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(last updated
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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!
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