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Azenha de Maripa 2001-2024

When I first saw Azenha, she took my breath away. Her movement and spirit were instantly apparent. Azenha was imported from Fazenda Santarem, a magical place in Brazil. We went there for another mare – a daughter of Festa A.J. Although Dr. Olavo Monteiro had bought her at auction, Azenha was bred by Marcelo Baptista, Agro Maripa. Years later, Marcelo tracked her down wanting her back and he found her with us in the U.S.

Azenha was not offered to us at first as an option to buy – until that first mare did not respond to the treatment required to ship. LUCKY ME! I loved her. She was only three years old and barely started under saddle, with the hot brand mark still showing on her shoulder.

We imported 9 Mangalarga Marchadors that year, with many of the mares pregnant. Azenha was not one of the pregnant ones, but we bred her to imported stallion La Paz Jivago to produce her first foal. Beethoven do Summerwind, a beautiful buckskin.

Azenha always surprised us at how well she would take care of her riders – throughout her life. One time we took my whole family out on a trail ride. It could have been a train wreck. John rode Azenha in front and this forward, go mare, walked calmly and carefully picking her way and making sure her flock was with her. On the dirt road home, when we knew we had made it, John cantered her up to the arena and got off – only to find the saddle slip as it was not cinched tight.

She had so much presence and potential, we sent her off to become an ambassador of the Mangalarga Marchador breed in endurance, as a demo horse and more. Before she left to compete, Azenha was our choice for our first experiment in creating frozen embryos and we made four embryos as a precaution.

Only one of the embryos was successful, creating Hemingway do Summerwind, so Azenha returned home to become a breeding mare in our barn. We wanted more babies from her! And we made sure we kept some these babies in the Summerwind program – some with frozen semen.

Her foals:

Hawke, Hemingway, Leia, North Star and Qiara do Summerwind

Her grandchildren:

Kharisma, Kadencia and Qupid do Summerwind

Que-Pasa de Harvest Meadows

Her great grandson: Roronoa do Summerwind

I see her beauty and spirit in her offspring. Her legacy will live on through them.

In her last years, she was cared for by Silver Stables producing her last 2 foals with their stallion Jedi-Knight do Summerwind and used as a lesson horse in their youth program. Thank you Elizabeth for your loving care.

2024 SW Marchador Calendar!

You can order your calendar now.  Mailing in time for the New Year!

Four Summerwind and Future Foal Breeder Calendars to Choose from!

1.  Inspirational Marchadors and  Quotes    Our non-profesional photos from 2023 with friends and family included!  Oversized calendar with photos of beautiful Marchador horses, and the people who love them.

2. Summerwind and Future Foal Stallions – Oversized calendar of the Summerwind stallions we offer,  and sometimes, also the ones where we are expecting to import frozen semen.

3.  Summerwind and Future Foal mares –  Oversized calendar of the mares in our breeding program.

4.  Summerwind and Future Foal Foals – Oversized calendar of all of our foals when they were babies.   We name our foals with the letters of the alphabet so in there are letters A – R.   

If you want multiple calendars, please contact me to get correct shipping –  I can ship two or three calendars for the same amount.

We hope you will love them!

$25 plus shipping and handling 


 

Flavor


Some of the Marchador photos from the calendars!

Stallion Calendar

Mare Calendar

Foal Calendar

MMs for Sale

We usually do not  have adult horses for sale – only reservations for “future foals”. However, from time to time, it happens.    We may buy back a Marchador from our breeding program (it’s in every sales contract!) or offer to help sell one of our Summerwind-bred foals.

In 2023, we do have a sales list for your consideration.

 We always want to find GOOD homes and  “FOREVER” homes. Don’t be afraid to make an offer, and as always, we offer interest-free payment plans.

Please if you know of any friends, neighbors or your relatives looking for a Mangalarga Marchador, have them contact me. Thank you!

Kadencia, Olivia, Qupid and Que-Pasa are for sale from Summerwind Marchadors. Qyra is offered for sale by owner Chris in WI, with our help.

Would partner on her too as Summerwind would like a foal from her.
Would partner on Qyra too as Summerwind would like a foal from her.

2023 “R” BABIES!

What a great group of babies that we and our company all got to enjoy! They grow up too fast.

Born in April and May in Scottsdale AZ were two foals sired by La Paz Jivago.

Rhapsody do Summerwind, buckskin filly, out of Giselle do Dream Catcher was first. Followed by baby brother, Remington do Summerwind out of Gaia do Summerwind. Both were born at Beshert Ranch, Adrienne’s ranch in Scottsdale, AZ.

Rhapsody was reserved by Lori Chandler. Remington will stay with Adrienne Scheck. Both stay in Arizona.

In September, we had our first foal sired by Kharisma do Summerwind here in Colorado at Summerwind Ranch. Welcome Roronoa do Summerwind, out of Boneca da Lusonatica, D.j’s mare.

Roronoa (Zoro) was reserved by Lauren Virginia Brown and will eventually be headed for Texas.

SIlver stables Summer Camp

At Summerwind Ranch, Pagosa Springs CO

Kids and Marchadors are a recipe for success, fun and lots of learning! Led by D.j. Sims Klein – who sometimes covered more miles than the horses did. The camps ran 3 mornings each week for July and August here in Pagosa Springs Colorado.

Many children were brand new to horses and young! The youngest this year was 6 years old. Some were returning again. The kids, parents and grandparents love the whole experience and thank us repeatedly for making it possible.

We use only Mangalarga Marchador horses for lessons. One boy smiled broadly when he found Caboclo da Piedade was going to be his lesson horse again this year. He said “I wanted him and was afraid he would be dead”. (Caboclo is 24)

Quotes to remember:
“I love this mare – she doesn’t like boys and neither do I”. “I have acorns in my pants” (aker riding the trails)

How they love the horses! They braid the manes and tails. They bring treats to feed. Some even brought extra treats to leave as a surprise for later in the feed buckets. They don’t want to leave to go home.

Their joy is contagious. Determination and courage are evident and every students confidence grew by the hour.

The Marchadors are unbelievably kind and patient with the fumbles, unclear direction, and little people who have to stand on tip-toe to groom their mount.

D.j teaches horsemanship, not just riding. The camp kids go get their own horse from the pasture, get them ready to ride, learn ground work, how to mount and then to ride. At the end, they do the reverse operation, sometimes ending in a favorite activity – a horse bath! They are very serious about learning.

We are very serious about sharing and teaching children. They are our future.