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Wasatch Lusitanos is a breeding farm dedicated to creating world class Lusitano Horses.

05/01/2025

Our Horses Are Finding New Homes Faster Than Ever! 🐎✨

Today we announce that our stunning grey Lusitano, Oceano WL — a horse as deep-hearted and beautiful as his name suggests — has left our stables. 🌊

“Oceano” means Ocean in Portuguese, and he truly reflects all the finest qualities of the Lusitano breed: noble character, willing temperament, and natural talent.

We’re confident he’ll bring endless joy to his new riding partner — and we wish Daniela Morse an ocean of happy rides ahead! 💙 We have more to tell about this special and newly founded horse-rider partnership so stay tuned!

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04/23/2025

🚨 We’re running out of horses looking for new homes — but you are still in time for some of our absolute best.

Meet Paladin and Mansur: two of our most advanced horses, with impeccable minds under saddle. They’ve already proven themselves at the Conference at Ocala’s , with our golden Paladin taking one of the top spots of his class and Mansur shining in dressage and working equitation.

From opening the event with a stunning Lusitano pas-de-quatre, to calmly cantering by Florida lagoons during a photoshoot — these two do it all, and they do it beautifully.

Don’t you wish you could trade places with on Paladin or on Mansur? If you’ve ever dreamed of taking the reins on a horse with this kind of presence and training, now’s the time. Don’t miss your chance! 🐴

📩 DM us for details.

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04/18/2025

Happy Easter Weekend from All of Us at Wasatch Lusitanos 🐴

As spring brings new life and light, we’re taking this Easter weekend to slow down and enjoy the simple joys — time with family, fresh air, and of course, our beloved horses.

We wish all our friends, followers, and fellow horse lovers a peaceful and joyful holiday filled with love, laughter, and maybe a few nose kisses from your favorite four-legged companions.

Whether you’re in the saddle or simply soaking up the sunshine, we hope your Easter is as sweet as a foal’s first steps.

With love,
Wasatch Lusitano’s Team

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04/13/2025

Jocosa – Our Golden Matriarch 💛

Jocosa was one of the very first horses we imported from Portugal back in 2018, and she has truly become a factory of golden foals! Out of the six foals she’s produced for us so far, four have been stunning buckskins — and impressively, all from different sires.

Among her remarkable offspring are Ostra WL (whose own filly was just born last week!), the very promising Real WL, Samarth WL, and our already graded stallion Paladin WL.

Jocosa is a beautifully typical Lusitano broodmare — full of quality, with a fantastic temperament and exceptional balance, traits she consistently passes on to her progeny.

Now for a little fun — can you guess which one of her golden babies is the adorable foal standing beside her in this photo? 🐴✨

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03/30/2025

“Our Goodbyes are Your New Beginnings”

“As breeders, it’s always a bittersweet mix of pride and sadness when we see our horses leave for their new homes. We can’t keep them all - after all, our work and our passion is to breed great Lusitanos for us but mostly for you - but they’ve been a part of our everyday life at Wasatch, and we’ve cared for them from the moment they were in their dam’s womb all the way to becoming strong, grown horses.

Earlier this year, our golden gem Polaris WL (Impar SS x Iris SS), left for a new home and is now grazing in Eugene ORL pastures. Our young bay beauty Sarek WL (Adido Int x Morena), will also be heading out eventually, but he’s staying a little longer at Wasatch to finish growing into his bones and to start training under the saddle of .

We wish their new owners M-R Lusitanos the best of luck and look forward to following their progress! If you’re interested in learning more about some of the newly available Lusitanos, don’t hesitate to reach out!”

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📸 Sarek by Wasatch Lusitanos

03/27/2025

Hello, Spring! 🌸

Spring is an exciting time at Studfarms in the northern hemisphere—when most foals are born and plans for the next generation come to life. So far, we’ve welcomed 4 “winter babies” from 3 different stallions, and we couldn’t be happier with their progress. We’re also eagerly anticipating the births over the next 3 months and planning the right pairings for 2026! 🌱✨

While the mares’ herd thrives and welcomes the newborns in its pasture, our 1, 2, and 3-year-old colts are soaking up the sunshine and enjoying playtime with their peers in their separate paddocks. Meanwhile, their older siblings are hard at work, training indoors under our team’s guidance to become future elite sport horses. For our 4-year-olds, March is also especially exciting—it’s when they receive the WL brand!

