Mangalarga Marchador

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Mangalarga Marchador

Country of origin	Brazil
Standard	Associação Brasileira dos Criadores do Cavalo Mangalarga Marchador (in Portuguese) U.S. Mangalarga Marchador Association European Association of Mangalarga Marchador (in German)
Traits
Height	Male: 1.52–1.57 m[1] Female: 1.40–1.54 m[1]
Equus ferus caballus

The Mangalarga Marchador is a Brazilian breed of riding horse. It is the national horse breed of Brazil, where there are more than half a million of them; it is among the most numerous breeds of riding horse in the world. It derives from cross-breeding of Portuguese Alter Real horses with local Criollo stock. It displays four gaits: the walk, the canter, and two ambling gaits, the marcha batida and the marcha picada; it does not trot.