Category Archives: In Print

SW Update – Marcha Gait Genectics

Dr. Ann, Dr Laura collecting data from Epico Capim Fino, who became the Champion of Champions at this year’s show

Dr. Ann Staiger of Cornell University is researching gaited horse breeds to find the “gait gene”.  Her studies also include lots of measurements of the angles and body parts of the horse to determine the role of conformation and gait.

Ann recently traveled to Brasil during the 2012 MM National Show at the invitation of the ABCCMM  and collected several hundred 100 samples there from champion Marchadors.  To date, this is the best and largest cooperation from a gaited breed association that she has received.

We are all looking forward to her final paper and maybe a video presentation!!!

Ann pulling hair for the DNA during a championship class

 

Attached is a copy of an article that appeared in the ABCCMM magazine.  It is in Portuguese and English.  Enjoy.

Genetica da Marcha

 

For a video of the marcha gaits, go to this page.  https://futurefoal.net/?page_id=265

 

The study includes all gaited breeds and participation is welcome.   For more information about the study or about Ann, please visit the Brooks Equine Genetics @ Cornell website by following this link http://ansci.cornell.edu/brooks/study_intro.html

 

SW Update – Marchadors Ride the Alps!

This is truly a breed without frontiers!  Please open the articles to see the fabulous scenery of the ride!  240 km in 7 days from Germany to Italy!  Is this a ride you would like to be on?

Click here to read the whole adventure!

Marchador Alps

Marcelo and Sophia Baptista are the owners and breeders of Agro Maripa.  They are great riders, adventurers and more like scientists in their research to produce a great Marchador sport horse.   They have been breeding Marchadors for over 30 years in Brasil.   These two stallions, Patek and Urano are both sons of Oma de Maripa, whose frozen semen we have here in the U.S.

Oma de Maripa, sire of Patek and Urano de Maripa, now in Europe. Frozen semen from Oma de Maripa is available here in the U.S.!

From the article:

“One more time we set ourselves in another adventure with our horses Patek and Urano de Maripa. This time we crossed the Alps with our friends Astrid oberniedermayr and Dieter Mader, both riding Ourofino El Far, another Marchador stallion.  Since the horses are based in Morlenbach, Germany, taking part in the ABCCMM’s  Vitrine of the Mangalarga Marchador Project, and due to the exceptional performance of Patek’s and Urano’s on the Santiago Way ride in Spain (May 2011), we have decided to test them again.

We left Lechbruck, Bavaria, South of Germany, on a rainy and cold, (9 C) morning, May 13th, 2012. Seven days and 240km later we arrived in Castel Iuval, Northern Italy, where we ended our trip. We rode through Oberammergau, Lermoos, Imst, Lafairs, Reschen, Laas.  

Once more our horses bet themselves proving ail their resilience, courage, docility, providing us with great pleasure during the whole trip. They have not only improved our repertoire but also enriched our genetics knowledge.” – Sophia Baptista, Agro Maripa

 

SW Update – Free Offer, Saddle & Stirrups

From Saddle and Stirrups:  

To celebrate the fact we’ve just hit 25,000 followers on Facebook, our developers have just created a 3 month trial voucher for you to hand out to anyone and everyone, so they can download the Saddle And Stirrups Magazine to their iPad, and continue to receive all the new issues we release over the next 3 months.

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There’s no strings attached! At the end of 3 months they will simply not be able to view any new issues unless they take out a subscription plan or purchase individual future issues. 

Sign up today!  and you will be able to download both the current September Issue and in a few days time the latest October Issue, packed with stories, informative articles, educational content and stunning pictures!

Go to this page and enter the voucher code: horselover

This voucher will be valid till October 14th. This needs to be entered in small caps and as one word.

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I hope you will try it out!!!!   The Marchador is a regular feature of the Magazine.  http://wp.me/P2ISzq-4Y

SW Update – Marchadors on RFD TV!

Rick and Diane did a SUPERB job of creating a great overview of the Marchador breed.

For anyone who wants to see a Mangalarga Marchador and know – its roots and heritage, the gaits, the breed, here is a great video to watch.

 

About 20 minutes of pure enjoyment! Sit back, kick your boots off and join them on location in BRASIL!