Cielo Azure Lusitanos

 

 
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HERD REDUCTION SALE

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HERD REDUCTION SALE 〰️


Flor D'Atela:  APSL registered and revised 14-year-old mare imported from Portugal.  Flor was bred by Coudelaria Bessa de Carvalho, and scored 74.5 on inspection.  She is sired by one of the top Grand Prix Lusitano Stallions, Soberano.  She is athletic, extremely talented – at level USDF level 2, with exceptional movement. She has been a brood mare for the past five years. She would love to continue to be a broodmare but would be excellent as a riding horse.
She is very forward, very athletic, as light on the aids as can be - super fun to ride!
Flor was the Mare Champion of Champions at the ERAHC show in 2016 in the in-hand class with a Portuguese judge. 
She was Reserve Champion, level 3: ERAHC working equitation 2016.
Sound, never sick, great feet. Easy keeper. 15.2 hands.

By the great Soberano and the dam is Virgem D Atela (Jaguar)

13K


Maeve CAL Eight-year-old buckskin mare.  Mostly of Veiga lineage. APSL approved for breeding, score: 68. Crosses very nicely with a heavier built stallion. Selling as a broodmare – she plays well with other mares, has a pleasant personality and loves being part of a herd.  She has not been backed. She is sound. 16 hands. 7k


Robin CAL. Beautiful three-year-old classic buckskin mare. APSL approved for breeding (65). Sire: Jade II Da Sernadinha X Dam: Aqua D Atela 15.2 hands. Super friendly personality - loves people.  Wants to please and wants a human partner.  Very confident and brave.  13K


Rosalea CAL. APSL Beautiful three-year-old classic bay mare.

APSL approved for breeding (65).

Sire: Jade II Da Sernadinha X Dam: Haute Tantra CAL

15.3 hands. Excellent gaits: big overstride and extension. Rosalea will make an excellent dressage prospect – super athletic, sensitive to the aids and eager to please. Also will be wonderful in any breeding program.
12K


 APSL Lusitano Stallion: Rock CAL

Rock is three-years-old, with three months under saddle. 16.2 hands, Metallic buckskin with dapples. Super personality.

Overstride, impulsion, and extension. Uphill. GP and stallion potential, but could be gelded. Bred for dressage, with top lines including Spartacus and Campeador.

42K


Travertine CAL: 2023 yearling. Gorgeous double dilute with blue, blue eyes.

Sire: Jade X Dam: Maeve

Super personality, sensitive, athletic and kind. This is going to be someone’s lifetime partner.
”Ghost” - as we call him is a farm favorite. This boy is spectacular and is going to be something special.
Truly a “unicorn”.

11K

 PENDING SALE
Uzi CAL: 2024 colt -born August 12 (weaning - January 2025). Gray.

Sire: Onasis Das Faias (APSL score 74.5 and Dressage at Devon in hand 78 points) x Dam Flor D’Atela (APSL score 74.5).

This colt has exceptional movement. Great conformation. GP potential.


PENDING SALE
Unica CAL. Beautiful APSL Lusitano Buckskin filly, with frosting
- Born August 22, 2024.

Bred for dressage. Great gaits - will be very athletic and sensitive to the aids.

Super sweet. This girl will have a lot of presence in the show ring.

Estimated height - just over 16 hands. Available, in Virginia, USA

Weaning in January, 2025.


SOLD to JAZZRANCH!
Lusitano Stallion; Onasis Das Faias.

Approved for breeding with a score of 74.5

Won Dressage at Devon in-hand, 2022 with a score of 78.3 points. Son of Escorial and Diurna. Exceptional genetics, athleticism and conformation. The real deal. Backed – with a year under saddle. Due to an injury to his hock as a yearling during importation, he has not been actively campaigned in the dressage arena. Best suited as a breeding stud. Has not had issues with the hock, but most likely not a GP candidate - but has been ridden on a regular basis without issues. Very personable.  Proven breeder.

PENDING SALE
Umbrielle CAL. APSL Lusitano (grey) filly with impeccable breeding.

DOB August 14, 2024

Sire; Onasis Das Faias (74.5) X Dam: Magnolia CAL (76.5)

Fantastic conformation and gaits.  Super athletic. GP potential.

 

Lusitanos for sale and at stud

Cielo Azure Lusitanos (CAL) is a stud, breeding and training farm specializing in highest quality Portuguese-registered APSL Lusitanos. Exceptional movement, conformation, blood lines and athleticism drive our breeding program. We breed and train to meet the demands of the advanced amateur and professional rider.   The carefully hand-crafted horses produced by Cielo Azure Lusitanos are raised, shown, inspected and trained using classical methods, yielding equine partners matched to your goals in academic riding, competitive dressage, and working equitation. 

The modern Lusitano has been carefully developed in Portugal over the last few decades to become a world-class versatile sporthorse while remaining true to the historic breed type and characteristics of this oldest of ridden horse breeds.  

A premiere rare breed, Lusitano horses rule global Working Equitation competition, are a desired driving horse, and modern Lusitano sporthorses have become a preferred mount for FEI-level dressage competition. Ranked by breed, Lusitanos are currently 4th in FEI dressage rankings out of about 80 breeds of horses that typically compete at this level. As there are only about 40,000 Lusitanos in the world, this is a significant achievement;

Modern Lusitanos are a testimony to the innate genetics present within this rare, ancient breed, and are also a tribute to the many generations of Portuguese and Iberian breeders who have contributed to making the present and future generations possible.

We are proud to be closely following and learning from leading Portuguese Lusitano breeders with our breeding program, as we seek to help bring these advances in Lusitano horse quality and selected genetics to North America!

The video below is of Jade - our senior stallion.

Magnificent Buckskin Lusitano Stallion:          Presenting Jade 

Jade II Da Sernadinha is a magnificent, imported and APSL approved buckskin Lusitano stallion.  Jade represents the absolutely best Lusitano dressage bloodlines in Portugal, lines that are known for their commanding presence and fantastic movement.

Jade’s powerful genetic lineage gives him extraordinary and correct conformation. He is truly a genetic storehouse of the best of the Lusitano breed. Evidence of this is that he has already won a silver medal from the APSL in the USA; an achievement that few Lusitanos attain. Jade is currently competing at the Prix St. George level in dressage and earning good scores.

What makes Jade so unique is his laid-back personality and eagerness to please, combined with a strong work ethic. Jade just loves people. Jade loves children. He can can go from performing at high school level to trail riding with a group of horses or alone and then have a young child on his back. Although forward, his attititude towards work is trust and a willingness to please.

Impulsion, action and extension define his movement. Grand Prix dressage and working equitation are in his future and he has already excelled in the show ring.  

Jade is the 2016 EARHC Eastern Region Lusitano Stallion Champion.

Jade is an APSL Silver Medalist.

Jade unique and highly desired color includes the crème gene, giving him his buckskin pattern.  Jade coat is also frosted and dappled.  He has a lovely Lusitano sub-convex head and Iberian body type, along with height and bone.  These are qualities that will pass to his offspring.

  • Sire: Campeador (76 points) -APSL recommended stallion,

  • Dam: Camurca (82 points) - APSL recommended mare.

  • Grand sire (on both sides) is Spartacus (81.5 points) APSL recommended stallion and APSL Stallion of Merit (one of seven in the world).

  • Both dam and sire sides pass directly to the great stallion Xaquiro.

Jade II Da Sernadinha is not currently standing for outside mares.

 

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