Caballo Viejo Caballo Viejo "Caballo Viejo" (English: Old Horse) is a Venezuelan folk song written and composed by Simón Díaz, which appears on the 1980 album "Golpe Y Pasaje". It has become one of the most important folk songs in Venezuela and is already regarded as a classic. "Bamboléo", a potpourri by the Gipsy Kings has some verses from Caballo Viejo, and it is also very well-known internationally. The song has been translated into many different languages. It has been recorded as "Caballo Viejo" or as "Bamboleo" by tens of singers such as Celia Cruz, Papo Lucca y la Sonora Ponceña, María
Caballo Dam was to compensate for lost capacity in Elephant Butte Lake due to sedimentation. Caballo Dam is high and stands above the Rio Grande. It is long and contains of material. The elevation of the crest is and the average elevation of its reservoir, Caballo Lake, is . The dam has two water outlets; the outlet works have a capacity of , and the main spillway has a capacity of . Caballo Lake is roughly long and stores up to of water. Caballo Dam Caballo Dam is an earthen dam on the Rio Grande about downstream from Truth or Consequences, New