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Breeding, Foundation MMs, SW Future Foals, SW News

L** foal do Summerwind is coming in November!

Interested in Owning or Investing in a Marchador?  L** foal do Summerwind is available for full or partial reservation now!  Often, our foals are sold before they are born.  If you are thinking about this  Future Foal, let us know!

For Full Ownership, reserve for $9,000 – payment plans available.    For investment or partial ownership, contact us for options that might work for you.

Thinking ahead!  To be born in AZ in November 2017, (Marchadors use real birthdays, not January 1!), this foal will be ready to go around May 2018.

A full sibling to Jedi-Knight do Summerwind, pictured here, this foal has a 25% chance of black or black tobiano (like his sire) or blue roan tobiano or blue roan (like his dam).   We expect this foal to mature at 15 hands and have a smooth gait.

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Jedi-Knight

Isabelle – IZZY!  is a 14.2H  blue roan mare, the daughter of 2 imported Marchador horses.   She is so beautiful with an exquisite head and look about her.   So much fun to ride! –  A Marcha batida gait that is both fast and smooth.   Lots of confidence that she passed on to her first foal Jedi-Knight.   We are expecting the same results in this baby.  To read more about Izzy and to see more photos, follow this link:   AZ – Isabelle do Great Lakes.

Talisma Kafe is the sire using imported frozen semen from Brazil.   Talisma has had 4 foals here in North America and all of them have been spectacular!    We are expecting the same here; it’s in his genes.   Talisma is the son of JB stallion Palhaco de Ituvavera, who produced so many Brazilian champions – Elo Kafe de Nova, Tiguaro Kafe are 2 of the top ones.   His name in the pedigree is gold.

Talisma is a stunning black and white tobiano stallion.  Sweet and gentle, he has a marcha picada or center gait.   His offspring is winning in the show ring in mostly marcha picada classes.    For more information and photos on Talisma, follow this link:  Talisma Kafe

Events, SW News

Marchador Weekend! April 29 & 30 2017

You are welcome to come to any or all events!   Sign up today to join us!

April 29, Saturday morning:

ABCCMM Foal inspection and barn crawl.   FREE!

Kadencia - day 1.
Kadencia – day 1.

The inspection of the foal looks for heritable defects, takes note of markings and hair whorls and microchips the foal.   During this inspection, you can meet a Marchador at any of the farms and learn more about the breed.    Brazilian inspector is Dr. George Vilar.

9:00 a.m.    Silver Stables, Phoenix.  Inspection for Kharisma do Summerwind, MM colt born 10/2016.

10:00 a.m   Bosley ranch, Scottsdale (Rio Verde).  Inspection for Kadencia do Summerwind.  MM filly born 12/2016.

11:00 a.m.  OutWest Stallion Station. (see below)  Inspection for L*** do Summerwind, MM born any day now.

Call or text  Lynn Kelley 602-999-3915 to get directions to one or all farms!

 

April 29, Saturday evening

6:00 p.m.    Cookout and Marchador presentation on MM bloodlines and the standard of the Marchador breed.    (video will also be made available on youtube if you cannot attend)

 

April 30, Sunday  One day clinic

img_0047Learn how to evaluate and judge the Mangalarga Marchador breed.    A learning clinic where everyone participates!

 

 

Morning Classes – Horses under saddle or in-hand (youngsters welcome).

  • Marchador geldings – gait
  • Marchador mares – gait

Afternoon classes:  Horses in-hand:

  • Marchador geldings – conformation
  • Marchador mares – conformation

At this time, we have no plans for a stallion division, but can easily add one if you wish to participate with your Marchador stallion.

Depending on the horses entered, there may be 2 divisions in gait for marcha picada and marcha batida.

In Brazil, there are 5 judges in the arena.   The highest and lowest scores are discarded and the middle 3 are added together and averaged to come up with the winner of the event.    We will have 2 judges, plus the auditors to complete the scoring.   After each class, we will announce the results and the judges will go through their evaluation of the horses with why they scored them as they did and what attributes of each horse are the best.

Before or during the class, the judge may ask to ride each horse and/or help the rider with how to improve the gait of their horse.

Place:  OutWest Stallion Station
Address: 15419 E Rio Verde Dr, Scottsdale, AZ 85262
Time - starts at 9:00 a.m.   Be ready and saddled at 8:45
Lunch at Pinnacle Grille is included, unless you opt out.
Concludes at 3:00 p.m.
Contact Lynn Kelley 602-999-3915 to sign up or enter via PayPal below.

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Breeding, Frozen Semen, SW News

2017 Import Dreams

2017 import  dreams – they would make for a Happy New Year!

We love the stallions in our frozen sperm bank – stallion in a box we call them!  They are producing quality foals with gait, beauty, and temperament.   Agro Maripa is one of the  foundations for our breeding program.

But, we have always said one of our goals was to add new bloodlines to increase and improve the genetic diversity here in North America.   Only about 70 horses were imported from Brazil to North America.   We need new blood to continue to grow the Mangalarga Marchador breed here.

ximoio2With our semen importation program, we have imported 5 stallions frozen semen.  They are producing great foals – Arun de Maripa, Fole de Maripa, Oma de Maripa, Talisma Kafe and Ximoio de Maripa.   In addition, we have our SW stallions here:  La Paz Jivago and Hawke do Summerwind (pure Maripa).   You can also check out their offspring if you click on the links for the stallions.

