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New Brochure – Future Foal and Marchadors!

Future Foal has updated their tri-fold brochure.  Available for FREE to anyone who would like one.   Just send us your mailing information.

Click on the pdf link to view on-line!   futurefoal brochure 2014

We also have a new banner to display at shows or events.   We like it and hope you will too!   Double-sided, it features our foals Gaia do Summerwind and Hawke do Summerwind!

Click on the pdf links to take a peek!

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Events

Marchadors Join Up with PBR Nashville and PBR Las Vegas!

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SW Future Foal offers imported frozen semen from these Brazilian Marchador stallions – Oma de Maripa and Arun de Maripa from Agro Maripa, a Brazilian Saddle Horse Project partner.

Sponsored by the ABCCMM and APEX’s Brazilian Saddle Horse Project, and supported by the USMMA (North American Marchador Association), the Brazilians invite you to meet their National Horse too!

Would you like to meet a Marchador?

The Brazilians are showcasing the Mangalarga Marchador,  the National Horse of Brazil, at 2 events with the PBR (Professional Bull Riding) September 5-6 in Nashville TN and October 22-26 in Las Vegas NV.    Two great entertainment cities, this may be the opportunity you have been waiting for!

Meet Brazilian representatives, Brazilian breeders and your local Marchador breeders at both events!   For more information on the PBR events, please visit their website or contact us!

Summerwind and SW Future Foal (the people, not our Marchador horses) from all locations will be there in Las Vegas!   FIND US AT THE PRIEFERT ARENA  and the THOMAS MACK ARENA!

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Artemis do Summerwind at SW Future Foal

The Marchador  has been bred for over 200 years in Brazil to be the ultimate saddle horse.   The ABCCMM (Brazilian association)  inspection process and breed standard determine the exact conformation, angles, height and gait that make the Marchador a pleasant and comfortable horse to ride that is also elegant, beautiful and with an excellent temperament.  There are 23 measurements taken during the course of inspection and the horse is ridden by a certified technician that is also a veterinarian.    The Marchador has been kept and treasured in Brazil all this time, where the breed numbers over 400,000 horses.

The Marchador has been here in North America since the early 1990s, but the population is  small, less than 300.  Most of the Marchadors here are derived from the 70 or so that were originally imported from Brazil.  

That may be about to change as the Marchador makes its entry onto the world stage!

 

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Marchador Clinic with Laura Patterson

Day 2 and Day 3 of the SW Clinic focused on riding and learning to feel the different gaits and speeds of the Marchador.   SW offered:

  • Artemis do Summerwind – marcha picada
  • Siglioso do Rav – marcha picada
  • Seamus da Boa Fe – marcha picada and marcha batida
  • Bossa Nova de Miami – marcha de centro
  • Gralha M.U.G. – marcha batida
  • Koyote Libertas – marcha batida
  • Caboclo da Piedade – marcha batida

Learnings from Laura: (see also clinic post from last year)

  1. Use the land to improve the gait.   We left the arena and used a hillside meadow to speed up the footfalls and get more reach when coming down the hill.
  2. We also used the road to listen for the sound of the gait.  Excellent feedback to the rider to hear and adjust the speed, collection or himself to get the perfect sound.
  3. Focus on proper posture – no leaning!  Tuck your seat under you slightly so your hips can move.
  4. The star exercise used poles in a circle on the ground and a pattern to ask the horse for concentration, bending and stretching.
  5. How to work on the gait when not under saddle – free movement or running with the horse.
  6. Lots of obstacles and patterns on many different horses raised everyone’s confidence level.
Education, Events

Ned’s Lead Line Mgmt Clinic – July 2014

Lead Line Management – it sounds so simple, doesn’t it?     We learned from Ned – everyone needs this course!   Basics are the building blocks of horsemanship and what we learned in class also translates into riding exercises as well. Find out more about Ned Leigh on his website:  http://www.nedleighequinefocus.com

Our learnings from Ned during the clinic:

  1. The backup: This is an important command! It primarily establishes our boundary between us and the horse. This boundary must be maintained and consistent if the horse is ever to truly understand.   There should be at least 4 different commands or ways the horse understands as a request for a backup.
  2. The horse should never be disciplined if they come into our space! It is the fault of the person if this happens. It is the responsibility of the person to control the horse’s approach to the boundary.  We want a relationship with our horse and we’d like them to want to be close to us and not punish them for this.
  3. The forward command is a 3 step process.  Always use the least amount of pressure or request when asking the horse and then move to the second and third step if needed.
  4. Allow the horse the time to think and make decisions.
  5. ALWAYS BE A TEACHER!   It is easy to find ourselves in the mindset to make the horse do what we want and the horse will always suffer for that! To be a teacher we must try to see the lesson from the horse’s point of view. 
  6. Timing is everything!

Photos from the class!  All Marchador horses in the photos!  Most photos credit to Brasilian instructor for Day 2 and Day 3

Video from the Clinic!   Courtesy of Adrienne C. Scheck

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SW Clinic July 11,12, 13 Sign Up Today!

Clinic 2014 Signup

Sign up today for 3 days of fun and learning in cool, beautiful Pagosa Springs, Colorado!  Two great instructors will be a SW Ranch for a personal, hands-on experience.

Friday – Ground work training with Ned Leigh

Saturday and Sunday – Marchador Riding, Gaits and Testing with Laura Patterson.   Yes, tests can be fun too!

Bring your Marchador or use one of ours.  Active participants and Auditors welcome!    More information included in the Signup pdf file above.

Instructors:

Ned Leigh, of Ned Leigh Equine Focus Horse Training in Paulden AZ.  Ned has over 30 years experience in starting and training horses.   He can teach you and your horse how to gain respect and confidence,starting on the ground.    Ned trains all breeds  of horses, including Marchador horses now for several clients, including Flying Oaks Ranch and Summerwind.

Laura Patterson, lives in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.  She is a vet student, rider and trainer of various horse breeds starting out in show jumping herself.    She taught and rode in 2013’s MM clinic here at Summerwind.    Lots of rider hand’s on experience during the clinic for participants.  Based on the rider, there may be arena work only, or a mix of arena and trail riding.

Video from last year’s clinic