Author: Summerwind

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Thanks to Dr Tia Nelson and Derek Brown, our hosts for the event, the weekend ran without a hitch. USMMA members traveled from AZ, CO, FL, MN, MT, OR, PA, UT, TX, and SC to attend.

The USMMA 2019 Mangalarga Marchador Gathering was held at the historic Haras Vista da Serra Ranch in the breathtaking mountains of Montana, home to about 30 Marchador horses. Just being here was special.

Two independent events were held during an extended weekend of August 15th to the 18th.

The first two days, was the ABCCMM (Brazilian) inspection process with Dr. George Vilar, a vet and inspector from Brazil. The ABCCMM inspection process examines the conformation, the gait and the temperament of the Mangalarga Marchador according to the breed standard. There are two inspections and we held both: 1.) a foal inspection (for ABCCMM provisional registration); and 2.) a 3 year old riding inspection (for ABCCMM definitive registration). After the 3 year old riding inspection, the Marchadors will be dual registered with the USMMA and the ABCCMM. After the definitive registration, the Marchador is branded with the trademarked Horseshoe M Brand. During each inspection, there was time for discussion and questions about an individual horse or the Marchador breed.

The second two days are the Marchador Cavalgadas (a long ride). Haras Vista da Serra provided a list of Marchadors available to ride and their assessment of the riding skill required for each horse. Many of these horse were mares with foals at their side. The foals were ponied by the riders and it all worked out so well. A few members brought and rode their own horses in the mountains of Montana!

A cavalgada is portuguese for a long trail ride, very popular in Brazil. In Brazil, there are many, many riders often followed by a barbeque and party. We did the same! Saturday night had a wonderful pot luck dinner with the USMMA members and neighbors from nearby ranches. A band and lights strung in the trees made the whole experience magical.

The Mangalarga Marchador is the National Horse of Brazil. Our event honored their heritage in every detail – riding with with friends and having fun with a Marchador.

Dana Johnsen was awarded a $250 show subsidy award for her participation in the 2019 Canadian National Andalusian show with her Marchador mare Valentim-Beijo Fazenda Zouga Dana and Valentim performed demos of the gaits and abilities of the Marchador breed to these Iberian horse lovers during the show. It was a great opportunity to introduce the breed at a prestigious event.

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From Mark LaRowe, photographer:

I am very excited to share my first published, written article, accompanied by my own photography! Thanks to everyone at Sport & Trail Magazine for asking me to work on this project, and special thanks to Tia Nelson, Haras Vista da Serra, for believing in me and allowing me to document her magnificent Mangalarga Marchadors for over a year now! Click on the following link to access the online version.

http:// https://weride-magazine.com/magazine/july-2019/

AUGUST 15-16 ABCCMM Inspection

AUGUST 17-18 USMMA Cavalgada

Announcing the USMMA 2019 Mangalarga Marchador Gathering.  Join us for an extended weekend at the historic Haras Vista da Serra Ranch in the breathtaking mountains of Montana, home to about 30 Marchador horses.  Just being here is special. So grab your horse and saddle or borrow one of ours and git’ yourself here.  We look forward to seeing ya’.

Two independent events are planned for this gathering of the USMMA.
The first event will be an ABCCMM inspections of Mangalarga Marchadors Horses located primarily in Montana and beyond, on Thursday August 15th and Friday August 16th.
The second is two days of Cavalgada group rides and celebration among USMMA members and guests on Saturday August 17th and Sunday August 18th.

Please join us for one or both these events!  A participant fee will be charged for each event to cover food and drinks.  If you are bringing a horse(s) for inspection a $100.00 per breeder inspection fee will apply to help cover the cost of Brazilian inspector George Vilar (see Cost section below within the PDF EVENT FLYER).

Location:  Haras Vista da Serra Ranch 9605 York Road, Helena MT 59602 Host:  Tia Nelson and Derek Brown For Information or Questions, Call Tia Nelson 406-431-8898 and Cathy Pierce 361-739-9988

• We are getting close to the event date.  Once you decide the events to attend, please make your plane, lodging, and car rental reservations immediately to guarantee availability.

