The Conquistador Equine Rescue & Advocacy Program (CERAP)

Meet our latest movie star Peruvian and permanent resident, La Pachanga II.

Update on La Pachanga II, lovely young Peruvian mare who sustained injuries in California Charros

(May 16, 2011, Phoenix).  Last month, the Conquistador Equine Rescue and Advocacy Program (CERAP) took for permanent sanctuary an exquisite fully registered young eleven-year-old liver chestnut Peruvian mare, La Pachanga II.  Pachanga is a mare of very high quality in the Peruvian world, great granddaughter of the famous stallion HNS Domingo.  Pachanga was fully trained in California and worked with special needs children.  She is a mare of extremely great beauty, her mane goes on forever and she has a gorgeous head and conformation.   Pachanga’s conformation is a credit to her breed.

CERAP was told that Pachanga had suffered an injury to her patella when they tried to use Pachanga in Charros in California and that the patella injury had been helped with corrective shoeing and adequan injections.   Our veterinarian has reviewed all of Pachanga’s x-rays and medical records.  His impression is a little different. Pachanga suffered an injury to her pastern and, in addition, an injury to the ligament behind the pastern and to the suspensory ligament as well.  In other words, the injuries were much more severe.  I have ultimate faith in our veterinarian, who also is a surgeon and trains veterinary residents, and who helped me get our Peruvian stallion D.O.R. Velocipedo on his feet after Velocipedo mysteriously became very sore two years ago.  Today Velocipedo is sound.

La Pachanga II is an example of the severity of the injuries that can be sustained by horses used in unsanctioned Charros.  My experience is that the participants seem to prefer the mares.  The mares are smaller and more submissive.  I doubt they would consider taking on my over 16 hand 1200-pound Peruvian stallion who would charge them in a heartbeat and strike out at them.  They seem to prefer the sweeter, smaller mares, very brave! 

I am deeply grateful to Phoenix City Councilwoman Thelda Williams for her very hard work to successfully get horse tripping banned in Arizona.  Prior to her becoming a Phoenix City Councilwoman, Thelda Williams also helped Sheriff Joe Arpaio establish the elite, highly effective MCSO Animal Cruelty Investigation Unit that has jurisdiction to enforce the Arizona ban on horse tripping in Maricopa County.  Horse tripping also has been banned in Charros in California but it continues in illegal, underground unsanctioned rodeos.  Pachanga was one of its victims.  CERAP also has another beautiful young chestnut quarter horse mare in Colorado with our board member, Wendy Hart.  Her name is Meira.  Meira has injuries, interestingly enough, very similar to Pachanga.  Meira was used in horse tripping in Colorado. 

Our veterinarian feels that Pachanga can be supported with corrective shoeing.  CERAP’s experience is that our veterinarian always is correct in diagnosis and treatment.  At this time we need to provide corrective shoeing and adequan injections for both Pachanaga and Meira because some very “brave” people thought they were horsemen by taking small young submissive mares who were "flashy" and used them inappropriately in Charros sometimes tripping them at full speed.    The victims have to have someone give them a voice and the heroes like Councilwoman Thelda Williams and Sheriff Joe Arpaio need to be acknowledged.

If you would like to help us give Pachanga the best life she can have with corrective shoeing, adquan injections, heavy stall bedding, perhaps other topical and natural treatments to support Pachanga, please just click on the Paypal button below. 

Please specify your donation is for Pachanga and we will provide you with a donation receipt.  Thank  you so much.