that outside mares can have access to this magnificent model of a horse with extreme movement. With this I hope to bring about more foals that are of interest to the purchasers of future Andalusian horses that are of the old school as I am."
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