Sorraias


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		ORIGINAL SORRAIA HORSES

	DEXTER CATTLE & ARAUCANA FOWLS


	© 2002 photos & design by LERCH-WIENKEN, Goldenstedt-Germany. All rights reserved.


	S O R R A I A S : The original-Iberian-wildhorses. ~200 horses worldwide only exist !




		Portugal


	Anton


	ENANO [Esbélto, Valquíria]




	ACARNERADA [Vaqueiro, Agolada] with her newly born son EXORBITANTE [Exotico]




“EXO” is now one hour old

		two and three years later:

	That’s also “Life”




		ACARNERADA




		Encantado, three months old


	“ENCANTADO”, he wasn’t healthy. Unfortunatly died at five months old and ...

		“No Name”, stillbirth, one month to early due to influenza “In Memory”


	But - thank God - life continuis !


		Exorbitante, three years old.Compare the head of his mother ...



	Exo and Anici

	He now lives with Kathy, his new owner


	this three photos: © 2004 Kathy Asmuss


	more on www.exorbitante.de


	Alana doesn’t like “marriage” and so she has no further offspring. She allready had two


		ALANA [Vaqueiro, Arpa]



			Aca and Enano


		... but from “Love” and harmony, we now have our first Sorraia girl “Admiração”



	Admira and Nicole. This little mare is cautious but handtame, like all our other Sorraias


			ALANA with MEIKE T.



		Aca and Admiração, three days old


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Some of our Portuguese Sorraia horses or their parents are presented in word and picture in the book: "Das Jahr des Pferdes (The year of the horses)" by Dr.Michael Schaefer. The behavior of the animals and various happenings in the herd is described extensively through a whole year. In addition, Dr. Schaefer wrote some very informative books about origin-, behavior-, attitude- and the assessment of the horses based on his own researches and observations.


	IN MEMORY OF DR. MICHAEL SCHAEFER !

The German ethologists Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Schaefer brought a little herd of six original Sorraia horses from Portugal to Germany in 1975 (Esbélto, Taréco, Arísca and Valquíria with foal Valiosa, as well as pragnent with Vaqueiro). All of them had the brand of d'Andrade. These horses increased to approx. eighty in number. We feel deeplyobliged to the Schaefer family for their contribution to the upkeep of this wonderfull race.

Dr.Schaefer became an honorary member of the Portuguese Sorraia-Association!

His favorite mare Valquíria (born in 1967) had already had foals in Portugal. She gave birth to her last foal at the age of 27: our studhorse is shown above, Enano of Esbélto.

Valiosa died early but all of the other five Sorraias are in 2001 still fit and well.

Dr.Schaefer passed away in 2001.




	photo © Schaefer