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Ricardo Rivero, Natal ia Nieves, & Rodolfo Guzzo

RODOLFO GUZZO and Guzzo - Rivero Arabians Worldwide are names that are associated with some of the highest quality, and most suc-cessful show and breeding horses, through out the Arabian horse industry. Rodolfo Guzzo and Ricardo Rivero have trav-eled to almost every corner of the earth to find the best Ara-bian horses for their valued clients. The services Guzzo - Rivero Arabians Worldwide provide go beyond their search for excellence. They also train and show these jewels of the Arabian horse breed, and in the process, Rodolfo, Ricardo, their team, and their clients have earned hundreds of the most prestigeous titles and honors in the world.

The U.S. National Arabian Horse Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma is one of the pre-mier events in our industry. In 2011, Rodolfo, Ricardo, and their team presented some of the most highly acclaimed halter and breeding horses of the show; winning five sets of the coveted silver trophies, beautiful red rose blankets, and colorful championship ribbons for his clients. Thew champions

presented by Guzzo – Rivero Arabians Worldwide were the talk of the show in the United States and around the globe!

Rodolfo and his team are very grateful for their success and for the faith and trust of their clients and friends. Rodolfo speaks for his team, “I would like to thank everyone – our clients, the members of our team, and also our partners and friends in the Arabian horse industry for their support. We appreciate the opportunity to show these great horses for our clients. The way I try to show my appreciation is to do the best job possible for you and for your beloved Arabian horses. The team we have is among the best in the world and I appreciate all their hard work – the results can be seen in the success we have achieved together. I also would like to thank the Arabian horsemen and women around the world who have become partners in finding, breeding, and market-ing these great champions – this success is ours together and it is even more special because it is something we share. I hope it will continue and grow in the years ahead.”

Some of the horses shown by Rodolfo Guzzo at the 2011 U.S. Nationals were already familiar with the treasures awarded to such champions. When Eccentric Val-entino (DA Valentino x Amelia B_Magnum Psyche x Amety B) arrived in Tulsa, he owned the titles of National Champion Futurity Colt and Reserve National Cham-pion Two-Year-Old Colt. When he departed from the show, Eccentric Valentino took home two additional titles: US National Champion Ara-bian Breeding Stallion 4-5 Years and US National Reserve Supreme Champion Arabian Senior Stallion 4 Years & Over. As Eccentric Val-entino was adorned with the rich, red blanket of roses, he was joined in the winners’ circle by his beauti-ful owner, Luciana Fasano of Fa-zenda Floresta in Brazil, who was glowing with pride and happiness.

Luciana was very pleasantly sur-prised, “I was shocked when I first saw Eccentric showing himself and the confidence he had in the ring – it was like he knew he was going to win – but you never know. Eccen-tric was right – we got it !!! Later, at the supreme championship, I

was more relaxed and I enjoyed the class much better. Pistal was in the class, and also El Shawan was there, so I was not expecting Eccentric to win. However, I did notice the judges were looking at him quite a lot. Then I got a HUGE surprise because those judges chose Eccentric for the Reserve Supreme Champion Stallion! My meta for Eccentric is more shows, and lots of babies, because I believe that he is a very special horse!”

Eccentric Valentino is indeed a very special stallion. He was sired by one of the greatest show horses of this century, the six times Na-tional Champion and sire of cham-pions, the immortal DA Valentino. Eccentric Valentino’s dam, Amelia B is sired by Magnum Psyche, a stallion that owns the distinction of being the Leading Living Sire in the World; Arabian Horse Associa-tion, Arabian Horse Data Source on November 14, 2011. Eccentric Val-entino has achieved many accom-plishments in the show ring, and with his rich family history, he will surely continue those achievements as a sire of future champions!

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U.S. Nat ional Supreme Reserve Champion Senior Stal l ion, Eccentr ic Valent inowas embraced with joy by Rodolfo Guzzo.

Rodolfo Guzzo and U.S. Nat ional Champion Two-Year-Old Colt, AAS-El ishahh.

Adding to Luciana’s joy was the amazing success of her younger stallion, the 2011 U.S. National Champion Two-Year-Old Colt AAS-Elishah (Eden C x Sempre_Versace x Tulle El Jamaal). This is AAS-Elishah’s second national championship title! He was also crowned the 2010 U.S. National Champion Yearling Colt.This is a very rare and unusual accomplish-ment for such a young horse. However, AAS-Elishah is an exceptional individual who has an incredible pedigree and a family legacy of greatness that includes some of the most aris-tocratic bloodlines in the world. AAS-Elishah is the continua-tion of one of the longest sire lines of champions and cham-pion producers in the Arabian breed: AAS-Elishah_Eden C_Enzo_Padrons Psyche_Pa-dron_Patron_Aswan_Nazeer. The future of this gorgeous bay colt is full of promise in both the show rings of the world and with Luciana Fasano’s breeding program at Fazenda Floresta.

