Welcome to Cedar Rowe Lusitanos

Lusitano Horses

Our Lusitano Breeding Mission Statement

Cedar Rowe prides itself on a breeding program that focuses on attributes that select for offspring that will be competitive in the discipline of dressage. Our stallions, Jalifa and Tonico Do Top, have been selected from proven bloodlines of Veiga and Do Top. Both of these stallions have excelled in the Open Dressage Competitions with Reserve Championships and Championships. We have selected mares with a mixture of Alter Real, Andrade, and some Veiga plus size of 15 h. to 16 h. Finally we strive to maintain the wonderful minds, disposition, courage, versatility and ride ability of this wonderful breed.

History

The Lusitano horse has been ridden for around 5,000 years. They are considered to be the oldest saddlehorse in the world. The breeding has been dominated for thousands of years on the ability as hunting and fighting horse. Now at the dawn of the 21^st century, the Lusitano has become a versatile horse, whose gentleness, agility, and courage have made it much in demand as both a sport and leisure mount. The breed’s predisposition for collected work makes it a natural for dressage. As for Working Equitation, which is open to all breeds, the Lusitano horse has excelled itself by winning four European Championships and the World Championship (team) Title.

The Portuguese decided in the 1960’s to establish their own registry, the Associacao Portuguesa De Criadores Do Pura Sangue Lusitano (APSL). The official institutionalization of the Lusitano Breed Studbook established a means of evaluating and selecting Lusitanos for registry in the Pura Sanque Lusitano (PSL) Studbook. This is a painstaking selection process that provides detailed knowledge on bloodline lineage and allows for the perpetuation of the characteristics of the PSL breed.

Lusitano Stallions

Jalifa

Jalifa (GS) is an accomplished stallion whose first offspring were on the ground in 2005. He is by Zimbro II and out of Conchita. He has passed the conformation and performance requirements for and is in the Puro Sangue Lusitano (PSL) Stud Book Registry of Portugal. He has placed first in a myriad of different classes that exemplify his tremendous versatility– Open Country Pleasure Driving, PSL Senior Stallions, Liberty, Heritage, and English Show Hack. In the USDF Open Dressage he was the BLM Reserve Champion at 2nd level one year and the next year he was the GAIG Region 1 Reserve Champion at 3rd level. He has impeccable manners, a wonderful temperament, and a great attitude. He is a beautiful gray 15.2 hand stallion with elegant boldness. Jalifa has retired from competition and is now a schoolmaster in our equestrian fitness program.

Breeding Fee: $1500 Pure Bred/$1000 for Non-Pure Bred
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Jalifa

Jalifa's offspring, Arabella

Jalifa's offspring, Bravo

Tonico Do Top

Tonico Do Top Tonico was purchased in 2007 from Sucandi-Cavalos Do Brasil. Tonico is a bright chestnut and stands at 15.3 h. His sire is Emetico and his dam is Jandaya Do Top. He was known as "the Red Boy". He had been revised and is in the PSL stud book. Tonico was placed at First Choice Farm in LIsbon, MD with the accomplished FEI trainer Felicitas von Neumann-Cosel. While in his native Brazil, he sired a colt named Danke and a filly named Bitte Schon.

"Tonico Do Top rises to the top at BLM Championships". His trainer, Felicitas von Neumann-Cosel rode him to this win with a score of 69.73 per cent in the Prix St. Georges class, senior rider. Tonico has also gone on to become champion at the Intermediate I for the USDF All Breeds Award Program for the Andalusians.

Breeding Fee : $3000

Tonico Do Top's offspring, Danke

Tonico Do Top

Tonico Do Top's offspring, Bitte-schon

Broodmares

Renata is a beautiful brown/black 15.1h Lusitano mare. She comes from Mexico and her sire is Farao and her dam is Italiana. All of her foals have been bold and athletic, with correct conformation. One of her sons is 16 h. She has been revised by an APSL judge and awaits her PSL papers.

Zagaia is a Puro Sangue Lusitano (PSL) mare which was imported from Portugal. She is by Pyrus (PSL) and out of Gambiarra (PSL). She has been bred for the discipline of dressage using the combination of Alter, Veiga, and Andrade bloodlines. At the ERAHC shows she has been Reserve Champion mare in the Andalusian class, Reserve Champion Jr. mare in the PSL class one year and the Champion Jr. mare in the PSL class another year. Zagaia has been working great under saddle for two years with basic dressage. At present she is a chocolate bay and stands 16 h. She has been officially revised and is in the Portugese stud book.

Bora Bora Comando SN She will be a future breeding mare. Bora Bora was purchased in 2007 as a yearling from Sucandi-Cavalos Do Brasil. She is a bright blood bay and as a young three year old stands 16+ h. Bora Bora has had "natural horsemanship" training in hand work, and now will be going to the trainer in the spring. She will join the broodmare list when she is five years old and has had some time under saddle.

Quarter Horse Stallion

Deluxe Command was born in 1984 and is an accomplished Superior Halter Stallion who has sired Superior Halter, Superior Performance, Halter ROM, and Performance ROM offspring. He is by the World Champion Stallion, Man In Command, and out of Miss Josies Deluxe, a producer of Superior Halter, Superior Performance, and Performance ROM offspring. Deluxe Command is among the top 50 stallions producing AQHA Champions. He is a natural athlete that is at home performing in western pleasure and reining, as he is in the discipline of dressage. He is a beautiful sorrel and well-mannered 15.2 hands stallion with the “classic” quarter horse look.

2009 Retired and Happy

Deluxe Command's offspring,
Deluxes Penny Lane

Quarter Horse Mare

Deluxes Penny Lane is a sorrel quarter horse mare. She is by Deluxe Command, an accomplished Superior Halter Stallion who has sired Superior Halter, Superior Performance, Halter ROM, and Performance ROM offspring. She is out of Bonnie Bo Dude who successfully schooled through first level dressage. Penny was used in the lunge program and with her wonderfully smooth trot she allowed beginners to get their confidence at this gait. She is a bright chestnut of 15.3 h and has a beautifully correct QH conformation.

Schoolmasters

Ohio Lotto is a handsome 15.3 hand sorrel appendix quarter horse gelding. He had a successful eventing career before becoming a full-time riding schoolmaster. He is easy to work with, working well in-hand, on the lunge line, and under saddle. Lotto has an easy to ride trot and a smooth canter. He is well-suited for both the beginner and intermediate level rider.

R.D. Rising Star is a gorgeous 17 hand chestnut thoroughbred gelding. He is by Land of Believe and out of Celestial Dancer. "Rusty" is a handsome guy that is often mistaken for a warmblood. He was schooling at upper First Level when he developed a mysterious lameness that could not be pinpointed. He subsequently developed a severe facial paralysis and became uncoordinated. He was diagnosed with Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM). Rusty underwent six months of treatment and a two year recovery period. He loves to please and is great for both the beginner and intermediate level rider. Despite his size, he is a great confidence builder.

Jalifa is an accomplished dressage horse and offers many feed backs to the riders that are lunged on him in our equestrian fitness program. He is schooled in the classical aids of communication and the ability to extend and collect with these aids. With his confirmed abilities through 4^th level dressage and his acceptance of the lunge responsibilities, he has added a new dimension for riders’ skill acquirements.

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