Rio's History

I finally got a hold of the woman, Pat, who gave Rio to Alicia Gaarder to sell. Alicia was who sold Rio to Cindy (his previous owner). Cindy was who I bought Rio from. Turns out Rio's name used to be "Yoyo" and that he was owned by a woman named Pat for 4-5 years before he was sold to Cindy (who had him for 3 years). Before that he was used by an older guy in MN for trial riding. So, he's not from Montana and not - nor never was - a registered quarter horse. If he's 13 now, which was what the equine dentist said, that means he was 10 when Cindy bought him, and he was 5 or 6 when Pat bought him. Used as a trail horse for most of his life and as only had training within the past year.