Luciana Fasano shares the deep connection she has with her young stallion, “So, Elishah

is my special baby! I felt very excited that he was going to be at the U.S. Nationals again, but I also felt a little afraid. I felt a big responsibility to win since he was a champion last year, and to be honest, I was shocked! I think he was a little quiet compared to what he real-ly is – but it was magical to see him win for the second time. My meta with Elisahh is that he will begin to produce good and well-balanced babies - like him! My biggest meta with him is to be Campeao Mundial! and of course, US Nationals again!!!”

One of the highlights of the U.S. National Championships happened when Rodolfo Guzzo led an exotic, black beauty into the class for yearling fil-lies. There had been talk of this exotic beauty and her picture was on the cover of the interna-tional publication, The Arabian Horse Times. However, nothing could have prepared us for the breath-taking creature that Ro-dolfo presented that morning. Her name is RH Triana (ROL Intencyty x Sylviah WLF_ATA Bey Star x Kameliah). She was

bred by Robin Hood Farms and is now owned by Freeland Farm, LLC, Mr. Richard Freeland. RH Triana made history at the Nationals when she achieved a score 383 points and became the highest scoring female halter horse at the show. This histor-ic achievement earned her the title of 2011 U.S. National Champion Arabian Yearling Filly and later, U.S. National Supreme Champion Arabian Juvenile Female 1-3 Years.

Triana’s success was truly a group effort by a team of dedicated pro-fessionals, and longtime friends Rodolfo Guzzo and Keith Krichke. It is an amazing story of generosity, respect, and sportsmanship. Earlier in the year, Guzzo had attended an open house at Freeland Farm where he saw Keith Krichke. They talked about the upcoming Nationals and Keith showed Rodolfo a picture of the yearling filly he was to show - RH Triana. She made a very good impression with Rodolfo and he knew several people who might be interested in her. Shortly there af-ter, Rodolfo went to the Region 13 show to see Keith present Triana, and he brought along Freeland Farm Manager, Pam Jump, and Breeding Manager and Veterinarian, Roger Souza. When they saw Triana in the warm up area, Guzzo and the others looked at each other with

wonder, “Could this be real?” They were immediately on the phone to Mr. Freeland. Triana is a once in a lifetime filly and the other people Rodolfo had called just missed an opportunity of a lifetime to own her! It took very little time – just a mat-ter of days – for Freeland Farm to purchase this priceless black pearl – RH Triana.

The original plan had been for Keith to show Triana at nationals, but Keith generously asked Rodolfo if he would like to show the filly. Ro-dolfo was honored, and gladly ac-cepted the offer. From that moment, they became Triana’s team. Keith Krichke shared his experience, “On the morning of her class, I was concerned. Triana always gave me 100% when I showed her – I won-dered if she would do the same for Rodolfo. The moment I walked her out of the ready room, she threw her tail over her back and began to prance up to the ring. When I hand-ed her lead to Rodolfo, everybody just stood back and looked at her in awe and Rodolfo led her into the ring. As I rushed to the far end of the arena to catch up with Rodolfo, I could see he was smiling from ear to ear. Triana was a star – nothing else mattered – she won the class and was awarded the highest score of the show for a female halter horse.”

U.S. Nat ional Supreme Champion Junior Female, Nat ional Champion Yearl ing Fi l ly, and High Scoring Female of the 2011 U.S. Nat ionals,RH Tr iana.

Later in the week, Rodolfo took Triana back into the ring for the Supreme Championship for Juve-nile Females. It was the icing on the cake! Keith was thrilled to join Ro-dolfo and everyone in the ring for the presentation of the trophy and roses. As they were about to leave the ring, Rodolfo reached over and handed Keith Triana’s lead. It was complete-ly unexpected. Keith explained, “I was shocked! I felt very honored to lead such a great horse and to share this experience with Rodolfo. I have

been working with Arabian horses for more than 35 years and this was one of the most special moments of my career. I will treasure it forever.”

That is the magic of Arabian horses; through them we are able to create and share special times with family, friends, and clients from around the world. For many of Rodolfo Guzzo’s clients, to breed, own, and show Ara-bian horses is their lifetime dream – Rodolfo’s lifetime goal is to make their dreams come true.

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