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reproduction, and whom I worked with for three
years. He let loose the stallions on a farm in Choele-
Choel, and I brought five wild ones back with me.
Fifteen minutes later we had mounted them, but
that is because they have a moment of stupidity;
become blocked, and we took advantage of that
moment.”
BB: “An important question: are you going to
retire from seeing to your bloodstock or are
you going to continue breeding?”
APH: “The truth is that I’m 76 and have horses for
eight more years. That is the situation. I feel I’m no
longer capable of doing things myself. I now only
mount tame horses and even then, with a small step
by the pony lines to be able to mount. My legs are
no longer what they were, and I may fall off a new
horse. Nowadays I enjoy organizing other people’s
herds. Imagine, when I had my farm, around about
‘84, I started breeding for my sons. At the time I
had already begun to keep genetics from different
bloodstocks, and when I put together my herd I
kept the genetics of some mares that historically
had produced good offspring and so founded my
own bloodstock.”
BB: “How did you manage to distribute your
herd?”
APH: “Well, I had 14 dams which I split up: 7 on
one side; 7 on another with two stallions. I created
two herds, I called for an umpire and some went to
Pepe and his children, and others to Eduardo and
his. I compensated Tomás with a good mare and I
gave him the womb of Catástrofe. I gave Nachi two
very good mares: Gamuza, which he already has,
and another that he has not taken away with him
yet: I don’t know which he will choose… whichever
he prefers.”
“Having had a winning stallion
in the AACCP ranking;
having won pony awards in the
Open; having produced
a bloodline based on Nevadito
and Pureza; to have been
able, up to this day, to hand
over to my grandchildren all
the work I’ve done during
my time as a breeder and
which I have finished today;
and to have been able to
clone Pureza. All these things
have given me great joy.
A lifetime with horses”
BB: “With all these years as a breeder, what is
your final assessment?”
APH: “Well, with all this that I’ve been telling
you about, I could round it all up by saying that I
feel very satisfied about the objectives I’d set for
myself: having had a winning stallion in the AACCP
ranking; having won pony awards in the Open;
having produced a bloodline based on Nevadito
and Pureza; to have been able, up to this day, to
hand over to my grandchildren all the work I’ve
done during my time as a breeder and which I have
finished today; and to have been able to clone
Pureza. All these things have given me great joy. A
lifetime with horses.”
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