Behind the Name
In Fonte Italy, the original Zuccolotto farmhouse sits. In a field that was once a traditional Italian farm, where the sound of horses softly nickering in the stables accompanied the sweet smells of the vineyard. Just over 100 years ago, Eugene Zuccolotto was born. The last of three generations to be born in the farmhouse, Eugene Zuccolotto was the second oldest of four brothers and the only brother to leave Italy. With a natural gift with horses and artistic skills in woodwork, he studied to be a carriage maker, working out of a small workshop on the border of Fonte and Crespano Del Grappa.
In the town of Crespano Del Grappa lived the Favero”s, close family friends and the future relatives of the Zuccolottos. The Favero family owned a tobacco shop in the small town of Crepsano, which is still open and running to this day. Eugene Zuccolotto left Fonte for America to take a job in New York city as a carriage maker. After Eugene Zuccolotto arrived in New York City, already late in his twenties, he married Theresa Ferranto who’s mother was a Favero. They had three boys and one daughter in their marriage, the youngest son being David Zuccolotto, who is the grandfather to Chiara Zuccolotto and Ariana Zuccolotto.
This makes both Chiara and Ariana third generation Italians to be born in the USA and part of only a few family members to still work with horses across the many branches of the Zuccolotto family tree.
“It’s in our blood”
The founders
Dominic and Dominica Zuccolotto, the original builders of the Fonte farmhouse and the great grandparents three times removed of Chiara and Ariana Zuccolotto. They lay to rest in the town cemetery which is the burial place to generations of both the Zuccolotto’s and the Favero’s.
The Family Trade.
Sunny Zuccolotto, 1945.
Horse trainer in the Italian Military.
One of many Zuccolotto relatives that worked with horses by trade. We have traced our history with horses to be over a hundred years old.
The Farm.
Zuccolotto Family Farm.
Fonte Alto Italy
Here from a distance you can see the farm that Dominic and Dominica built and where Eugene was born. Here all the Zuccolotto horses were bred and cared for.
We are proud to carry on the family tradition of loving horses
And we cherish the love they give us
We will continue to pass down the tradition for generations to come