Hidden away in the Central Mountain Region of the Dominican Republic (La Cordillera Central) lays the sleepy little town with the beautiful Taino name "Jarabacoa" ( = Land of many waters ). Half the way from there to the highest peak of the Caribbean, the Pico Duarte, you will find the town of Manabao where some of our horses graze on lush madows. Our stables are in Jarabacoa where we take loving care of our precious animals.


Rancho Manabao was founded by Dr. Miguel Peralta, a well known dentist who fell in love with the foal Terremoto III , grandson of the famous Terremoto de Manizales of Colombia and bought it just for his own enjoyment.

But, Alas! (you know how it goes when you are in love with horses) he ended up purchasing also a mare and other horses of fine bloodlines and started to breed, picking only from the top.

His great love is still Terremoto III, now a powerful stallion with all of the excellent qualities of his grandfather.









Today Dr. Paralta owns a fine selection of excellent Colombian stallions, mares and foals, some of which he might even sell one day. We are by no means the largest stable on the Island of La Hispaniola, but we pretend to only have the best.



So what started as a mere hobby, turned out to become a hidden treasure in the green mountains of the Dominican Republic of which we know how to take care... for your and our enjoyment.