SFA Malagro
Sandokan x Kapparahs Alpha Martys
Foaled June 26, 2016
Bay, PRE Gelding
15.3 Hands
IALHA Registration 18387 (S)
ANCCE Inscribed
SF Andalusians is proud to produce quality Andalusians. Malagro is a fine example of our program. His sire is a National Champion Halter Stallion, who is known for the movement that he passes on to his offspring. His dam is a lovely mare by the Qualified PRE stallion, Dominante XXIX. Dominante was a successful dressage horse, reaching Grand Prix level.
Malagro is straight and morphologically correct. His smart and willing temperament makes him a pleasure to be around.
At the 2018 IALHA National Championship Horse Show, Malagro won both the National Champion Dressage Sport Horse In-hand 3 years and under Colt class, AND the National Grand Champion 2 years and under Colt halter class!
At 3, we started him to drive. The winter of 2019 we started his saddle work. He has shown to be very athletic, sensible and willing.
Despite the pandemic during 2020, we were able to get him into public at Working Equitation shows at the Intro level. He put up scores in the 60's and 70's. We finished the year taking him Novice A, and we are very pleased with how he did with adding the canter work and Speed phase. His first time out at Novice A, he was scoring in the 60's. And he was level headed enough to let us do a Costume Musical Freestyle, where we had him dressed up like a scarecrow. By the year's end, Malagro was the second place, WE United Year-End High Point Purebred Andalusian, just one point behind the winner!
The sky is the limit as to where this gelding's future can lead.
Malagro is straight and morphologically correct. His smart and willing temperament makes him a pleasure to be around.
At the 2018 IALHA National Championship Horse Show, Malagro won both the National Champion Dressage Sport Horse In-hand 3 years and under Colt class, AND the National Grand Champion 2 years and under Colt halter class!
At 3, we started him to drive. The winter of 2019 we started his saddle work. He has shown to be very athletic, sensible and willing.
Despite the pandemic during 2020, we were able to get him into public at Working Equitation shows at the Intro level. He put up scores in the 60's and 70's. We finished the year taking him Novice A, and we are very pleased with how he did with adding the canter work and Speed phase. His first time out at Novice A, he was scoring in the 60's. And he was level headed enough to let us do a Costume Musical Freestyle, where we had him dressed up like a scarecrow. By the year's end, Malagro was the second place, WE United Year-End High Point Purebred Andalusian, just one point behind the winner!
The sky is the limit as to where this gelding's future can lead.
Malagro earns 2022 USEF A/L HOTY Award for Open English Pleasure Horse!
We are very proud to have an SF Andalusian bred horse represent the Andalusian for the USEF Horse of the Year Awards!
2022 IALHA National Championship Show
SF Andalusians once again attended the IALHA National Championship Horse Show. We took Faraona ROY and SFA Malagro. Malagro had a good show, and we are proud of his attitude as he got more relaxed with every ride in the competition ring. Here is how we did:
SFA Malagro:
National Champion Geldings All Ages, Open and Amateur to Handle
National Champion Sport Horse In-Hand Geldings All Ages, Open and Amateur to Handle
Reserve National Champion English Pleasure Hunt Seat Open
National 4th Place Dressage Suitability Open
National 4th Place Dressage Sport Horse Under Saddle Open
And a bit of fun in the Opportunity Drive to Ride Class. He was the only entry, but it was a good time.
SFA Malagro:
National Champion Geldings All Ages, Open and Amateur to Handle
National Champion Sport Horse In-Hand Geldings All Ages, Open and Amateur to Handle
Reserve National Champion English Pleasure Hunt Seat Open
National 4th Place Dressage Suitability Open
National 4th Place Dressage Sport Horse Under Saddle Open
And a bit of fun in the Opportunity Drive to Ride Class. He was the only entry, but it was a good time.
2022 Baroque Horse of the Midwest Region 3 Championship Show was a success.
Malagro put his best hoof forward at the Region 3 Championship Show this weekend.
