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AN INTERVIEW WITH A BREEDER
What is the best example of the breed you
have bred so far and why?
The horse I was most proud of was EBF John’s
Supremes Heritage who was Born at EBF, and
who became the European Suprême Champion,
then became Best Breeding Stallion in Europe
for 4 years and who has sired so many Supremes
Champions all over Europe. One of our stallions EBF
Mi Tula Superior, Multiple
What improvements do you want to make Supreme Champion,
to the breed with your horse and breeding AMHA Honor Roll
Champion 2019 Showed
program? by Mr Filipe Freitas Who
My goal when it comes to breeding is when work for EBF
people see my EBF foals, I want them to think
directly they are quality foals. Of course I
feel happy when I see my foals winning in all
shows, but knowing that even without any
show results or big wins, that people like my
foals because they are beautiful is the most
important thing for me.

Do you health test your horses, if so please
tell us what you screen for?
Since a few years I do test all my horses for
colour ( silver and LWO) and also for ACAN. EBF SH Let Me Shine,
One of our broodmare.
What do you think makes an ideal miniature
horse for show? How does it affect the
breeding? Well, during my 30 years with the breed, I saw
With the years I’ve learn than the best show several Europeean breeders coming and going
horses are not obliged to be the best breeding but when you are not totally passionate about
horses…. The cross beetween two horses are what you are doing , you will not stay for long.
the most important for me. When you mix two
horses together to produce a foal, you need to If so, what are the biggest differences you see?
take care of the good and bad points of each one When I started with the minis, they were very
to try to produce the best. few and not that popular, nowadays you can find
minis everywhere but still… The best quality is
What do you consider your biggest highlight hard to find.
and greatest achievement as a breeder/owner?
I’m really proud today to live in a very beautiful What aspect(s) do you think that breeders
farm where everything is made for the need to work on improving?
miniatures, I’ve two employees who work part To trust their own ideas and select the horses
time and full time for me. I have beetween 60 for them not for the fashion of the moment….I
and 80 horses depending on the moment in a always followed my own ideas and never the
year. My passion is my job and I wouldn’t do way everyone goes.
anything else since I love what I’m doing .
At what age(s) do you evaluate your foals for
Do you see any difference in today's miniature show potential?
horse compared to those from 10 years ago? At birth….

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