Hilandero X was a magnificent 16.3hh stallion bred by Nobeleza del Guadiana in Spain who passed away in July of 2017. He competed extensively in halter classes, earning Champion 2-year-old and Best Movement in Salamanca and was again awarded Champion as a 3-year-old in both Salamanca and Piedrahita. During his revision and stallion inspection, he…
CDC Espiritu (Finura CR x Metistar Taj-Mahal Amaro) was born in May 2023 to our lovely Lusitano mare Finura CR, by the athletic and beautiful palomino Canadian stallion Metistar Taj-Mahal Amaro. We started crossing our best Lusitano and Andalusian mares with Canadian stallion Amaro with the goal of creating the perfect sport horses. We’ve found…
2009 Pure Spanish Andalusian Mare Born in mid-April, 2009, Memoria is a living testament to the power of dreams. This beautiful bay Pure Spanish filly is named in memory of horseman Vaughan Smith, whose passing left the Andalusian world mourning the loss of one of our most talented trainers and beloved friends. From her first…
Duquesa is descended from pure Portuguese Lusitano lines, top and bottom, although she is not eligible for inclusion in the APSL studbook, as her parents were not presented for inspection. She is a beautiful buckskin mare who has an incredible personality ~ gentle and inquisitive, but not at all pushy. Her first foal (CDC Honorato)…
A beautiful bay Lusitano mare dual-registered with APSL and the IALHA, Finura comes from Alex Dees’ amazing Cavalo Real Lusitanos ranch in eastern Oregon, where she spent her early years in a large herd setting. Finura is approved as a breeding mare with APSL. She produced her first foal in 2015, a gorgeous bay colt…
Corazón won our hearts from the moment she was born. The third filly born to Odalisca GF and Hilandero X, “Cora” shows tremendous bone, height, and presence, as well as great curiosity about the world. . She will be retained as part of the Caballos del Corazón family. “Cora” made her show ring debut at the 2016…
Beautiful, elegant Sonrisa brings a smile to our faces each time we see her (except when she is in the midst of emptying out yet another water trough with her playful splashing!). The buckskin daughter of RL Duchesa (champion Lusitano mare at the Canadian National Show) and Armani LFA (brilliant black pure Spanish Andalusian Stallion…
Born May 27, 2019! We tried something a little different in 2018: crossing two of our beautiful mares with a high-quality Cheval Canadien stallion with the goal of producing powerhouse performance horses with incredible trainability and beauty. We bred CDC Memoria, our bay pure Spanish Andalusian mare, to Reindance Riding’s golden palomino Cheval Canadien Metistar Taj Mahal Amaro. Their buckskin…
CDC Querida was born in 2018. Her mother was the amazing multi-champion pure Spanish Andalusian homozygous black mare Odalisca GF, and her sire was the champion-producing Saphiro, a cremello Lusitano stallion known for his gentle personality, charismatic good looks, athleticism, and incredible mind. We are currently planning to retain CDC Querida as part of our…
Cali is a beautiful bay pure Spanish mare we are care-leasing from our good friends Sally and Dean Handley in Canada. She has given us two gorgeous fillies so far (CDC Lexi, born in 2022, and CDC Aurora, born in 2023), by Metistar Taj-Mahal Amaro, Kristina Eckert’s gorgeous and athletic Canadian stallion. We’re planning to…