In 2017, we hope to add another 5 more to the breeding choices.

For the Bahia stallions, it’s been almost 5 years in the making.  Fingers crossed that we will be successful!   More details, photos and videos after we get the shipment here.

The 2017 Imports – Frozen Semen

13256449_802916409838989_918799556633697696_nBronze de Rio Grande  – New bloodlines: D2 and Serta

 

 

 

 

img_7420Carnaval Sao Lourenco – almost pure JB, with some Herdade and Tabatinga.

 

 

 

 

13254471_802916423172321_4761408694255159732_n-1Kamikaze E.A.O. – JB, Ogar and Abaiba blood.

 

 

 

13151734_1076845179058544_1701602392706162808_nVioleiro do Riomar – New bloodlines: Escandinha, Santa Lucia, Kitanda.   We rode this stallion in Bahia 5 years ago!  Lovely!

Breeding, Education, Foundation MMs, SW Future Foals, SW News

MM DNA Testing!

Summerwind Marchadors has the DNA  results for most of our Marchadors!   Fascinating!

b698fa_092bb8575c9a8b9d873506d8ca8da0a0Our DNA – genetic analysis was done  by Heather Holl, of Etalon Diagnostics Lab, CA who was looking for more samples for her study to develop a new genetic test to prove parentage.   Along with contributing to her research project, we got a full report on each horse.  It is exciting!

From a breeding standpoint, we can report now on many of our Marchadors characteristics!

Of particular interest to us is the “gait” gene DMRT3.   This is one of the genes identified that is involved with horses that gait laterally. However, it does not perfectly describe horses that possess a diagonal gait.   Indeed some of best horses do not display this gene.  Additionally, this DMRT3 gene has been found in trotting horse breeds.   So, current thinking is that perhaps this gene describes a horse that would rather stay in gait instead of transitioning up into canter, which is why now, it is sometimes described as “loss of canter”.

195b6c9d6dc180f25150928a54e59a6cBecause DMRT3 is not “THE gait gene” as so many describe it, Summerwind Marchadors is also supporting the Equine Genetics Research lab at UF, Gainesville.   This project is headed by Dr. Laura Patterson Rosa,  testing for gait gene secrets in OUR Marchador breed.  For more information or to contribute to their research,  follow this link: http://www.neighdna.com/gait.html

We will start adding this information to our horse’s pages on the website, but here is the summary report on John’s gelding Artemis do Summerwind, as an example of the information we have now on every horse.

Genetic Profile Test Results Horse: Artemis Do Summerwind Owner: John Kelley

Disease: NONE

Color:  Aa, ee, G/n, nd1/nd2, W20/n

Traits:  GG (curiousity), TT (Endurance Type), DMRT3/DMRT3

Disease: Artemis Do Summerwind has not tested positive for any recessive disease alleles on this panel.

A new discovery test for West Nile indicates he may be more susceptible to West Nile.  A new discovery test for a Subfertility gene indicates 2 alleles are present.  In male horses, 4 alleles present may mean they have lower rates of foal production.

Coat Color: Artemis Do Summerwind has two Red alleles and no Black, indicating his base coat color appears Red. One copy of the Dominant Agouti allele was detected; invisible on a Red base (it pushes/restricts Black out to points; legs, ear tips, etc. appearing Bay). One Grey allele was detected which may result in greying of the entire coat (possibly appearing White at maturity). One Dominant White 20 allele was also detected which may result in White markings.

His DNA also tested on a discovery platform to indicate he is heterozygous for non-Dun pimitive markings and there may pass it 50% to his offspring.

As a result of the allele count in each of the following, he has a minimum 100% chance of passing Red and 50% Dominant Agouti and 50% Grey and/or Dominant White 20 to any offspring.

His DNA also tested on a discovery platform to indicate he is heterozygous for non-Dun pimitive markings and there may pass it 50% to his offspring.

Traits:  Artemis testing has indicated the presence of 2 DMRT3 alleles and he may therefore, pass it 100% to his offspring.  2 Curiosity genes (100%) were detected.  He is likely more curious than vigilant.   2 Endurance alleles (100%) were detected; he is likely more distance than Sprint.

Artemis do Summerwind and John
Artemis do Summerwind and John

 

 

Breeding, Foundation MMs

Birth Announcement! Kadencia do Summerwind!

Born December 2, 2016, a cute, solid filly Kadencia, to Elba Cruzalta x Hawke do Summerwind!

fullsizeoutput_5b4cThe second Hawke foal and she is also spectacular, setting Hawke do Summerwind’s first foal crop as a great success!

Born bay/brown with a heart-shaped star, she looks like she will be a grey eventually.   Her new owner, Alisha, has named her Kadencia, or Kadence for short.

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We are looking forward to seeing her grow up.  Beautifully gaited, conformationally square and so athletic, she is perfect in our eyes.   Because Alisha is having a baby of her own in a few months, we may keep this foal for her for a little longer until she is ready for her.   No problem; we just love her.

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