About Eve's Sire...
Cantante de Omega, pictured below, is a 14.3 hand chestnut stallion that was known for producing strong natural gait, beauty, stamina, power, size and gentle disposition.  His sire, Singer, was a  very influential stallion and also a Reserve Grand National Champion in Performance.  Cantante's dam, Guamanita, was the daughter of Guamani and grand daughter of the legendary Puerto Rican foundation sire, Dulce Sueno.   Cantante is retired and living at Grove Creek Farm in Springfield, Illinois. 

About Eve's Dam...
Melodia de Vez, pictured below, is a prized broodmare also from the Guamani bloodline.   Melodia numerous championships including Reserve National Champion Schooling Fillies and many Regional Championships in Performance and Pleasure.  Melodia's sire is the legendary Coral LaCE (pictured below).  Prior to being imported into the US in 1968 by George LaHood, Coral was honored with the highly esteemed "Horse of Horses" title in Columbian where he was bred/raised.  His later accomplishment included earning a Grand National Championship in Performance.  He also produced many National Champions.  The Paso Fino Horse Association honored him twice as the #1 Top Producing Sire in the Nation and a "Top 10 Producing Sire" an amazing thirteen times!  His offspring have received National titles in Pleasure, Performance, Versatility, Driving and Largo Races, as well as numerous State and Regional titles.  Coral LaCE was also inducted into the Paso Fino Horse Association's Hall of Fame.  I believe his greatest honor is probably the fact that owners from all over the world are still dedicated to preserving the Coral LaCE legacy for it's gentle nature, natural gait, versatility and great beauty.

About Eve...
Even though Eve's bloodlines are quite impressive, her greatest attributes are appreciated most when riding her or working with her in hand.  She's a gentle, willing mare that almost anyone would enjoy.   She also received professional training when previously owned by Amy Cottrill-Auffrey at Sunhaven Paso Finos.   While there, Eve was Amy's treasured personal riding companion.

Ever since coming to live with our family, she's been a trusted companion for our children to ride.  She has carried them as a lesson horse, on fun day events and has extensively through the forests and on trails.  Eve is very gentle, but she also makes an excellent and exciting companion for an experienced rider, too.

Eve has one of the most natural smooth gaits that I've ever ridden.  She's always smooth under any rider and also in any type of terrain...which is rare, especially in the FL trails with deep sand!  Her agility, stamina and power make her a very capable trail companion to ride.  Even though she's totally content being in any position (lead, front, or middle it makes no difference) within any size group of trail horses, she excels as a lead horse.  Her confidence and experience have lead many horses through very difficult trail situations including passing through lakes and rivers.  She's also one of my first choices for riding with new, or green, horses because she gets along with all horses and never tries to kick or bite them...not even while riding with the PFHA drill team where you're almost always either touching stirrups or are within inches of another horse in front of and/or behind you!  Eve's riding abilities including jumping, side-pass gaiting and naturally perform higher level movements such as the dressage "piaffe".

Eve leads respectfully, ties, cross-ties, bathes, grooms (sprays included!), trims, stands quietly for the farrier, loads/trailers like a dream, is easy to catch (there's a trick that you may need know for those special days!), halter, deworm, and tack.   She is currently on a rotation deworming schedule and is kept current on vaccinations, negative coggins, and farrier work.

Eve resides with or family in Florida and Michigan (summers only), but also lived with us at our ranch in Montana, too.   She's a very healthy sound mare with heart and style.

We look forward to the opportunity to get to know more about you and to help you learn as much as we can about Eve...

Thank you for your interest,
Debbie Selhost
horses05@pasofinos.info