Articles Tagged 'Brazil'

A rider finds an exciting dose of adventure and the good life on a Bazil riding vacation in rural Santa Catarina. by Jec Aristotle Ballou Most fantasies are better left unlived in order to remain idealized and dreamy without disappointing us in flawed real life. As it turns out, the cowb...

Take a trip through Brazil's Pantanal with cowboys who can rope a crocodile or an anteater as easily as they can a cow. By Susan Seligman Imagine horses that will cross chest high caiman infested water. Imagine cowboys who can rope a crocodile or an anteater as easily as they can a c...

Travel through Brazil to learn about the National Horse of Brazil–– the Mangalarga Marchador.  By Lynn Kelley Brazil is a country with great history and tradition. They still perform what I would call lost arts "true craftsmanship" learned from their fathers and father's ...

A husband and wife couple take their dream ride on the Way of St. James or El Camino de Santiago in Spain by Sophia Baptista de Oliveira, Haras Maripa   My husband Marcelo has always been fanatic about horses.  He has raised Mangalarga Marchadors for thirty-one ...

In Brazil, they weave the history of the Marchador as if telling an epic legend. Eyes glowing and with great pride, the breeders recount the sires and the mares that were the foundation of the breed. They willingly share where they are taking their breeding – to the Nuevo tradicao, the new t...