We lost Bella in March. A very sad day for many people. She was an awesome example of the Mangalarga Marchador breed.
Please take a moment to read her memorial story – with lots of photos!
We lost Bella in March. A very sad day for many people. She was an awesome example of the Mangalarga Marchador breed.
Please take a moment to read her memorial story – with lots of photos!
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.
HAWKE FUTURE FOALS “K* do Summerwind”
Grahla M.U.G. x Hawke do Summerwind
#1 To be born Oct 2016. $10,000
A unique opportunity to have this foal born at your farm! Embryo implant into surrogate mare, so the mare can be shipped to foal at your farm if desired. Gralha can no longer carry a foal.
Exceptional foal expected from these pedigrees and genetics! Athletic! Fast! Superior marcha batida gait! 50% chance of color, 50% chance for grey (from Hawke).
Surrogate Mare is ready to ship immediately – over 60 days pregnant. The Future Foal, if the mare stays with us, would be ready to ship after weaning – May 2017.
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Elba Cruzalta x Hawke do Summerwind RESERVED!
#2 To be born Dec 2016. $6,500
This will be Bella’s last foal and therefore, your last chance to get her fabulous floating gait that gets passed on to her foals. One of the most beautiful Marchador pairings we could do.
We expect marcha picada, as that gait is so strong in Bella (Elba Cruzalta). 75% chance of grey, 25% chance for a color. This Future Foal would be ready to ship after June or July 2017.
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About Hawke do Summerwind:
Hawke is the only son of Ximoio de Maripa using imported frozen semen. He continues to impress us and everyone who meets him with his temperament, beauty and show ring gaits. Dazzling! His dam Azenha de Maripa is from the same breeding farm in Brazil, breeding with genetics that are traced back more than 100 years. Pure Maripa!
2017 Future Foals
Breeding for 2017 Future Foals is also an option, with our other mares with Hawke or other stallions using frozen semen.
Amethyst do Summerwind (Amy) is off to Utah with Valarie and her son Chris! She leaves under a lease agreement that offers them the chance to have the foal from Day 1! Amy will be bred to Talisma Kafe for a great 2015 SW Future Foal to be born there.
Valarie and Chris have been great friends and MM lovers since they took the chance and bought a SW embryo that turned into Hemingway do Summerwind last year. That success quickly turned into worry when Hemi’s surrogate mother died when he was only 2 months old. But he made it!
Earlier in the year, Chris and Val helped the M Foundation and the MM owners transport 3 Marchador mares to Arizona. We are wishing them success with their next Marchador!
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.