Rancho Faria was born from the love for the countryside. Marli Faria is grandaugther of farmers and daughter of ranchers. Osmar Faria was born in Loanda, PR, but made his living as a businessman in the supermarket field in Apucarana, PR. Their sons, Octávio and Victor, already had great familiarity with the country since young: Octávio, the older son, lived a long time at his grandfather's farm and when he was three years old, already loved horses.
At seven, he started learning classic horse riding, competing at state championships. In 2000, se classified for the National Championship in Brasília, representing the state of Paraná. At the end of the event, we was among the 12 best riders in the Junior category.
At 10, Octávio started to compete in barrel horse events. At that time, their parents game him as a present his first horse: Miss Diamond Lenne. With her, he competed and won many championships.
Because of the business, the couple Osmar and Marli moved to Apucarana. At that time, Victor, their younger son, joined classic horse riding and started to compete. He won his first horse, Hobbin Hood and won may events with it.
It was from the belief of the success of their children and the prolific market of quarter horses that in the end, Osmar and Marli decided to build a small haras that one day would become the Rancho Faria.
See the prizes won by Octávio Faria
See the prizes won by Victor Faria
Our Structure
Rancho Faria is located at Estrada Nossa Senhora do Bom Conselho, S/N - Vila Reis - Apucarana - PR - Brazil. Where we have a professional team of trainers, horseshoe smiths and veterinaries. We have 36 Tifton and Coast-Cross piquets and we produce 70% of the rations we consume. We have spaces to train and house third parties horses. Our structure is made of 42 stalls, covered circus tent, lightened track and embryo transfer center, in a real state of 12 alqueires.
We have more than 100 animals, divided in: 25 competition horses, 40 foals, 30 reproduction matrixes, 33 receptors and 6 exceptional stallions. The ranch produces an average of 40 foals a year.
Managing the ranch we have Osmar and Marli Faria, who also are part of the directors board of NBHA Brazil - Paraná, an institution aimed in strenghtening the starters categories of barrel horse racing.
Today, Rancho Faria is well known in all Paraná, by its participation in the sports and by its breeding.
Reproduction Center
Aimed to achieve better standards in horse breeding, with famous stallions and matrixes, Rancho Faria created a reproduction center, with simple and functional instalations, modern equipments and competent vets. Our goals is to lower the costs in a way to viabilize our services to our clients.
The responsable of the reproduction center is the vet Maria Odete Faria, who beside the work of artificial insemination, also works with embryo transfers and semen freezing.