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.
Our visit to Prescott and Adrienne tries out Gus!
Izzy is pregnant to Talisma Kafe!
Karen comes to visit her mare Izzy!
Gaia do Summerwind and Adrienne, now at her place!
John and Brasilia
Cookies in a jar!
Ireland Christmas! Martin and Fenella took us to see all the sights and the relations!
Carmen came to visit with her youngster Guinness.
Leticia gets to try Brasilia’s gait and loved it!
Out for a ride – Koyote and me!
Grooming days – Azenha
Caboclo and Leticia portrait picture
Kristy and Sydney come for a visit and meet Gaia at Adrienne’s
Out for a ride – Leticia and Caboclo!
Debbie May came to visit and ride with us!
Ireland Christmas! We went hawking!
Ireland Christmas! On the road to Clonaslee!
Grooming Days! – Hawke
Training Guinness.
Leticia and Hawke
We loved having Bill back and he gets to ride Bossa Nova – first time!
Izzy! A real beauty and joy to work with.
Carmen’s first Marchador love, Bossa Nova.
Grooming Days – Koyote
Ireland Christmas! Great to be with family!
Ireland Christmas! The first arrivals!
Ireland Christmas! At the cliffs of Moher!
Ireland Christmas! At the family gravestone.
Mother-to-be, Isabelle do Great Lakes (Izzy)
Hand painted wine glasses from Laura! It’s Koyote!
After the rains! Gorgeous!
Some photos from around our ranch and sometimes a bonus “do Summerwind” horses.
Cachaca now has a page on our website and we’ve added a new location – Brazil!
Hawke do Summerwind during a training session. I love this guy!
Isabelle do Great Lakes, a daughter of Brisa Libertas (like Koyote and Brasilia).
Azenha de Maripa, Marchador mare, in the AZ setting sun.
Marchador ears (Caboclo?) in the setting sun.
John helps Leticia get the stirrups right. Leticia and I ride the same length – great to switch horses and saddles.
Leticia on Bossa Nova de Miami out on the trail.
Fole de Maripa, frozen semen available
Traditional Brazilian food again here in AZ with friends!
Still warm enough to wash horses after the ride!
John enjoying the smooth picada gait from Artemis do Summerwind
Gaia do Summerwind on a trail walk with Sandy and Leticia riding their horses.
Off the ranch for a trip back East. John at his alma mater, Boston College.
Izzy! Such a beautiful mare! Izzy moved into the breeding barn under lights this month.
The Marchador ears of Koyote Libertas
Arun de Maripa, frozen semen available.
Hawke do Summerwind, a beauty! Not yet 2, our stud colt.
Leticia training Guinness in the pen. We have graduated to the big arena!
Carioca de Maripa, frozen semen available
Oma de Maripa has foals here in the US and we have more frozen semen to create again.
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!
Almost a selfie! Lynn and Gralha!
Adrienne on Bossa Nova de Miami
Izzy got a person on her back for the first time!
Hawke do Summerwind headed home from the back fields.
Audrey at the San Juan river
Joia and Beethoven at Laurie’s, SK. “Beethoven has not groomed another horse since I put Mint down 1 year ago”
Great visit by Kristy, Audrey and Adrienne
Leticia on Gus
Ready to ride!
Azenha de Maripa, a beautiful Marchador!
Lynn on Gralha M.U.G. Great mare!
Bill on Koyote Libertas! They clicked.
Arun is coming!!! Arun is coming!!
Carmen and Bossa Nova reunited too!
Guinness, a yearling filly arrived in July. Owned by the Leatherwoods.
Guinness meeting Gus.
Seamus and Gus hanging out.
And the rains came in July too. We appreciate the horses’ efforts at grooming
Lynn on Caboclo. He was also Leticia’s favorite.
Lots of friends came to meet and try riding Marchadors!
John on Artemis. Hair by Leticia.
Leticia Ribeiro came and rode with us!
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
Bill on Artemis
Karen on Gus
The LINEUP
Randy and Karen – the big winners!
Gus
Adrienne on Koyote
Leticia and Caboclo
How many people does it take to groom a horse?
Leticia on Gralha
Koyote Libertas!
Laura, Gus and John
Teaching on horseback
Brasilia gets a beauty treatment!
Ned on Seamus
Sarah on Koyote
Adrienne
Ned on Koyote
Leticia on Caboclo
Randy and Karen, Seamus and Gus
Bill and Carmen, Artemis and Bossa Nova
Randy on Artemis
John on Bossa Nova
Karen tries Izzy for the first time!
Laura, Karen and Artemis, stretching exercise
Laura and Carmen
Randy on Seamus
Adrienne on Koyote
Randy on Artemis, Ned on Seamus
Randy on Bossa Nova, stretching
Lynn and Karen and Izzy. Someone on her back is NEW!
The marcha – triple support
Laura riding Gralha M.U.G.
Lynn on Koyote Libertas
Artemis
Karen on Artemis
Sarah2 on Artemis
Bill on Artemis do Summerwind
Laura and Gralha
Leticia on Caboclo da Piedade
Karen on Koyote
Carmen on Bossa Nova, her favorite!
Randy on Seamus doing poles
Artemis gets his hair done!
Ned on Koyote
Lynn on Seamus
Laura on Gralha in the meadow
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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