VA El Duque is an Andalusian Bay gelding from Canadian National Supreme Champion mare VMF Coqueta Elegante and US and Canadian National Champion stallion, VA Manolete’s Hijo Amado. Duque is also half sibling to US Champion and twice Canadian National Supreme Champion VA La Duquesa (through his dam) and half sibling to both Supreme National Champions VA Alejo and VA San Paulo (through his sire). He was absolutely bred for dressage.

Duque is a super goofy and fun young horse. Green broke, walk/trot/canter. He is a wonderful dressage prospect with lots of athleticism.

Duque was started late at the age of 4, the starting process over the winter (due no fault of his own) did not accomplish what we had envisioned for him so he then started a new program the following fall with a new trainer. He now has been in a steady solid program for 5 months and hasn’t taken a step backwards since.

He has been started in a lower level Dressage training program and also now has a super solid ground work program under his belt as well. He is a very smart but sensitive boy, always willing to please and try his best! He needs a leader as a partner and so he is best suited for a very confident amateur rider, confident young rider with a good trainer/coach or a trainer looking for a fun partner! This guy has lots of future talent and is a lot of fun to ride, he floats like a cloud!!!

Riding video available upon request. Serious inquiries only.