The Mangalarga is a horse breed that was originally developed in Brazil by Francisco Gabriel Junqueira when he began breeding Royal Alter stallions from Portugal with local colonial mares on his lands in Baependi County at Minas Gerais State .
Francisco Gabriel Junqueira is the Baron of Alfenas .
The Mangalarga is a horse breed that was originally developed in Brazil by Francisco Gabriel Junqueira , the Baron of Alfenas , when he began breeding Royal Alter stallions from Portugal with local colonial mares on his lands in Baependi County at Minas Gerais State .