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Home / Horses / El Mariachi
Region: Canterbury

El Mariachi

$7500
Listing Status: Current
Location:
Pablo “El Mariachi” (raced as Pax Vobiscum) 11y.o. 16.3hh (170.5cm.. BIG) gelding. By Mettre En Jeu. Pabs has been my dear friend for the last several years and this is a hard ad to write. I bought him four years ago (basically unstarted off the track) and have had the absolute best time him, doing a bit of everything in that time. Unfortunately, I have fallen prey to motherhood and he needs more than the very sporadic rides I can manage. He is a very easy to have around and is a seriously fun horse to ride. I’ve a lot of time on his flatwork and he scores very well in dressage. His paces are a delight, though not super showy (moves straight just not ultra flashy). His canter is spectacular. He is an impressive, uphill ride and very adjustable despite being quite a big unit. He has schooled all the basic lateral stuff (shoulder-in, leg yield, travers) and has great transitions (great walk to canter). While he has a lovely jump, a straight dressage rider will also find him a very tempting prospect. Pablo has evented very successfully to 80cm and has had a 95cm start. At the moment he’ll happily go event 80cm but needs fitness and his confidence built up for the bigger tracks as we're currently doing mainly hacking and the odd lesson here and there. Has previously schooled 1* xc fences. He absolutely has the jump for show hunter, very correct and a beautiful rhythm. I rode Pablo through most of my pregnancy (exhaustion got the best of me, so he did go out on lease for a bit), which should give an indication of how safe I felt with him (though I needed a dismounting block due to his size). He can be spooky and have his ding-dong moments, but I’ve find them easy to ride through. He will not suit anyone nervous or lacking in their own confidence. Pretty good at competitions but can find the bigger atmospheres (Christmas Cracker/Nationals etc) a tad overwhelming. At smaller stuff he snoozes ringside. Absolutely detests loudspeakers and benefits greatly from soundproof ears. Hacks out in a group GREAT and hacks out solo fairly well. I do most of my schooling and event prep out on the roads as I don’t have an arena at home, so he’s spent a lot of time there! Have ponied kids off him and he was impeccably behaved. Has not hunted but I think he has the brain for it. Your first hour might be a bit of “type two fun” but I think he would get the hang of it and enjoy himself. Absolute doll for the farrier and good for vet. Travels and self-loads like a dream. Floated and trucked. Great on the ground, I’ve led him and pushed a pram around with no worries. The tricky part was getting him to stop sniffing the baby. Currently in moderate work and mainly a lot of hacking due to motherhood.

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Horses Information

Paddock Name
Pablo
Breed
Thoroughbred
Gender
Gelding
Sire
Mettre En Jue
Age (Year Born)
2014
Height
16.3
Dam
Perfect Peace
Horse Category
Broken_In
Video
Play
Discipline
Eventer
Show Hunter
Show Jumper
Suitable For
Advanced Intermediate (Developing on the basics and can handle a bit of a challenge)
Advanced (Well established and happy with educating a horse and dealing with quirks)
Experienced (Happy on a wide range of horses with talent and varying quirks)
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