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December 2013 Photos – Marchador FEST Brasil!

December 15, 2013 summerwind

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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.

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

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

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.

Education, In Print, SW News

Brazilian Tradition – Saddle & Stirrups

November 20, 2013 summerwind 2 Comments

Saddle and Stirrups – Issue 32

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You can also view other Saddle and Stirrups issues where the Marchador is featured!

October 2012 – Introduction to the MM Breed
November 2012 – Visit to Brazil and the ABCCMM National Show
December 2012 – Launching a Legacy – Becoming an MM Breeder
January 2013, Gaia do Summerwind
Issue 9 – Frozen all the Way
Issue 10 – Gaia’s Diary
Issue 14 – Choosing a Stallion
Issue 18 – Cavalgadas – the Way of the Marchador
Issue 25 – The Dead Broke Rider
Issue 28 – The Gait
Issue 31 – The Horse You Will Never Forget

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Breeding, Foundation MMs, Press Release, SW Future Foals, SW News

New Marchador Mares — Flying Oaks and SW

October 5, 2013 summerwind

Rick Schatz, MM breeder and owner of Flying Oaks Ranch, and SW Future Foal are working together to acquire four mares from Great Lakes Marchadors, MI. With the death of their Marchador stallion, Jay and Susan Bryan have decided to stop breeding and have offered us their mares. Summerwind Marchadors first imported two of these mares from Brazil in 2005 before they were sold to Michigan.

We are excited and happy to be adding new mares to our breeding program. Two of the mares will be offered for sale, we hope to new Marchador breeders to continue their bloodlines as well as enjoy the ride! However, if not sold, all the mares will eventually be housed in Oklahoma at Flying Oaks Ranch to live the good life on Rick’s lush pastures. Ator Fazenda Zouga is a good match for the mares, but Flying Oaks and SW also will be breeding the mares with imported Brazilian semen to produce embryos.

If you are interested in an SW Future Foal, we would transport the mare and keep the mare and foal with us until weaning time at no additional cost to you.

More news coming soon!

Let me introduce you to the mares! We are so honored to have them. Thank you Jay, Susan and Rick for helping this to come about.

Brisa Libertas – Koyote Libertas dam. Brasilia do Summerwind dam. Isabelle do Great Lakes dam. Need I say more? A beautiful mare, smaller at 14.2H, but with a marching gait as regular as a metronome. She is older, so we are hoping to be able to produce some embryos from her, and offer her a forever home for the rest of her days. Imported. ABCCMM registered

Atriz de Itajoana – A smaller mare at 14.2H but also powerfully built with a beautiful face (Abaiba). Atriz has had 2 foals here in the U.S. and we look forward to having her contribute more to the Marchador bloodlines here in the U.S. Sweet temperament and a great pick if looking for a foal for the whole family to enjoy. ABCCMM Registered

Amethyst do Summerwind – imported in-utero. The only daughter of a renowned Brazilian stallion named Irapuru de Joatinga. So, we are super excited to continue his genes. Amethyst will be offered for sale to a forever home. Priced to sell to a breeder, but if you are interested in her as a riding horse, we will sell her retaining breeding rights to produce some embryos or foals from her. ABCCMM registered

Isabelle do Great Lakes – Brisa Libertas x Oxum do Vale da Prata. With his early death, Oxum left only 2 breeding offspring in the US. He had a great gait and even better temperament. Isabelle will be started under saddle starting November 1 and ready to go in February 2014. You can buy her now for less and take over the training. Priced to sell to a breeder, but if you are interested in her as a riding horse, we will sell her retaining breeding rights to produce some embryos or foals from her. ABCCMM eligible.

Education, Marcha, SW News

MM Clinic August 2013

September 5, 2013 summerwind 1 Comment

If you build it, they will come and so they did! We had a wonderful experience hosting our own MM Clinic with Laura Patterson, a rider, trainer and vet from Brazil and Ann Staiger, gait genetics researcher from Cornell.

We have so many photos! We will show more at the end of the screen too.

But, here are some highlights for us.

The diagram of the marcha! Gait Diagram
Use the outside rein to get the horse to lift its head. The Marchador carries the head high when it is doing the gait correctly.
The marcha de centro is a new term being used in Brazil. But when bred to the center, typically the Marchador will prefer one gait or the other. Picada or Batida. The horse falls into one naturally and is more consistent and less tired in that gait. So, the riders pick up on that and train in the best marcha.
The marcha batida is very comfortable to ride IF you as the rider, can relax and enjoy the ride! Any tightness or stiffness in the hips or the shoulders will usually show up as a bounce in the saddle. The rider could be riding the same horse and prove this – we caught it on video too! (COMING SOON)
Shorten the reins to set the gait and then relax. Ride with your hands more forward and with more contact with the horse than you may be used to.
Make sure your pinky finger is not holding the rein, but off the rein. Your hand is naturally more relaxed and flexible in that position making it easy to make subtle movements with the rein.
There is a fine line between the right level of collection and too much tightness or tension.
For young horses, set the marcha gait and speed before ever training in the canter. The marcha can be the same speed as a canter. The horse does not need to canter at higher speed unless you ask for the canter.
Tilt your hips so that your seat is more underneath you. Don’t push your feet out in front, just tuck your seat.
Enjoy the ride! It’s a Mangalarga Marchador!