The art of horse breeding has shaped equine genetics since domestication, yet most horse professionals have little understanding of the fundamentals of genetics. On this six-week online extension course we will examine the underlying mechanisms and inheritance of a number of traits in the horse. Concepts covered will include coat color, genetic disease, parentage testing and some insights on complex traits of performance and behavior.
Brooks Equine Genetics Lab @ the University of Florida Instructor: Dr. Samantha Brooks Teaching Assistant: Laura Patterson Rosa, DVM
Location: 100% ONLINE!!
Classes: June 27th to August 05th of 2016
The regular price for the equine genetics course is $200 for this course, but using this link, USMMA members have a special discount – $25 off! If you are a USMMA member, then you can use this link to register for the on-line course and receive the special offer.
Normal registration is $200. Please use this link for regular registrations for the genetics course without the USMMA discount if you are not a USMMA member.
Future Foal “do Summerwind” expands in May. Joining the Summerwind investors and breeders are Cathy Pierce of Corpus Christi, TX and Laura Patterson and Victor Rosa of Gainesville, FL.
Cathy Pierce riding Destiny do Summerwind.nd Laura Patterson and Victor Rosa of Gainesville, FL.
Cathy Pierce fell in love with Marchadors after riding them in Brazil at one of her exchange student’s family farm. Cathy adds 2 younger Marchador mares to the Summerwind reservation pool, with Destiny do Summerwind (La Paz Jivago x Chanel de Miami) and Cassandra do MManor (Frevo da Camaq x Ibiza da Boa Fe).
Laura Patterson Rosa and Victor Rosa are Brazilians who are here in the US as Laura pursues her doctorate degree at the University of Florida. She is a veterinarian who is researching Gait Genetics of the Mangalarga Marchador, but brings many other skills and years of experience to our group. Victor is a lawyer and trained interpreter and we plan to use his skills daily with our ventures to ensure the quality and diversity of the Marchador breed here by learning, working with Brazil and importing.
Future Foal offers frozen semen from 7 Marchador stallions, sometimes frozen embryos and reservations on Future Foals do Summerwind using our group of 14 Marchador mares. Future Foal reservations are available for a 2017 foal.
Our group of resources, investors and breeders are located in Scottsdale AZ, Sedona AZ, Pagosa Springs CO, Gainesville, FL and Corpus Christi, TX. Please contact us if you are interested in investing in creating and promoting the Mangalarga Marchador horse in North America.
“I have loved horses all my life, and have owned horses since I was 16 years old. I was able to take my horse with me to college for 3 out of 4 years.
I have a wonderful husband, Randy, and two great sons. My husband and I have been hosting foreign exchange students for 14 years. I am also a coordinator for the exchange organization (ERDT/Share!). We often choose students to host who love horses. A few years ago, we hosted David from Brazil. He and his family raise Mangalarga Marchador horses. He always told us that when we came to Brazil, we would ride his horses in the mountains.
We were fortunate to be able to visit Brazil in 2012 and indeed we rode David’s Mangalarga Marchador horses in the mountains! It was a delightful experience. We had never ridden gaited horses, and they were so smooth. Even more impressive was their temperament. I rode David’s stallion-who had an amazing Picada gait! My husband rode a very nice mare. As we dismounted, my husband said “Oh man, we have to get one of these!”
When we returned home, we started looking for a Marchador horse of our own. We found that this is a relatively rare breed in North America. We used the internet to search for our first Marchador horse. We were fortunate tofind Destiny do Summerwind. She was a 5 year old buckskin mare. Her previous owner had health concerns and needed to sell her.
It felt like we changed horses in the middle of the stream. Previously we have owned Arabians, Appaloosas, and Quarter horses. The Mangalarga Marchadors are so much fun to ride and to live with. We have become dedicated to promoting this breed, and have bred Destiny, resulting in a pampa (pinto)buckskin gelding, Imperio do Summerwind.
