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The Brand of the stud was enrolled in the
Military Stud book in 1800, on behalf of Andres Bravo in Jerez de los
Caballeros. Later the brand was inherited by Ildelfonso Bravo Romero and his descendants, in the 1960s, his grandson, Ignacio Bravo Martinez, expanded it with the acquisition of the stud of D Florencio Caceres, with origins from the Military Stud of Moratalla and the stallion Tabernero III of the Brothers Baones. Tabernero III was the son of the stallion Furioso with origins of the Bocado Brand. For a long time these specimens were selected to manage the wild cattle, practise Doma Vaquera, Bullfighting and Working- Equitation. From Tabernero III blood-lines descended the famous stallions: Cartucho IV, Camaron, Astronauta, Atila, Apolo, Mio, These horses were selected for the management of wild cattle, High School, Bullfighting and Working-Equitation; they were brave, noble and fast with an extraordinary physical and mental balance. In 1986 we sold one of our mares to the Stud of Señorio de Barain and she gave birth to the famous Binguero who we repurchased at weaning as a yearling because he was the son of Navarro V, son of Albero II who became the role model for movement selected by the judges of morphological competitions and had great successes in International Driving competitions. Binguero was tested successfully in Dressage, Show-Jumping, Driving, Working-Equitation and Morphological Competitions. Today the selection criteria for our horses is that they have an unique aptitude for Riding and Dressage, with strong joints and articulations, excellent conformation, wonderful movement, and nobility. |
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They have a great talent to learn and express themselves, elevation and
extension in their movements with quality in the suspension and in all three
paces, as evidenced by the large number of individuals in Grand Prix and
International competition. They have much morphological beauty, enjoy people’s company and show the characteristic movements of the breed. These horses are long-lived and it is very normal for mares to exceed thirty years with health and fertility. Consequently, they are late developers and keep growing until age seven. Don Ignacio Bravo’s Son, Ignacio Bravo Garcia was born in 1962 and has been with the horses from the age of three years old and started from then to learn the trade from his father. He started his professional life in the Equestrian world at the end of his studies in 1979. At Present he is a top rider and active trainer, with the passion to continue to learn and persevere in the study of the horse’s mind and the practise of true horsemanship. In the same year he took over from his Father as a professional breeder and the running of his stud he also became a professional rider also learning the art of saddlery with the master Don Julio Sanchez Barriga Villalon. |
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In 1983, he became a National Judge of Doma Vaquera and Working-Equitation
under the wing of the great masters of Spain, Don Alvaro Domecq y Diez and
Don Luis Ramos Paul. From 1984 till 1987 he continued his equestrian education in the hands of D Carlos Romero Peñalver and through his teachings he has had the chance to receive and share the knowledge of other visiting friends and great masters, such as Nuno Oliveira and Guillermo Borba from Portugal. Ignacio Bravo went on meeting and partaking courses with other world famous trainers that included Dna Tatiana Hofmann, and D Martin Mayo (Olympique Show-Jumping & Eventing), also working nine years under tuition by Jan Bemelmans as Trainer of the Spanish National Team, From 1986 till 1998 he was top rider and organizer of the High School Classical show in Buenos Aires Argentina with Spanish Horses. Since then Ignacio Bravo has achieved many titles in his journey in life and to mention just a few: he is an international Spanish Judge of Morphology for the Pure Spanish Horse, International Dressage Rider, Professor of Equitation and Dressage Trainer, Farrier and experience in Equine Orthopaedics. In 1994 he became champion of Spain and also Champion of Functionality (Sicab 94) with the PRE horse Bondadoso VIII. In 1995 he became Champion of Spain of Functionality in Sicab with the PRE horse Binguero. From 1997 to 1999 he became overall champion of Extremadura in Dressage with the PRE horses Binguero and Alano III. In 1999 he was Reserve overall champion of the World of Baroque Breed, Level Grand Prix in Germany with the PRE Horse Atiza II. In the same year he was over-all champion of Spain in Sicab with the PRE horse Atiza II and also overall champion of Spain of functionality in Sicab with the PRE horse Binguero. From the year 2001 Ignacio Bravo and the PRE horse Atiza II of his own brand have dominated the World of Dressage at Grand Prix level in Spain. They were Reserve Champions in 2001 and 2005, and overall champions in 2002 and 2004. At present Ignacio Bravo and his wife Eva Navarro have enjoyed winning trophies in the world of Dressage and are running the professional Equestrian Training Centre for the PRE (Pure Spanish Breed). He often says to himself that he has had the luck and the opportunity to have worked with an infinite number of horses of almost every different breed and the majority of origins and lines of our Pure Spanish Horse. |
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