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Brazilian Breeder Visit – Welcome Haras Avena!

A business and touring visit, Summerwind Marchadors and Future Foal breeders will present their Mangalarga Marchador horses during a traveling barn tour for Carlos Avena from Haras Avena, BR.

img_7420Summerwind and Future Foal plan to  import this stallion frozen semen in 2016/2017. For those breeders who want to love tobiano horses, we heard you!   More tobiano genetics are needed to cross with the few tobiano Marchadors here in the U.S.

We seek to  import frozen semen from superior and championship level Marchador stallion semen to build genetic diversity and improve future generations of Marchador horses here in North America.   All of our selected Marchador stallions are proven producers in Brazil.

The barn tours are open to the public!  Please come to meet a Marchador!

Here is the proposed schedule.  RSVP to 602-999-3915 to get more information, directions and updates if the schedule changes.

Saturday November 5, 2016

3:00 p.m.    Adrienne Scheck presenting MM mare Gaia do Summerwind.   Area is North Scottsdale, off Dynamite Blvd.

4:00 p.m.   Jeff and Michelle Bosley presenting MM mares and gelding:  Bacara do Summerwind, Elba Cruzalta, Hallelujah do Summerwind, Tigre do Summerwind.  Area is Rio Verde, off 136 St.

Sunday  November 6, 2016

10:00 a.m.    Lynn and John Kelley, Summerwind Marchadors and other Future Foal breeders presenting MM mares Bossa Nova de Miami, Brasilia do Summerwind, Isabelle do Great Lakes and geldings Artemis do Summerwind, Caboclo da Piedade, Koyote Libertas and Hawke do Summerwind.   Area is Rio Verde, at OutWest Stallion Station.

4:00 p.m   Elizabeth and D.J Sims, Silver Stables along with other Future Foal breeders presenting MM mares  Gralha M.U.G., Azenha de Maripa,  MM gelding Seamus da Boa Fe and MM stud colts Jedi-Knight do Summerwind and K** do Summerwind, newborn.  Area is North Phoenix off Carefree Highway.

 

 

 

 

 

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Welcome Future Foal @ Silver Stables!

Photo Shoot Sunday with Jess Lee! Gralha MUG with Elizabeth Sims!

Our newest “Future Foal do Summerwind” breeders are Elizabeth and D.J. Sims of Phoenix AZ.  They own and operate Silver Stables which focuses on training and lessons for children.   Their program teaches students how to be all-around horsA photo of an woman riding english on her horse.emen in a fun, friendly, safe and affordable environment.   And now they are Marchador breeders as well!

Elizabeth and D.J. met the Marchador breed during an equine class assignment at Scottsdale Community College.  It took very little time after that visit for them to jump into the action as they reserved Isabelle do Great Lakes Future Foal about a month later.   That foal became the now-famous tobiano stud colt Jedi-Knight do Summerwind, born October 2015.

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D.J. co-owns Gralha M.U.G., exquisite imported Marchador mare (shown above in the photos).   In 2015, we bred Gralha with Hawke do Summerwind and they will own the resulting October 2016 foal.  So they are growing fast!

Elizabeth and D.J. plan to keep Jedi-Knight do Summerwind a stallion and so, he will be standing at stud starting in 2019.   Right now he is the only tobiano Marchador stallion in the U.S.!  And the grandson of Palhaco de Itatuvera, one of the most influential stallions in the Marchador breed today in Brazil.

At Silver Stables is also another Marchador gelding being used in their lesson program – our wonderful and sweet Seamus da Boa Fe.   We miss him every day, but think this is a good life for him with all of the kids and attention.   I truly believe that he loves being painted at summer camp!

Sliver Stables is open as another place to “MEET A MARCHADOR” here in AZ.    Please visit Silver Stables on-line or on FB for more information about their facility and offerings!

http://www.silverstablesmarchadors.com

https://www.facebook.com/silverstablesmarchadors/?fref=ts

 

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Birth Announcement! Kharisma do Summerwind is here!

fullsizeoutput_59b8Hawke do Summerwind x Gralha MUG.

Predicted to be a filly, but she is a he!   We got back just in time from Colorado to be there.   We are so delighted with our newest foal!   He has lots of prescence, very bold and confident little one!   I am always amazed that their personality is so apparent on day 1!  Very nice marcha, smooth and flashy with high knee action.

Truly one of a kind!  Kharisma do Summerwind is the chosen name!  Watch for him.

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Have fun watching the video of his first time out!

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About his Parents:

Hawke do Summerwind, wonderful gait!
Hawke do Summerwind, wonderful gait!

Hawke do Summerwind is our junior stallion and this is his first foal crop in 2016.   A sweet and personable pocket pony, he is also wonderfully gaited. He is the product of imported Marchador mare, Azenha de Maripa and frozen semen from Brazilian stallion Ximoio de Maripa, a son of Abaiba Nissei.

One measure of greatness is Brasil’s ELITE book – a registry of National Champion Marchadors who also produced National Champions. Parents and grandparents that are ELITE champions matter the most.

Elite Book Horses in Hawke’s pedigree:

Laio de Maripa (sire) 2 x
Rima Apogeu (grandsire)  2 x
Abaiba Gim 2 x
Abaiba Reserva 2 x
Festa A.J. (granddam) 2 x
Providencia Regente 2 x
Providencia Tiroleza 2 x
Abaiba Marengo 2 x
Abaiba Nissei (dam)
Abaiba Reserva (grandsire)
Herdade Arpa
Herdade Cadillac

Photo Shoot! Gralha M.U.G. Tamara Gooch
Photo Shoot! Gralha M.U.G. Tamara Gooch

Gralha M.U.G.  Imported from Brazil with a star-studded pedigree.  A sweet mare, with a ground covering, show quality gait.

One measure of greatness is Brasil’s ELITE book – a registry of National Champion Marchadors who also produced National Champions. Parents and grandparents that are ELITE champions matter the most.    There are actually 2 ELITE books. MM7 has about 700 horses of distinction. MM8 (the SPECIAL ELITE book) has only 67 horses. Horses who are in MM8 are also in MM7.

Enigma Scala SIRE (MM8 ELITE book – only 1 of 67 horses in this book)
Batuy da Santa Terezinha GRAND SIRE (MM8 ELITE book)
Irapuru Bela Cruz (MM8 Elite book)
Cravina da Santa Terezinha GRAND DAM
Abaiba Batuira (MM8 ELITE book)
Furacao Bela Cruz
Providencia Regente
Herdade Jupia

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Future Foal Expands to TX and FL

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 riding Destiny do Summerwind.
Cathy Pierce riding Destiny do Summerwind.nd 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).

Read more about Cathy here.

 

Laura Patterson Rosa and Victor Rosa are Brazilians who are here in 10847891_579911418775370_4464750481639087151_nthe 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.

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Meet Cathy Pierce

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Meet Cathy Pierce

IMG_0008“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.12957476_10209238791236277_3059269320730361620_o

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.  IMG_0060

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.”