In a tribute to Amadeus do Summerwind, we wrote a book! It’s a childrens’ book dedicated to his life and the people who owned him. We loved them both very much.
Lots of great photos of horses and perfect for anyone who loves horses!
Airing on HRTV on Christmas day was a segment about the Mangalarga Marchador! We have copies of the TV show available if you would like a copy of the show.
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An overview of the Mangalarga Marchador horse and 2 of the early importers of the Marchador to the U.S. – Flying Oaks Ranch, Oklahoma and Summerwind Marchadors, Arizona. Produced by HorseFlicks.
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Praia do Forte – Fort Beach. These are protective cages for sea turtle nests on the beach. The nests are monitored until the baby turtles hatch and get to the sea.
Seu Chico Tandy
We got to present one of the awards for marcha picada stallion Seu Chico Tandy won the class and we got to ride him!
Reserve champion mare at the CBM in Bahia – marcha picada
Great saddles for sale at the fair.
View from our hotel lobby window! Marchador Fest and a few auctions were held here at the hotel.
Stations of the Cross. Tile depictions inside the church.
Colonial building – all Portuguese tiles – that is being restored in Salvador
View from the restaurant. Yacht club Salvador, Bahia
Fresh bread at the supermarket.
John taking a photo of the mare conformation class. Third mare in was also one we liked – daughter of Favacho Estanho.
Highest priced mare at the auction. They only sold a share for several hundred thousand dollars.
Lynn riding Luxo. We also rode a stallion Violeiro do Riomar.
Luxo de Mairi, a marcha picada stallion, son of Emblema EAO, pure Favacho blood.
Amado Ipe, champion marcha picada stallion
Mare conformation class at the show. This mare won the class, a daughter of Favacho Diamante.
Marchador auction – great stage to showcase the horses.
Not too many photos in November – a bad month. A very high fever illness brought back from a QH show swept the barn and even our somewhat isolated Marchadors fell ill. It was horrid and long, but everyone kept eating and drinking so that was positive.
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Three amigos. Bossa Nova rejoined the herd after the insemination did not take. Artemis, Gaia do Summerwind and Bossa Nova de Miami.
Brasilia do Summerwind was very sick. This is the first day she raised her head, so I snapped a photo!
Nice sunset on our way home. During the illness, we drove to the ranch twice a day for almost the whole month of November.
John riding Bossa Nova. As far as we can tell, only she and Seamus did not get sick.
Hawke do Summerwind and Caboclo da Piedade hanging out.
Adrienne and Gaia continue to explore new territory together.
