"He is not perfect. We do not own a perfect horse. There are few perfect examples in any rare breed, in any species. If someone is looking for perfection, then perhaps it will be best sought in a heavily populated breed such as the Quarter Horse. And even in the numbers of millions, it is probably not completely possible to find complete perfection. When I think of owning a rare breed, I think of owning something unique, something different, something special. I wouldn't want any rare breed that I chose to just look like another breed in disguise. I would want it to be as purely close to what it should be. Being close to that example would be much more important than it being perfect. Rarity, purity, uniqueness - those are probably the things we look for when we make the decision to be stewards of a rare breed. *Manchaca is that. I don't know what you want to see when you look out in your field ~ but when I look out in mine, this is what I want to see. And come to think of it......maybe he is perfection after all." ~ from *Manchaca's page....... B. Carroll