Passage Magazine April 2015 | Page 5

by his gaits, elasticity, soft swinging back, and his confidence in his rider, it was clear already then that Rocazino loved to work! I knew within 5 minutes of riding him, that if he passed the vetting he would come back to the States with me. It was pretty much love at first sight. Can you tell me about his personality? How did you come to own him? When I met Rocazino in the barn he seemed like a very kind and happy horse, very well behaved, respectful and confident all at the same time. It was clear that he thoroughly enjoys human interaction, he is a bit of a ham. He does know how to strut his stuff too, he definitely is a show off. I was right about my first assumption about him, he loves his people! First thing in the morning after he eats breakfast, he loves to come up and put his head on my chest and get snuggles. If I walk by his turnout and don’t greet him, he will whinny for me (that usually results in carrots for him). However, show him a competition arena, and it is game on. Rocazino loves to work, he never says no, always looking to please his rider. I was in Denmark looking for an M level horse. I stumbled across Rocazino’s ad online and decided to take a look at him, even though I was not looking for a four year old stallion, and the ad only had a couple of photos and no video, there was just something about him. How did you decide he was the right horse for you? Rocazino was the first horse I looked at on this trip, and I kept comparing all the following horses to him. I found him to be incredibly attractive and very much liked the way he was put together. When I saw him go I was taken 5