Artemis do Summerwind, a SW gelding. Photo credit Tamara Gooch
Baroque Horse Magazine is a high-class, artsy magazine with tremendous distribution around the world. So we were thrilled when they highlighted the Mangalarga Marchador in the December Christmas issue.
The Marchador now joins the other classic baroque breeds on its pages – Lusitanos, Friesians, Andalusians, Lippazans and more! To read the article in its entirety, please click on the pdf file link named “Mangalarga Marchador” below.
This month – visit to Brasil and their National Show
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Gaia made history at 11:00 p.m.October 27, 2012, becoming the first MM foal born in the US using imported frozen semen from Brasil. A labor of love, our dream was realized when Agro Maripá collected and exported the first frozen MM semen from 3 of his stallions in Brasil. Our continued thanks to Agro Maripa!
Gaia is the product of Oma de Maripa and Brasilia do Summerwind. She was reserved by Dr. Adrienne C. Scheck of Scottsdale AZ and with SW Future Foal retaining breeding rights to her to ensure her genetics are carried forward in the U.S.
All of us are thrilled with her!!!!!
Her name Gaia was selected by Adrienne for a number of reasons. Gaia (“guy-a”) is the goddess or personification of Earth or Mother Earth (the Greek common noun for “land” is ge or ga) in pre-Olympian Greek mythology. The Gaia hypothesis proposes that organisms interact with their inorganic surroundings on Earth to form a self-regulating, complex system that contributes to maintaining the conditions for life on the planet.
We’ve met our goal! We wanted to create a frozen semen bank of superior Mangalarga Marchador stallions from Brasil. We felt that this would be good for the genetic diversity of the Marchador breed here in North America and also could help us to keep or improve our breed quality. Many of these superior stallions would never have been sold, but we can get access to their semen through modern reproductive technology!
If you have never used frozen semen, please contact us to learn more. We’d be happy to help you find a breeding vet in your area and see if your mare is a good candidate for using frozen semen. Success rates are often just as high as any AI using cooled semen.
Here is our offering! Frozen semen only.
Oma de Maripa, quite possibly the most beautiful Marchador. Owned by Agro Maripa Intl, SW has frozen semen.
$1000 One insemination dose of frozen semen, no guarantee. Second dose $500 if 1st dose is not successful, or if vet wants to use the 2 dose insemination system. Buyer pays shipping container costs both ways.
$1500 + $ Live Foal Guarantee option. Two insemination doses of Oma’s frozen semen. If frozen semen fails to produce a pregnancy, a breeding to an ABCCMM registered, imported Marchador stallion in the US via cooled semen provides the guarantee. Buyer pays shipping costs for containers and collection costs for cooled semen.
$1000 One insemination dose of frozen semen, no guarantee. Second dose $500 if 1st dose is not successful, or if vet wants to use the 2 dose insemination system.
$1500 +$ Live Foal Guarantee option. Two insemination doses of frozen semen. If frozen semen fails to produce a pregnancy, a breeding to an ABCCMM registered, imported Marchador stallion in the US via cooled semen provides the guarantee. Buyer pays shipping costs for containers and collection costs for cooled semen.
$750 One insemination dose, no guarantee. Buyer pays shipping container costs both ways. Second dose $500 if 1st dose is not successful, or if vet wants to use the 2 dose insemination system. Buyer pays shipping container costs both ways.
$1250 + $ Live Foal Guarantee option. 2 insemination doses of frozen semen. If frozen semen fails to produce a pregnancy, a breeding to an ABCCMM registered, imported Marchador stallion in the US via cooled semen provides the guarantee. Buyer pays shipping costs for containers and collection costs for cooled semen.
SW Future Foal offers a 10% discount to all SW Future Foal customers and also to any MM breeder.
SW Future Foal will continue to add stallions to the semen bank whenever possible. Please check back to see if more stallions are available.
Good friends trying some drill basics at Summerwind.
A group of us have talked about forming an all-Marchador drill team. We’ve had fun while we are together. BUT, as you know, not many of us are in the same location which makes our “team” much more difficult. So, the idea is to start practicing as individuals or however many Marchadors we can assemble. If we can learn the manuevers, we can look for venues to get together.
Here is an article and some pdf files that show the components of a drilll. Practice with any of your riding partners so you and your Marchador get to know them and we will work on putting together a routine! Look for venues and to connect with other Marchador owners in your area!
Excerpt from the horsechannel.com Illustrations by Tom Kimball
Joining a drill team for competition or pleasure can add a new dimension to your riding. All you need to get started is a dedicated group of riders with willing horses and somewhere to practice. Print out these drill formations for your team to try out. Good luck!
Straight Line Abreast This is one of the most basic drill maneuvers. Riders line their horses up side-by-side with saddle horns in a row. The exercise starts at a walk with a lot of space in between horses. As horses and riders become more comfortable, the space between them can be decreased and the speed increased. If this is too overwhelming at first, the exercise can be completed with two riders and horses in the formation, then eventually four, et cetera.
Nose to Tail While the straight line abreast maneuver accustoms horses and riders to riding side-by-side, the nose-to-tail exercise lines the team up front to back. This can be done along the rail or in a serpentine around the arena.
Pairing Up Everyone rides single-file down the centerline, and as they reach the end of the arena, the first rider and horse turn left. The second rider and horse turn right, and so on. When these two lines meet at the centerline again, riders and their horses pair up and continue riding.
90-Degree Turn or Flank Turn Riding single-file along the rail, riders turn their horses to the center of the arena at the same time, transitioning from riding nose-to-tail to riding abreast. When they reach the other side of the arena, they turn in the opposite direction so they are riding nose-to-tail again.
Mini Sweep Everyone rides along the rail of the arena in an oblique pattern: Looking at it from the side, each horse’s nose should be in line with the knee of the rider in front of it.
Pinwheel Two riders stand their horses side-by-side in the center of the arena, facing opposite directions. The others line up alongside, facing the same direction as their center, or pivot, rider. Then the whole formation rotates around the two pivot riders, who circle their horses in place. Everyone must ride a little faster than the rider to his or her inside to keep the line straight.
Full Team Crack Riders and horses line up in the oblique pattern, and everyone moves around one pivot rider and horse in the center of the arena. Again, everyone placed outside of center rides a little faster to keep the line moving straight.
Single File Cross Half of the team rides single-file down the centerline of the arena while the second half rides across the arena, perpendicular to the other line. The lines alternate crossing the center and make a cross pattern. The more advanced version of this is to ride a cross in pairs, so each rider and horse crosses two lines of traffic while passing through the center.
Figure Eight The team rides a continuous figure-eight, and horses and riders cross paths in the middle. The challenge here is to maintain equally sized circles on both sides of the figure.
Interlocking Circles Instead of riding in a figure-eight, there are two separate circles that intertwine at the center.
