Alina is our first foundation Azteca mare (Azteca D). She is by the pure Spanish stallion Favorito D Alina has natural collection, extension, and an unbelievable personality. She is so gentle and sensible that I feel comfortable letting my 2 year old Adam walk freely around her to pet her. Alina was originally for sale in-utero but the moment she stood up I knew she was too special to sell. I had to keep her for myself.
4-18-09 Alina has been a great brood mare for us. We were exceptionally pleased with our filly Fiara by her last year. Fiara looked more like a purebred than some of the purebed horses. She had wonderful movement and was very Spanish in every way. We are considering sending her for training later this year for my little boy Adam to ride in the future. I love Alina's movement. She has a suspension and reach and passes that on to her babies. She is very baroque and short coupled and has many of the qualities of a 3/4 Andalusian even though she is just 1/2 Andalusian. I am hoping that she will pass on her color one of these days. My goal is to eventually have a 7/8 Andalusian with a lot of color. This year I have found an amazing Lusitano Umbral 73 MB wmv video (Video is very large - scroll down to watch Youtbue version) that I want to breed her to. I didn't think I would find a Lusitano that fit all of the characteristics that I wanted but he seems exceptionally Spanish in his characteristics and is amazingly athletic and graceful. I think the foal next year will be spectacular and has the possibility to be any color because Umbral carries the Cr cream gene. Actually, I think the one this year by Remate will be exceptional as well and am looking forward to seeing it soon. That was a rare opportunity to breed a non-Andalusian to Remate and I know it will be an amazing baby. Definitely one of a kind.
SHOW RECORD: Alina placed 2nd in her pre-qualifying 1/2 Andalusian Fillies 2 and under class and was pinned 3rd in the Azteca class at the October 2003 IALHA National Show in Ft. Worth, TX.
E---to-be-named--- TFA (Alina TFA x Remate II) (due to foal May 9, 2009)
VIDEO:
Late Feb 2007 - Even 11 months in-foal you can see her wonderful movement. The nice rhythmic trot with suspension even though she is about to foal. Alina moves twice as nice when she does not have a full load in her belly. You can see her calm temperament in the video as the neighbor's dog relentlessly barks and jumps at her and she ignores him. Take a look at that HUGE over-stride - even with a big belly!
