Four Summerwind and Future Foal Breeder Calendars to Choose from!
1. Inspirational Quotes Our non-profesional photos of Summerwind Marchadors from 2024 with friends and family included! Oversized, premium quality.
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.
Hawke do SummerwindTalisma Kafe!Oma de MaripaVioleiro do RiomarFole de MaripaArun de MaripaCarnaval Sao LourencoLa Paz JivagoJedi-Knight do SummerwindKharisma do Summerwind
Mare Calendar
Azenha de MaripaBossa Nova de MiamiGaia do SummerwindGralha M.U.GBrasilia do SummerwindElba CruzaltaIsabelle do Great LakesDestiny do Summerwind – a beautiful Chanel mare!Cassandra do MManorLeia do SummerwindAstrud Lazy TGiselle do DreamcatcherNola do SummerwindBoneca da Lusonatica
Foal Calendar
Luna do Summerwind, with her damArtemis do SummerwindAmadeusChanel and DestinyDestiny’s foal Imperio is growing up too! Cute with owner Cathy Pierce.Diego do SummerwindGaia and Brasilia!Jedi-Knight do Summerwind, about 5 or 6 monthsCaesar do SummerwindNandor do SummerwindNola do SummerwindNobre do SummerwindNorth Star do SummerwindPadawan do SummerwindParis do SummerwindObi do SummerwindPuka do SummerwindOlivia do Summerwind
Hosted by the USMMA and Summerwind Marchadors, the clinic ran Feb 14th to 16th at Silver Stables, Phoenix, AZ. Silver Stables also provided many of the Marchadors shown and used at the clinic.
The weather was good. The food was good. The horses worked hard for different riders! Alan Villaca was outstanding, just a wealth of information and exercises to use with our Marchador horses.
After the day of videos and the breed characteristics, we practiced – evaluating conformation, angles and proportions of our Marchadors at the clinic. or there at Silver Stables.
Clinic attendees asked questions in writing before the clinic, asked during the clinic and Alan answered them all and not with generalities but with answers to each specific owner and rider as he got to know them and their horse.
He taught four exercises that would improve the marcha focused on correct bend and disassociation of the legs. When the horse was supple enough, then he added the impulsion to go. On some horses, the most comfortable marcha was found at a slower speed and some at a faster speed.
Each rider was asked to perform the exercises on different horses and it was surprising to see what Alan made look so easy, was very hard. We appreciated learning things we could practice and home. And we appreciated his sharing and skill.
We will be planning another clinic and possible show for next year and hope to have this become an annual event in our Marchador calendar.
Bento do Saint HorseSabela do High CountryNobre do SummerwindJedi-Knight do SummerwindFidalgo do SummerwindFidalgo do SummerwindPadawan do SummerwindNobre do SummerwindBento do Saint HorseJedi-Knight do SummerwindNobre do SummerwindTia Nelson, USMMA President, addressing the class
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.
Azenha and DJ barebackLeia do Summerwind with Azenha de MaripaOur best day! Run free, beautiful girlAzenha de Maripa – photo by LeticiaA fan of Agro Maripa breeding!Azenha de MaripaAzenha de Maripa, importedAzenha de Maripa, a SW mare in enduranceOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAazenhaAzenha and Qiara
