{"id":976,"date":"2026-04-22T15:48:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horsesoffigueiras.bonsaidev.nl\/?post_type=voices-of-figueiras&p=976"},"modified":"2026-05-01T14:37:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T12:37:22","slug":"nadege-labrecque-keberica-lusitanos","status":"publish","type":"voices-of-figueiras","link":"https:\/\/horsesoffigueiras.bonsaidev.nl\/fr\/voices-of-figueiras\/nadege-labrecque-keberica-lusitanos\/","title":{"rendered":"Nad\u00e8ge Labrecque"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWe fell in love with the Lusitano breed and built our program around it.\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Nad\u00e8ge Labrecque and her husband run Keberica Lusitano Farm in Quebec City, Canada, where they have been breeding Lusitano horses since 2010. What started as a passion for the breed has grown into a dedicated breeding program with horses imported from Europe.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been raising Lusitano horses since 2010,\u201d Nad\u00e8ge explains. \u201cThis year will be our fifteenth foal.\u201d The journey toward Lusitanos began after years of riding warmblood horses. \u201cI used to ride warmblood horses,\u201d she says. \u201cBut as an amateur and a small rider they were sometimes difficult for me.\u201d Everything changed the day she encountered a Lusitano stallion. \u201cOne day we went to see a Lusitano stallion and we immediately fell in love with the breed,\u201d Nad\u00e8ge recalls. \u201cThe temperament is amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Nad\u00e8ge, the temperament of the Lusitano is one of the breed\u2019s most important qualities. \u201cThey are horses that suit both amateur riders and professional riders,\u201d she explains. Together with her husband, what started with a single horse slowly developed into a breeding program. \u201cAt first we bought a stallion simply because we loved the breed,\u201d she says. \u201cThen we added a mare and slowly the breeding program started to grow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Today Keberica Farm has around fifteen Lusitano horses. Breeding Lusitanos in Canada brings its own challenges, especially because of the climate and the complexity of importing horses. \u201cYou need to be a little crazy to raise Lusitano horses in Canada,\u201d Nad\u00e8ge laughs.The first horses were imported from France and Belgium before later imports came directly from Portugal. \u201cImporting horses into Canada is not easy, but we kept building our program step by step,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n

Despite the growth of their breeding program, the farm remains a passion project. \u201cWe both work full time outside the farm, so the farm is really a hobby for us,\u201d she says. Still, Nad\u00e8ge and her husband travel regularly to Portugal to stay connected with the origin of the breed. \u201cWe try to come to Portugal every year,\u201d she explains. \u201cIt\u2019s important for us as breeders to see where the breed comes from and what other breeders are doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was during one of these journeys that Nad\u00e8ge first became closely connected to the Figueiras bloodlines.\u201cWe had been following Drag\u00e3o das Figueiras for quite some time,\u201d she explains. In 2018 the couple decided they wanted to add a Figueiras horse to their \u00a0program. They travelled to Belgium where they discovered a young mare that immediately caught their attention. \u201cWe saw many horses, but we always came back to the same mare,\u201d Nad\u00e8ge remembers. \u201cShe captured our hearts.\u201d The mare, Marquesa, was imported to Canada when she was only two years old. Shortly after purchasing her, the mare already proved her quality in the show ring. \u201cAfter having won a gold medal at\u00a0 1 year old we brought her to the Belgian Championship and she won a silver medal,\u201d Nad\u00e8ge says.<\/p>\n

The experience convinced the couple to look for another Figueiras horse. They eventually imported a young colt named Prodigio MVL, a son of Drag\u00e3o das Figueiras. The decision was made after seeing only a photograph of the newborn colt. \u201cI saw the photo when he was only 24 hours old and I immediately fell in love with him,\u201d Nad\u00e8ge says. Prodigio MVL was later imported to Canada and has since developed into one of the centerpieces of their breeding program.<\/p>\n

Today the stallion is in training with the international rider B\u00e9atrice Boucher in Florida with the goal of reaching Grand Prix level in the future. For Nad\u00e8ge, the qualities that impressed her most about the Figueiras horses remain their character and rideability. \u201cThe temperament is exceptional,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

The stallion lives outside both at home and at the training facility, always maintaining the calm and gentleman-like attitude that first convinced her to invest in the line. Nad\u00e8ge also closely follows other stallions from the Figueiras program. \u201cOscar das Figueiras is an amazing horse,\u201d she says. Even though she already owns a son of Drag\u00e3o, she would still like to use Oscar in the future. \u201cOscar brings something different through his dam line,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n

While the Figueiras bloodlines are not yet widely known in Canada, Nad\u00e8ge hopes that will change. \u00abOur goal is to develop more Drag\u00e3o bloodlines in our breeding program,\u201d she says. As their stallion begins competing and producing offspring, she believes more Canadian riders and breeders will discover the qualities of the Figueiras horses.<\/p>\n

For Nad\u00e8ge Labrecque, the story of \u00a0Keberica Farm is ultimately about passion for the Lusitano horse and the people who dedicate their lives to breeding it.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":1032,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-976","voices-of-figueiras","type-voices-of-figueiras","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsesoffigueiras.bonsaidev.nl\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/voices-of-figueiras\/976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsesoffigueiras.bonsaidev.nl\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/voices-of-figueiras"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsesoffigueiras.bonsaidev.nl\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/voices-of-figueiras"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsesoffigueiras.bonsaidev.nl\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsesoffigueiras.bonsaidev.nl\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}