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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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!
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!
SW Future Foal is arranging for shipment of frozen semen of 3 new Maripa stallions and Arun de Maripa is one of them!
Expected before year-end are 2 sons of Favacho Diamante, Fole de Maripa and Arun de Maripa and senior stallion Stradivarius HO. On our travels to Brasil, we have met and often rode all of these stallions, including the sire Favacho Diamante.
Favacho Diamante is an Elite Stallion and sire of many National Champions in Brazil. His Favacho and Tabatinga bloodlines were crossed with the great Maripa bloodlines that are so famous for beauty, conformation and temperament.
Agro Maripa has been breeding Marchador horses for over 35 years. His genetics are pure and traceable back to the 1800s. His horses are top drawer, consistent and proven. We admire Agro Maripa’s dedication (similar to Raul Junquiera of Tabatinga) to evaluate each horse for riding and for production. His love, care and training of his animals is seen and admired by all. For us, he provides a complete picture of horse partnership and a passionate promoter of the Marchador breed around the world. To see more of Agro Maripa, here is his website http://www.agromaripa.com.br
Carioca de Maripa is a son of Oma de Maripa (we have Oma’s semen too). Carioca has been proving himself in performance classes and calvagadas in Brazil. Great conformation and body, a younger version of Oma.
We will be adding new pages for each stallion with more information, photos and videos. Check back soon.
Please contact us to reserve your breeding today either with these new stallions or our old favorites: Oma de Maripa, Ximoio de Maripa, La Paz Jivago and Talisma Kafe.
Remember frozen semen lasts forever. Store some for future breedings!
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:
Learnings from Laura: (see also clinic post from last year)
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:
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