8/12/2019 Tradiciones_Argentine Criollo by Excellence

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Criollo Argentino by excellence.Unique nobility, creole horses and their marvelous beauty.

An excellent postcard of Argentina in any part of the world shows a beautiful mountain or plainlandscape, a gaucho and, of course, creole horses from the most pure nobility as adistinguishing mar. !ince the arrival at these latitudes of !panish men with their ama"ingsteeds, Argentina must be proud of a long tradition in breeding and domestication of horses.#ierce criollo $creole% animals, prodigious by nature, fine partners of men and the wisdom of

breeders. An argentinean tradition of world wide appreciation.

&n '&' Century, the baguales were crossbred with blood (uropean species, mainly Andalusian.)he races of team and chair were mixed up, and therefore, the conditions of the noble horse,the one that fought in the independence war and especially in the (nglish invasions, starteddisappearing. Creole blue*blooded steed which ept on evolving next to the powerful fate of thenatural enigmatic selection and the supervisi+n of the wise ones.

)o stop the process of total crossbreed for the criollo horse, a great man started a ourney intothe argentine land searching a pure specimen, from that creole of fine quality. )he race wasrecovered, maing it a real cradle of noble equines. And this cultivator is the emblematic (milio!olanet. &n the first years of -// 0r. (milio went on a trip to the !outhern 1atagonia, to thesouthwest of Chubut precisely. #rom those lands he brought an excellent group of stallins and

mares from the )ehuelche or Aonien, 2iempichun tribe.

!imultaneously, in different points of Argentina, in Corrientes, C+rdoba, !an 2uis, Catamarcaand especially in the County of 3uenos Aires, pioneer breeders4 groups selected an importantgroup of mares that where incorporated to the primary rodeos, a rigorous selection process thathad a range of criollo equines toward the whole country.

)he race of the criollo horse is safeguarded thans to the well nown institution Creole 5orses3reeders Association. Created in -67, it has the responsibility of eeping, securing andpreserving the standards of the race in Argentina as well as in foreign countries. )o maepossible this commitment, this Association maes inspections and morphologicall competitions8with the purpose of emphasi"ing the ability and functioning of the specimens for the wor, theextraordinary conditions and unequal rusticity of our horse.

)he breeding of these animals is an absolute Art for the 9nowing :nes. Unfailingly, the activityneeds of enthusiasm and affection for the race. )he family record of each horse must be carriedout with exactitude requiring dedication and lot of love for these four*legged partners. #or thepurpose of woring and caring, the result is optimum. &t can be reachable the obtaining of atotally pure race8 of a horsewhich in the best cases will be a great champion. :wner;s pride andstrong race, patriotic value for argentinean people.

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