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Traditionsl Brazilian Saddle
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About Us
Peter and Lori Silcher are native Californians and settled on the Bitterroot Valley in Montana in 1994 to raise their two sons. They were attracted by the scenic beauty, rural lifestyle and expansive riding terrain. Lori has been a serious equestrian since her childhood and broke and trained horses while during her college years. She has competed in equitation, pleasure, trail, barrel racing and gymkhanas and later Peter and Lori became a cutting horse competitors in NCHA and local cutting horse competitions and has ridden for a cattle broker for the last 8 years. Their real love is riding outside the arena and always longed for the perfect mountain/ranch horse combination; one that would have outstanding stamina and surefootedness in the rugged mountains surrounding their home and also possessing smooth gaits and inherent cowsense. Her search led her to the Mangalarga Marchador and she has never looked back. In 2002 Lori and Peter finished construction of their home and equestrian facilities on their working ranch in Little Sleeping Child Canyon in the Bitterroot Valley and imported their first Marchadores after visiting breeders and ranchers in Brazil. Their beautiful ranch is now home to 10 Marchadors with new arrivals coming.
Lori now serves on the Breed Standards Committee on the USMMA (United States Mangalarga Marchador Association) as well as promotional director and has the distinction of being only international Marchador breeder in the USA.
In order to maintain the specialized training standards of the breed we have brought in one of the most knowledgeable horsemen in the breed, Dr. Fernando Fantao of Brazil.
Here at 4 Seasons ranch in Western Montana we use our Marchadores in the rugged mountain terrain as working ranch and trail horses where their cowsense, rugged endurance and easy-riding, ground-covering gaits make it a pleasure to do the demanding jobs required of western cattle ranches.
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