(last updated 11/04/2009)

STUD NEWS

Youngstock

    We have youngsters by our stallions Malabar, Octavio III (Calificado Graded), Nalon III, the Spanish Olympic Team 

    stallion Evento (Calificado Graded) and the bay Ecija Military stallion Obcecado (Calificado graded).

    For more information see our Horses for Sale site on our main website or contact us on info@viva-iberica.com

    See some of the stud's working horses here.    

Tobarra Feria 2007

    We performed regularly in the Tobarra bullring, recently with a display of 9 of our horses (plus a foal at foot) being

    ridden, worked in hand and on the long rein, driven and a Cobra, or lote de yeguas (string of 3 or 4 mares), worked

    from the back of one of our stallions.

    Richard often starts the performance working the stud's bay stallion Rumboso in hand with Spanish walk, piaffe,

    passage and levade, then working Malabar through canter half pass, shoulder in, travers and flying changes on the

    long rein.

    Then Richard and Galeon (one of our Lusitano stallions) usually put on a driving display, performing canter

    pirouettes, with the gig turning on its axis, flying changes, rein backs, Vaquera stops etc., followed by Richard

    riding the stud's PRE stallion Oloroso or the stud's Lusitano stallion Edo.

    Richard sometimes closes the show wit a lote de yeguas (Cobra) of three of the stud's mares, Oretana (she can

    be seen on the front cover of ANCCE's 'Libro de las Ganaderías - Pura Raza Española' and the 2004 Zotal calander),

    Brincadora and Seductora, with any foals at foot, with the mares wearing just the traditional neck collars, through

    walk, trot and canter on both reins plus full pass around the bullring. Then Richard mounts one of the stud's

    stallions or Vaquera horses and continues to work them while mounted. This may include canter on the right rein,

    with the 'inside' mare turning on the spot, then in reverse, with Richard performing turn on the forehand on the

    mounted horse while the outside mare canters anti-clockwise with the rest of the mares in line. They also perform

    rein back with the mares and ridden horse in a straight line, full pass around the ring and to finish the mares

    gathered in a circle around Richard and his horse, before peeling back to a straight line to end the performance. 

Carriage driving

    Interested in a driving holiday, driving lessons or weekend driving break?

    We have a choice of Gig for driving a single horse, Spanish Phaeton for pairs or teams, or can take larger groups

    out in the country with a team of 4, 5 or 6. Contact us if this interests you.

Want to buy a Spanish (PRE) horse?

    So often, when buying PRE’s outside Spain, it can prove difficult to find a really good quality Spanish horse at a

    sensible price. In other countries the cost for an ‘average’ PRE can often be more than the cost of a really good

    PRE bought in Spain.

    Yeguada Iberica sometimes have some of their own horses for sale, all registered in the Spanish State Studbook

    with the Jefatura de Cria Caballar (FESCCR), or ANCCE, microchipped and with proper PRE passports and arrange

    vetting for transport and all the necessary export and transport documentation for their clients.

    When buying a Purebred Spanish Horse from Spain remember to consider the type of organisation you are buying

    from. A reputable and established stud has a valuable reputation to protect and the horses it sells will reflect

    on the quality of the stock the stud produces. Their good stock they proudly sell, any lesser quality stock they may

    produce is quietly passed on, often to dealers/brokers, so usually if you deal directly with a reputable stud you will

    be buying good stock directly from source. Dealers and brokers don't have this ongoing reputation for breeding

    quality to consider, so move horses on and usually collect them from more or less any source. The horse you buy

    from a dealer/broker may be good, may be bad, but does not reflect on any reputation applicable to the

    dealer/broker for breeding quality, so studs could be compared to manufacturer's new car showroom and

    dealers/brokers to second hand car dealers (by definition second hand horse sellers), although that doesn't mean

    you can't buy a good second hand car, or horse!

Articles on this site:

    SPANISH TACK    'Correct' Spanish tack & riding clothing

                                 (needs Adobe Reader - free download - to open - http://www.adobe.com)

    SHOWING THE SPANISH HORSE      A guide to Showing & Training Spanish Horses for Showing                                                                   (needs Adobe Reader - free download - to open - http://www.adobe.com)

    SADDLE SIZING & FITTING GUIDE

Published in Horse & Hound magazine

October 2007

Terminology!

     Have you wondered what Natural Horsemanship, Horse Whisperer or Horse Communicator means?

     We don't call ourselves whisperers or communicators, but we believe we have a natural approach to horses;

    our 15 or so riding stallions work quietly together in the school or in hand, ride out with our mares or when Richard

    works a group of mares (lote de yeguas) while riding one of them. You don't hear raised voices or see horses pulled

    or pushed around at our stud or our riding centre, so you could say we communicate - quietly!