Todo Caballo visits the Welsh Mountain ponies of Manuel Ortíz in Bobadilla (Málaga, Andalucía, Spain). With only ten years the young breeder and rancher is also a seasoned coachman and champion in several international competitions. His father, Ricardo Ortiz, emphasizes his son's passion for raising the Welsh mountain pony, an unusual breed of English horses rare in Andalusia.
Manuel shows us the stable of horses and the Flym horse with which he won his first international coachman contest. From the age of four, he competes and has been champion in France, Portugal and Spain in the "hook of tradition" modality.
The little boy realizes with ease cowboy tasks like separating the mares or distributing the lots for breeding. The presenter Juan Ramón Romero collaborates with him in the complicated process of rigging a batch of mares with the stallion, receiving an important push from a mare during the mating!
On the other hand Manuel has a very special assistant Fabio of five years, together they hook the pony Ben Hur to act as a coachman and they invite Juan Ramón into the hitch that has the privilege of being the lackey of a champion!
The great little boy Manuel emphasizes that being a coachman feels free !.
The following spoke: Manuel Ortiz (child champion coachman) and Ricardo Ortiz (breeder of the Welsh Mountain pony race).
["Todo caballo" Program, January 6, 2019. Canal Sur Televisión, Andalucía]
Among the merits of Manuel Ortiz is that he was the youngest coachman to access the prestigious Engagement Exhibition competitions in the Maestranza de Sevilla or Ronda squares (Malaga, Andalusia), as well as successfully combining his studies of Primary Education in a demanding school in Malaga.