Turabo was imported by Dr. Mays.  He sent him to Louie Amador for training, he sent him back telling Dr. Mays to Geld him.  Then he sent him to Raven Briggs.  He said Turabo would go through the eye of a needle to get you off his back.  Turabo was sold to Zona Butler and Elizabeth Layman.  Zona said you could ride him for about half an hour before he started being bad,  come to find out he had a sebacous cyst on his withers, right where the saddle set. (go figure, I would be bad too!)  Zona had the cyst removed and Turabo was much better!  He DID NOT kill anyone here or in Puerto Rico.  It was said that he could not be shown, he was reserve International Grand Champion bella forma at the PR show in SC in 1995, 6 months before the barn fire that killed him.  He was good for Zona - Turabo respected Zona and she could do anything with Turabo.  Like so many of these horses Turabo was just misunderstood and was abused for it, and ended up with a bad rap.

Turabo's great legacy lives on in the offspring that he left us with.  He passed on his beauty, stamina, pure natural gait, and a sweet loving disposition to every baby he put on the ground.  It has also been tried and proven that his offspring linebred produce phenomenal results!