What should I name my azteca gelding?

[Henhouse Harlot]

He's beautiful! I'll think on names...maybe Sparrow

 

[TyTheColt]

Azteca, is that a QH x Peruvian?

QH Andalusian

 

[TyTheColt]

I haven’t read the whole thread, only the last and first pages, but has he been ridden before? Definitely take things slow, and I’d try and work on bonding first.

He has been ridden before, I’ll definitely work on bonding with him before I try riding again!

 

[TyTheColt]

Wow hope you're ok! Do you think it has to do with the new surroundings? Or is he just a little hot?

It could be both. Maybe he doesn’t like being ridden bareback. Next time I ride him I’ll try with a saddle.

 

[GracePoultry]

Atlas or Cheeto : )

 

[GodLovesU]

Atlas or Cheeto : )

Oohhh I like Atlas

 

[ILoveDaffy]

You saw him when I got him.

Well then, maybe not a Phoenix, he could be a Spartan. Spartan was in rough shape. Or Bear. Bear and Buddy didn't look good either.

 

[Sparrows]

It could be both. Maybe he doesn’t like being ridden bareback. Next time I ride him I’ll try with a saddle.

Oh ok! Yeah I would try to work with him just getting him familiar with his surroundings and you. Maybe you could walk him around on the ground just to get him use to his new home

 

[User690263]

Maybe Mardi Gras or Mardi for short

 

[SourRoses]

Poor boy, someone really messed him up with a hackamore... look at that old injury on his nose.
Sometimes in advance of sale people get yahoo wackos like the type that ride at auctions on them and those people tend to prefer harsh metal hackamores as instruments of forced obedience.

I suggest you restart him. Look on youtube for Warwick Schiller. He has a whole in-depth video series that will show how to do free work, hook on, get him sensitive to light pressure, desensitize, etc.
There are quite a few good natural horsemanship trainers, but I liked the detail in his videos.