Horses were introducted to this part of the world mainly by the Spaniards. The first ones came with the Conquerors and after that, and thanks to these great plains, the horse became the best friend to the man in the new world.
Through this mixture of civilizations the Argentine horses -named criollos- became the best transportation for the new Argentine thanks to its tireless endurance.
In the first quarter of the past century Argentine cattle barons purchased from England and France the best thoroughbred horses of that moment, champions from England like Diamond Jubelee and Cyllene among many others that placed Argentina as an important thoroughbred horse breeder country.
Many Argentine bred horses won important races around the globe, about which we´ll later inform in this blog .
Criollos, plus the best English Thoroughbred, became an explosive coctail to create the Argentine polo horses, but a patient and passionate love of Argentine horsemen for these horses gave the secret element for this worldly known success.
Darwin, Tesio and other talented connoisseurs came to this country and saw the vast Pampas and their people. Be a part of this incredible journey for horse lovers.

Coming soon

This blog will place you in the Argentine Pampas, one of the most extensive plains in the world where these horses are raised in the most natural way.

Argentina is a horse country, you will see in this page how these horses are bred for these sports.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

From a past tradition


Taking some time to find something interesting to share, I found a book written by Charles Darwin that toke my attention.

After reading some lines I found in it direct references to Argentina from this incredible scientific, he came with the Beagle vessel in the year 1833, a trip that will open a new knowledge era, after this trip he wrote "The origin of the species".

But what toke my atention was that in the moment he was riding horses around the Province of Buenos Aires (went from Bahia Blanca to Buenos Aires- about 500 Km. /), the Federal Government was fitting the local Indians nearby.

The local Indians and the Soldiers mainly had as transportation, the horses they could gather around there expeditions. Many stories after these situations, because the most important treasure for all parts where their horses and cattle.

Due to there knowledge horses where broke in an afternoon by the soldiers but they prefered the ones broke by the Indians.

There where a line of Forts that protect from the local Indians the first argentine cities. These forts and small cities where visit by the Indians with ferousity burning and killing all inside these facilities. After that the Federal Government send an expedition against the Indians that they found with the same results, they kill men and woman but left the childs alive.

As a simbol of these, I publish hereafter a picture made by Angel Della Valle named "la Vuelta del Malon", that is a large picture that can be seen in the Buenos Aires, Beau Art Museum.