Get to know our Lusitanos and stay with us as we share the WL journey with you!

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03/25/2025

The birth of WL brand.

In the Lusitano breed, it’s tradition to mark horses with the breeder’s brand. It was once essential for identifying a horse’s origin and quality, to the point that in Portugal, the phrase “does it have a brand?” became synonymous with asking if the horse had a pedigree and/or if the breeder considered it worthy of representing the stud. Lusitano horses are traditionally branded on the right thigh, unlike crossbreeds and most other breeds, including the Pure Spanish Horse (PRE), which are typically branded on the left side.

Today, branding is still an important form of identification and a meaningful tradition in our breed. Wasatch Lusitanos (WL) started in Park City, Utah, in the Wasatch Mountains, but as our herd grew, we moved to Petersburg, Tennessee, where Sheri’s family has farmed for generations.

Our brand went through a redesign after our first submission was rejected for being too similar to another. The final “W” and “L” combination was created through an online logo contest!

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03/20/2025

The first filly of the year is here!

The foaling season is just getting started, and the third full moon of the year has brought us our first filly. She’s out of Opus MAC and Jaca (who’s out of Riopele, a 5-star merit stallion for the breed and a 4-star recommended stallion for dressage). We’re excited to see her represent the breed proudly here on the American continent.

Jaca was one of the first mares we imported from Portugal, chosen for her incredible balance and uphill, powerful gaits. She’s also the dam of Salsa WL, our Gold Medal 3YO and Reserve Female Champion from last year’s Ocala lusitano conference. Opus MAC is the half-brother of the incredible Ofensor MAC, who received so much praise in one of our recent posts, and these photos show him posing in Portugal at 3 years of age.

We take great care in choosing the right matches and ensuring our foals receive the best treatment from birth. Our team is already keeping a close eye on her—and all of our other foals—and we can’t wait to share their progress with you!

📸 Opus MAC & Jaca .fernandes.equine.photos
📸 New baby by Wasatch Lusitanos

03/14/2025

🌟 Happy horse, Happy rider!🌟
At Wasatch Lusitanos we know that horses thrive when they have the very best day-to-day life.

Our athlete horses live in their spacious 4 x 4m boxes with direct views of each other and of all the stables’ daily activities, allowing them to develop social bonds with us and each other and creating a sense of community.

For their training, we have a dedicated exterior round pen where our horses learn the first steps of lunging. When the sun shines on those chilly winter days, we prefer working outdoors in our 20 x 60 arena or if the day is just one to relax, our outdoor paddocks are perfect for our horses to graze and stretch their legs. But no matter the weather, our main indoor arena ensures perfect conditions for training, whether it’s for our horses or for your next riding lesson or clinic.

At the end of the day, we believe that great care and the right facilities lead to happy horses—and happy horses make the best riding companions. 🌟🐴

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03/10/2025

🍏 The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far from the Tree 🌳

The strength of great genetics is a marvel. Remember our star foal Santarém WL? He was also out Lisboa MAC by the talented Working Equitation star Istambul SS (ridden and owned by & bred by . This makes him a half-brother to our most recent foal (Lisboa MAC x Ofensor MAC)!

Santarém has already made his mark, winning the ultimate prize at Rising Stars Model and Movement Competitions in Ocala last October. His gold medal win confirmed our strong belief in Lisboa as one of our prime mares and makes us dream of the foals she will give us in the future.

Santarém was expertly trained and presented by our rider and impressed the audience with his performance. We’re looking forward to seeing more from this talented Lusitano and have great hopes for his young brother as well.

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03/06/2025

✨TOP genetics at Wasatch Lusitanos✨

We’re excited to introduce one of the main sires for our 2025 foals. Meet Ofensor MAC, a bay beauty who was crowned Champion of Champions at Portugal’s most important horse fair, in 2023. Just two months later, he earned one of the most impressive stallion scores in recent years during yearly appraisal in Portugal, totaling 81 points!

With bloodlines from Veiga and Coimbra, allying world-renowned functionality and typicity, Ofensor’s achievements, as well as those of his progeny, earned him the distinction of Merit Stallion 4 Stars for model and movements in under two years. Ofensor is also the half-brother of our Opus MAC, sire to some of our awarded foals.

We can’t wait to share the first images of the first of four foals we’re expecting from him here at Wasatch Lusitanos with our star mare Lisboa!

📸 Rita Fernandes

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