Category: Brazil Spotlight

MANGALARGA MARCHADOR: THE BRAZILIAN BLOOD HORSE

When we retired in Arizona, me and my husband became fascinated with horses and riding through the Sonoran Desert. I had owned beautiful Arabian horses back on the East Coast, but needed to find a more calm and reliable horse for us both to ride together. I searched the internet using words like “versatile”, “easy to ride”, “strong bones”, “good feet” and most of all “beautiful”.

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BAHIA: A DREAM FULLFILLED

I finally fulfilled a dream when I took my godson Tamir to Bahia, Brazil in 2003. I remember playing Gilberto Gil’s music and him singing along at nine years old, when started also to count in Portuguese.

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