Azenha de Maripa, ready for class.
Gralha M.U.G. is going to Parelli’s course in July with D.J.
A trip to Sedona! Great weekend!
Meeting Flying Oaks Pegasus
Out for a ride with Karen – just outside their gate is riding paradise!
Karen and I on her 2 Marchadors in Sedona: Flying Oaks Pegasus and Jorge-Ben de Lazy T.
Every Sunday is riding clinic/class/fun. And Koyote shows off that we are braiding for the photo shoot in April.
Flying Oaks Guinness will be heading home to her CO owners, Bill and Carmen, this summer. She was born at their house.
The desert is blooming here. It’s almost too hot for March
Bossa Nova shines for us. Such a great mare – we’d like one more foal from her.
Hawke says “I need more toys, please”!
Atriz de Itajoana getting back in shape for riding in Colorado.
Farrier day in March. All the horses are barefoot. We have 12 done in no time at all.
We celebrate St Patrick’s Day! Thanks for putting up with us Eoghan!
Marilyn Kelley visits with Koyote Libertas.
Brisa Libertas! With her on the ranch, we have 3 generations. Brisa, her daughters and son: Izzy, Brasilia and Koyote, and now Jewel.
Great capture of Karen Livesay with her Marchador mare, Izzy.
We listened and brought Hawke a ball to play with.
Hawke do Summerwind, 2 year old stud colt. He will be magnificent.
Baby on board! Sydney with Jewel do Summerwind, day 2
Beautiful Brasilia do Summerwind
Caboclo da Piedade.
Having fun with those long legs, day 3.
Arun de Maripa.
Leticia and Hawke
Gaia do Summerwind and Adrienne, now at her place!
Ireland Christmas! Great to be with family!
Ireland Christmas! Martin and Fenella took us to see all the sights and the relations!
Leticia gets to try Brasilia’s gait and loved it!
Izzy! A real beauty and joy to work with.
Grooming days – Azenha
Ireland Christmas! On the road to Clonaslee!
Cookies in a jar!
Izzy is pregnant to Talisma Kafe!
Mother-to-be, Isabelle do Great Lakes (Izzy)
Out for a ride – Leticia and Caboclo!
Ireland Christmas! At the family gravestone.
We loved having Bill back and he gets to ride Bossa Nova – first time!
Grooming Days! – Hawke
Hand painted wine glasses from Laura! It’s Koyote!
Carmen came to visit with her youngster Guinness.
Caboclo and Leticia portrait picture
Kristy and Sydney come for a visit and meet Gaia at Adrienne’s
Grooming Days – Koyote
Our visit to Prescott and Adrienne tries out Gus!
After the rains! Gorgeous!
Karen comes to visit her mare Izzy!
Training Guinness.
Debbie May came to visit and ride with us!
Ireland Christmas! At the cliffs of Moher!
Out for a ride – Koyote and me!
John and Brasilia
Carmen’s first Marchador love, Bossa Nova.
Ireland Christmas! The first arrivals!
Ireland Christmas! We went hawking!
Some photos from around our ranch and sometimes a bonus “do Summerwind” horses.
Off the ranch for a trip back East. John at his alma mater, Boston College.
Traditional Brazilian food again here in AZ with friends!
Fole de Maripa, frozen semen available
Izzy! Such a beautiful mare! Izzy moved into the breeding barn under lights this month.
Still warm enough to wash horses after the ride!
Carioca de Maripa, frozen semen available
Marchador ears (Caboclo?) in the setting sun.
Azenha de Maripa, Marchador mare, in the AZ setting sun.
John helps Leticia get the stirrups right. Leticia and I ride the same length – great to switch horses and saddles.
John enjoying the smooth picada gait from Artemis do Summerwind
Oma de Maripa has foals here in the US and we have more frozen semen to create again.
Hawke do Summerwind, a beauty! Not yet 2, our stud colt.
The Marchador ears of Koyote Libertas
Leticia on Bossa Nova de Miami out on the trail.
Leticia training Guinness in the pen. We have graduated to the big arena!
Gaia do Summerwind on a trail walk with Sandy and Leticia riding their horses.
Cachaca now has a page on our website and we’ve added a new location – Brazil!
Arun de Maripa, frozen semen available.
Hawke do Summerwind during a training session. I love this guy!
Isabelle do Great Lakes, a daughter of Brisa Libertas (like Koyote and Brasilia).
Some photos from around our ranch and sometimes a bonus “do Summerwind” horses.
See also the posts on the USMMA Clinic and PBR, Las Vegas for even more photos!
Lynn on Caboclo. He was also Leticia’s favorite.
Seamus and Gus hanging out.
Leticia Ribeiro came and rode with us!
Guinness, a yearling filly arrived in July. Owned by the Leatherwoods.
Great visit by Kristy, Audrey and Adrienne
Audrey at the San Juan river
Izzy got a person on her back for the first time!
Almost a selfie! Lynn and Gralha!
Lynn on Gralha M.U.G. Great mare!
And the rains came in July too. We appreciate the horses’ efforts at grooming
John on Artemis. Hair by Leticia.
Bill on Koyote Libertas! They clicked.
Lots of friends came to meet and try riding Marchadors!
Hawke do Summerwind headed home from the back fields.
Guinness meeting Gus.
Adrienne on Bossa Nova de Miami
Leticia on Gus
Azenha de Maripa, a beautiful Marchador!
Ready to ride!
Joia and Beethoven at Laurie’s, SK. “Beethoven has not groomed another horse since I put Mint down 1 year ago”
Arun is coming!!! Arun is coming!!
Carmen and Bossa Nova reunited too!
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
Adrienne on Koyote
Ned on Koyote
Adrienne on Koyote
Laura, Gus and John
How many people does it take to groom a horse?
Randy and Karen – the big winners!
Lynn on Koyote Libertas
Lynn on Seamus
Randy on Seamus doing poles
Leticia on Caboclo
Artemis
Teaching on horseback
John on Bossa Nova
Randy on Bossa Nova, stretching
Sarah2 on Artemis
Sarah on Koyote
Leticia on Caboclo da Piedade
Randy on Artemis, Ned on Seamus
Laura, Karen and Artemis, stretching exercise
Ned on Seamus
Koyote Libertas!
Bill on Artemis
Karen on Artemis
Karen on Koyote
Artemis gets his hair done!
Lynn and Karen and Izzy. Someone on her back is NEW!
Gus
Laura riding Gralha M.U.G.
The LINEUP
Laura on Gralha in the meadow
Bill and Carmen, Artemis and Bossa Nova
Carmen on Bossa Nova, her favorite!
Leticia on Gralha
Brasilia gets a beauty treatment!
Leticia and Caboclo
Ned on Koyote
Randy and Karen, Seamus and Gus
The marcha – triple support
Karen tries Izzy for the first time!
Karen on Gus
Laura and Gralha
Randy on Artemis
Laura and Carmen
Bill on Artemis do Summerwind
Adrienne
Randy on Seamus
Learnings from Laura: (see also clinic post from last year )
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.
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.
Focus on proper posture – no leaning! Tuck your seat under you slightly so your hips can move.
The star exercise used poles in a circle on the ground and a pattern to ask the horse for concentration, bending and stretching.
How to work on the gait when not under saddle – free movement or running with the horse.
Lots of obstacles and patterns on many different horses raised everyone’s confidence level.
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