"Breed the best to the best - & hope for the best." Traditional breeding advice
"God forbid that I should go to any heaven in which there are no horses." - R.B. Cunningham-Graham
"I feel as a horse must feel when the beautiful cup is given to the jockey. - "E.Degas
"A horse is a thing of beauty.... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor." Xenophan
"People, then, are not a friend to horses unless their horses love them in return." - Plato
"Nothing happens but first, a dream...." - C. Sandburg
"You are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.." - Psalm
"I don't help people w/ horse problems - I help horses w/ people problems." -
N. Evans
"Take most people, they're crazy about cars. I'd rather have a goddamn horse. A horse is at least human, for Gods sake!" - J.D. Salinger - Catcher in the Rye
"A Hyberian sage once wrote that there are 3 things a man never forgets: the girl of his early youth, a devoted teacher & a great horse." - C.J.J. Mullen
elegant BFII foundation mare
+Sindical - 3 times U.S. National Champion of Champions
Bellissima Farms Foundation stallion
BFII Glorioso, grandson of
*NVG Glorioso
U.S. Laureado - legendary +Sindical
AZ Gait Champion of Champion
BRAVO! Equitherapy - founder & co-director
"I can't stand all this chatter"
Welcome to Bellissima Farms
Reina Negra - the Black Queen
Sindical+ -
US National Champion of Champions on his victory lap
Superior balance, Spence!
"Winners may analyze but never rationalize. Losers rationalize & have a book full of excuses to tell you why they could not succeed." - S.Khera
"Those who are led by the Spirit of the God are the children of God." - Romans
oh my gosh, look at the strength!
BRAVO - riders feel safe w/ Ted, but, who wouldn't?
BRAVO Peruvian Paso Equitherapy -
"Special horses for special athletes"
"We all have setbacks in life. Failing does not mean we are failures." - S. Khera
BELLISSIMA FARMS - Scottsdale, AZ
BRAVO Peruvian Paso Equitherapy - sheer nobility
the most beautiful brothers working the BRAVO route
"A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones." - Proverbs
"Our children are our only hope for the future, but we are their only hope for the present & their future. When you put faith, hope & love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world." Zig Ziglar
"Whenever man has left his footprint in the long ascent from barbarism to civilization, we will find the hoof print of a horse beside it." - J.T. Moore
"I saw a child who couldn't walk, sit on a horse & laugh & talk ... I saw a child who could only crawl, mount a horse & sit up tall ... I saw a child born into strife, take up & hold the reins of life ... and that same child was heard to say, "Thank you God, for showing me the way!" - J.A. Davis
"Never threaten to take away a kid's horse, unless you don't care if they start trusting horses more than you. If a young person is having or causing trouble, the horse may be their salvation." - L.K. Groves
"When God created the horse, He said to the magnificent creature, "I have made thee as no other - all the treasures of the earth lie between they eyes. Thou shall carry my friends upon they back. Thy saddle shall be the seat of prayers to Me. And thou shall fly without wings & conquer without any sword. O Horse." - The Koran
Historical AZ storm clouds gathering over southern acres
Volunteer Kathy - doing what she does best -- trudging thru the dirt, leading the horse -- doing God's work
BRAVO - Hunter doing a superior job of passing the flag
We love you, Corinne
& Michael!!!!
stunning grandson of +NVG Glorioso
regal, athletic, intelligent & kind
BRAVO! Equitherapy -
it's not the work but the purpose that makes it special.
"The fragrance of the rose lingers on the hand of the giver" - St. Theresa
You can do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
right after her bath.........
rare bronce Peruvian mare
Image of this mystical Unicorn -
& whose ride is equally magic.....................
A Pony
"Wish I had a pony, who would nuzzle, nuzzle, nuzzle
with his silky-satin muzzle.
Wish I had a pony, I could straddle, straddle, straddle,
so I wouldn't need a saddle..
Wish I had a white one, a just-the-proper-height-one.
Wish I had a red one, a star-upon-the-head one.
Wish I had a brown one, a trotting-up-and-down-one.
Wish I had a pony with a name like Tuck or Tony
who was plump instead of bony (though a bony one would do)...
Wish it didn't take so long for wishes to come true."
Aileen Fisher
"My opinion is the rider is an object to be manipulated or managed for my own happiness."
Imported Peruvian stallion - Rubio
I will not change my horse w/ any that treads,
When I bestride him, I soar, I am a hawk,
He trots the air. The earth sings when he touches it.
The basest horn of his hoof is more musical than the pipe of Hermes...
He's the color of nutmeg, And the heat of the ginger.
He is pure air & fire, & the dull elements of earth & water never appear in him,
But only in patient sstillness while his rider mounts him.
It is the price of palfreys, His neigh is like the bidding of a monarch, And his countence enforces homage.
William Shakespeare
"Broken people center their lives around things that will not fill or free them"
BRAVO is always looking for volunteers