Colorado Marchador Photos! We had a great time riding in the mountains in Pagosa Springs, CO. Our new neighbors Karen Livesay and Randy Conilogue joined us often and were great fun. We had lots of friends riding with us! Thank you for coming!
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With your donation of $15 plus shipping and handling, we will send you this fine poster of a magnificent Mangalarga Marchador suitable for framing! The funds collected will be allocated to a fund for Marchador Horses in need. Because this is a fund-raiser, you can also contribute more.
The photo is her young stallion Canadian Regente, son of Talisma Kafe x Regina de Lazy T.
Limited quanties available! The poster is on high gloss paper and is a copy of an original. The horse depicted is her young stallion Canadian Regente in vibrant colors. For any art or Marchador afficiando, this is a great piece to decorate your walls!
You can order yours today using the Paypal button below or send a check to Lynn Kelley, 10487 E Rising Sun Dr, Scottsdale, AZ 85262 who is distributing the poster.
Meet Shannon Ford (bio from her website)
Shannon Ford is a natural born artist and an animal lover since childhood, Shannon Ford was born in Regina Saskatchewan, totally enchanted by the natural world. She was raised on a farm west of Calgary where she grew up loving Art and knowing horses, cattle and wildlife.
Shannon paints in both her Studios in Alberta, and in BC where she and her sweetheart Denis breed Mangalarga Marchador horses.
Best known for her intuitive contemporary painting style and her use of her hand made precious and semiprecious gemstone powers, Shannon gives credit to her intuition, imagination and dreams in guiding her painting process.
Shannon’s collectors value most the unique way her paintings appear well drawn and technically accurate from a distance while being free flowing, naturally abstract and infused with multiple colours when viewed from close up.
She binds her love for sculpture and gemstones with her love for painting by incorporating her own handmade precious and semiprecious gemstone powders (and sometimes even cut gemstones and 24 Karat Gold or Palladium) to create paintings with a unique quality of surface, light and colour; capturing more deeply the true essence and beauty of the subject she is painting.
Breyerfest featured the Mangalarga Marchador as their Celebration Horse and 2016 Model. There were three Marchadors there at the show that posed for pictures and showed in the arena once a day.
The USMMA represented our breed and our breeders at a booth during this July Event. Our booth was manned by Lynn Kelley, Victor Rosa, Sandy Hull and Rick Schatz. Rick drove all the booth materials fro m the Las Vegas PBR booth to Kentucky along with materials sent to him by other breeders and owners. The USMMA volunteers came at their own expense and worked Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Thank you!
Represented in the booth were: The USMMA, Marchador Association, Canadian Marchadores, Flying Oaks Ranch, Future Foal, HH Sensing, Marchadors InMotion, Rancho de los Cielos, Saint Horse Marchadores, Summerwind Marchadors.
We had giveaways – old calendars, pens, Shannon Ford Art postcards and magazines. That was in addition to the business cards and brochures. We also had larger prizes for a donation to the USMMA.
• Breeding from Saint Horse Marchadores• Canvas horse photo from Summerwind• Apple Watch from Summerwind
• Clothing from Saint Horse and Summerwind (5 items) • Marchador Book from Future Foal breeders
• Art Poster from Shannon Ford, Canadian Marchadores
The festival was very well attended.
Pluses:
Everyone knew about the breed
The MM celebration model was a big success
People who stopped in the booth were interested in the MM breed and some were looking to buy a horse so it was opportune that now they have another breed to consider.
The MM BOOK was the big hit. Many people offered to pay the $100 for it, but we imported the last 4 copies of it. 2nd printing is planned.
The USMMA brochure was a big hit – we only printed the inside page – the FAQs about the breed.
We have pens, brochures and postcards left over for the next event.
The Kentucky Horse Park is a venue where people expect to see many breeds. The Breyerfest horse show was all three days and presented Morgans, Friesians, Miniature Horses, QHs, Arabians, Standardbreds, Gypsy Vanners, Single Footer, Rocky Mountain Horses, Tennessee Walking Horses, Shires and more. (Of course, a Marchador too) We have an opportunity if we decide to return to show Marchador horses in the ring next year – both versatility and perhaps a demo with costumes and excitement!
Great show everyone!
ps. Would you like to buy the 2016 Breyer model of the Mangalarga Marchador? There is a limited number, but some are for sale on eBay and possibly other sites as well. http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=breyerfest+2016+celebration&_sop=16
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 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.
Read more about Laura and Victor here.
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.
Meet Cathy Pierce
“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.”