We also were able to purchase a mare and foal from Florida, Cassandra do MManor (Cassie) and Eduardo do MManor (Eddie). Riding the Mangalarga Marchador mares is great and we look forward to riding their foals in the future.
As we have progressed with our journey of owning and breeding Mangalarga Marchadors, we have been pleased to know John and Lynn Kelley. They both are passionate and devoted to the Mangalarga Marchador breed.
The opportunity to join them in promoting the MM’s in North America is our ideal/dream situation. We hope to be able to import semen and embryos from Brazil and to showcase the MM’s in more areas of North America.”
“A horse woman through my whole life, the first time I sat on a saddle I was only two years old – my family tells that I cried for hours after they took me off the horse that day, because I wanted to ride more. As a kid, I would ride horses occasionally, usually when we went to the farm, and my horses were already Marchadors back then: Melado and Anel, both very sweet and picada gaited. In my teen years I found out about show jumping. The opportunity to ride constantly and improve my skills drove me to be a professional show jumper in Brazil. Other Marchadors came along, because after training my sport horses, I would ride them on the beach nearby to relax: Bacana and Arizona were my loyal geldings.
Losing one of them due to colic made me decide to go to vet school. My absolute love for these animals meant that I wanted to know what to do in order to improve their life quality and expectation. During vet school I consulted and selected nine Campolina horses (another Brazilian gaited breed) for the first exportation to Mexico. I graduated vet school and got involved with equine genetics, being invited to do a Ph.D. at University of Florida, supervised by Dr. Samantha Brooks, reference in equine genetics. Currently I live in Alpine TX, establishing an equine studies program at Sul Ross State University. It’s a great place for my horse loving daughter too.
The partnership. Koyote kisses Laura.
As a Brazilian and horse rider myself, I have a great respect for the Mangalarga Marchadors, the national horse of Brazil. I strongly believe that Lynn and John Kelley’s Future Foal and Summerwind Marchadors program provide the best of Mangalarga Marchador horses, selecting from the best bloodlines while keeping the Brazilian registration and selection in order to achieve the same standards applied in Brazil. My husband and I are proud supporters of this enterprise and now part of the Summerwind family.”
Meet Victor Rosa
Victor translating for us in Brazil with Hytalo Bretas, a top trainer there.
“I am a Brazilian lawyer and interpreter. I was born in the state of Minas Gerais, birthplace of the Mangalarga Marchador breed. Growing up, I rode Marchadors frequently with my family and friends, in cavalgadas, and attended horse shows at Gameleira, where the Mangalarga Marchador National Show takes place every year.
After moving to Salvador – Bahia, I lost contact with horses almost completely, so I focused on playing sports, one of my passions. There, I played football for 6 years in Brazilian football leagues as a wide receiver.
In Salvador, I graduated from Law School and worked for a well-established law firm. I also had the chance to work as an interpreter with American groups doing humanitarian work in poor areas of the city, and later with directors of multinational companies and groups visiting schools and universities.
With Laura, I started attending horse shows and auctions again, visited farms, and met some of the best breeders in Brazil. I have traveled to Brazil with Summerwind breeders and investors, where we had a great time visiting farms and learning more about the breed.
My goals as part of Summerwind Marchadors are to promote the Mangalarga Marchador in North America, and contribute to the improvement of the breeding, selection and training of Marchadors by facilitating the exchange of information between North American and Brazilian breeders and trainers.”
The Spanish Breed issue of Horseman’s News was distributed widely at the Fiesta of the Spanish Horse in Burbank, CA. In it was an article about the breed and also an article on breeding by Summerwind Future Foal.
To get a pdf copy of the articles, please click on the links below: There is one page per link – 24, 25, 26, 28
The art of horse breeding has shaped equine genetics since domestication, yet most horse professionals have little understanding of the fundamentals of genetics. On this six-week online extension course we will examine the underlying mechanisms and inheritance of a number of traits in the horse. Concepts covered will include coat color, genetic disease, parentage testing and some insights on complex traits of performance and behavior.
Laura Patterson Rosa, DVM