Here is how he did:
Regional Champion Dressage Suitability Open
Regional Champion Sport Horse In-Hand Geldings All Ages
Here is how he did:
Regional Champion Dressage Suitability Open
Regional Champion Sport Horse In-Hand Geldings All Ages
Malagro was an ambassador for the Andalusian at a local horse event! Oct. 2, 2022
Malagro was lucky enough to get to be picked as a ambassador for the Andalusian breed for a new event in McHenry. IL. Peet Equestrian was approached about supporting the event which was intended to educate and get locals excited about horses. They decided that Malagro was the best horse for the job. This Meet the Breed event turned out to be a perfect venue for the IALHA Education Association, so together with Peet Equestrian and the IEA, we supported the event to spread knowledge of the Andalusian horse. Malagro was such a star! He had never done anything like this before, but he was perfectly suited to it. He visited with humans of every age and reinforced what makes the Andalusians so special, which is their amazing temperament! In addition to being the Andalusian representative, he was used to do a driving demo to show off the different ways people can enjoy horses. It was such a great time!
2022 Working Equitation Cross Nations Cup and Camp, Missoula, MT, July 10-17, 2022
4 days of fantastic instruction, a day or rest, and 3 days of competition. Malagro and Erica took away great new plans for impoving and amazing memories. Malagro was a champ all week, even when it came to the water obstacle which he had never done before, though we have some fun photos because of it. He was also able to do the cow clinic to gain more experience with cows. Malagro gave it a good go in the competition. Here is how he did:
Novice A
Dressage- 67.9% for Second Place, Ease of Handling- 67.6% for Fourth Place, and Speed 271.03 for 13th Place. For a final Overall Placing of Fourth Place, out of 24 riders.
Novice A
Dressage- 67.9% for Second Place, Ease of Handling- 67.6% for Fourth Place, and Speed 271.03 for 13th Place. For a final Overall Placing of Fourth Place, out of 24 riders.
Malagro finishes 2021 Working Equitation with a National Leaderboard top 3 finish!
We are proud to announce that Malagro, ridden by Erica Peet, placed 3rd out of 75, for the USAWE 2021 Novice A, Open Division National Leaderboard. He was only 3 points behind the leader! We are so happy with how he is coming along!
Malagro also earned 2021 First Place Region 5, Novice A Open!
Malagro earned the 2021 USAWE Year End High Score Breed Award for Purebred IALHA Andalusian horse!
Regional Titles earned at the 2021 Baroque Horse of the Midwest Regional Championship Show!
It felt good to be back to showing after all the cancellations that happened in 2020. Malagro was great getting back into the breed show scene. At this show Malagro earned the following:
Champion English Pleasure Hunt Seat Open
Champion Country Pleasure Saddle Seat Open
Reserve Champion Halter Gelding
Reserve Champion Sport Horse In-hand Gelding.
Champion English Pleasure Hunt Seat Open
Champion Country Pleasure Saddle Seat Open
Reserve Champion Halter Gelding
Reserve Champion Sport Horse In-hand Gelding.
He wants to be a cowhorse... July 22-23, 2021
This year we decided to start introducing Malagro to cattle to see if we would be able to do the cattle phase for Working Equitation. There was a great opportunity available up at The Horse First Farm in Brooklyn, WI, who was bringing in NCHA Hall of Famer Doug Jordan to teach a cattle clinic. We jumped on it and grabbed a spot in the clinic. Despite all his snorting (and boy was it funny), Malagro took to the cows really well. He would eagerly follow them and started putting together some maneuvers with his group. After the clinic, he participated in the Working Equitation Show, doing all phases, including the cattle phase. Everyone on his team, including Malagro, penned their cows! We are excited about this development on his path with Working Equitation.
Summer 2021
WE United b-rated Working Equitation Shows, Fox Valley Saddle Association, October 2020, competing Novice A
WE United b-rated Working Equitation Shows, Rach Ranch, Milford, MI,
September 2020, competing Intro
Spring 2019
January 2019
2018 IALHA National Championship
Horse Show
Summer 2018
Sire, Sandokan |
Dam, Martys
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