• We need to know which events you will be attending for our planning purposes.  So please fill out the online event sign-up form at  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfr6rlFosOZC_wPlZdSDlgJMPYUgP2q542DmOZ2oaOII0JfeQ/viewform?usp=sf_link 

• Full details — see PDF with Agenda, Costs, and other details below.
  

Thank You, The Cavalgada Committee

AUGUST 15-18! COME TO MONTANA AND RIDE MANGALARGA MARCHADORS!!!  

What could be better?   The USMMA is planning a multi-day event at Haras Vista da Serra, located near Helena Montana.  Tia Nelson, DVM has offered her beautiful ranch for the venue.  

There will be a mix of opportunities for education, riding and social gatherings.   More information will be coming your way about costs, hotels, and details as the days are developed!   You do have an opportunity to bring your own horse to ride or to put your name in to be a rider on one of the available MMs at the event.    Put the dates in your calendar and think about coming – we would love to see you there!

August 15 – arrival and start of ABCCMM inspection   If you have never seen an ABCCMM inspection, it is a worthwhile and valuable learning experience.  Foals and 3 years olds are inspected by ABCCMM inspector George Vilar.

August 16 – more arrivals and finish of ABCCMM inspection.  Perhaps demos of selected MMs.   Social event that evening.

August 17 – meet and match the Marchadors and riders.   Cavalgadas during the day (there may be multiple rides)   Cavalgada means long rides, but we may plan some easier, shorter rides as well.   Breakfast on your own, but lunch will be provided.  Social event that evening.

August 18 – Wrap-up, departures.

For more information now, contact the event committee chairs – Tia Nelson drnelson@valleyvethelena.comand Cathy Pierce cpierce@stx.rr.com. If you are thinking you will be there, send them an email!

Best regards, Jeff Bosley USMMA Presidentpaboz24@gmail.com

In March, we sent out an email survey asking members if they wanted to be included in a new MEMBER DIRECTORY.   We promised to share the results or our survey.   If you missed the survey, click on this link here.

Here are the results: 36 members responded YES.

We are assuming that if a member did not respond, that their response is NO.   There is still time to get included if you missed the survey email.  
Because of the positive response we will be publishing a MEMBER DIRECTORY of the members who responded yes.   We will also update the Breeder’s Directory and distribute both in April.  

In future USMMA membership drives, we will add a check box to be included in the member directory simplifying the process and publish earlier.

Thank you for participating and sharing.

Best regards,

Jeff Bosley USMMA Presidentpaboz24@gmail.com

The USMMA already produces a BREEDER’S LIST to give out at events and to anyone contacting us via the website.   Attached is last year’s breeder’s list.   We are currently updating this for 2019.   If you have recently become a Mangalarga Marchador breeder, please let us know if you want to be on this list.  

This year, we would also like to produce a printed MEMBER DIRECTORY.   Our intent is share the information to promote the opportunities for local people to meet and share information about their horses.    However, we also want to protect your privacy and recognize that these days giving out personal information is risky.    The MEMBER DIRECTORY will only be shared with other USMMA members who request it along with our request that it not be shared or used for solicitation purposes.  We would include:

Member NAME, ADDRESS, CELL PHONE, EMAIL

Please let us know if you would like a member directory and if you would like your information to be included.   PLEASE RESPOND BY MARCH 15, 2019.

1.   I would like to see a 2019 Member Directory
YES __________       
NO ___________
2.   I would like to have my information included in the 2019 Member Directory
YES __________     
 NO ___________
YES BUT WITH MODIFICATIONS _______________
Please do not share all or one of the following on my record:
STREET ADDRESS ____________
PHONE _____________
EMAIL _________________
OTHER _______________

We will share the results of the survey after all the responses are in.
Best regards, Jeff Bosley USMMA Presidentpaboz24@gmail.com

Dear USMMA Members,

You are invited to attend our USMMA Annual Meeting on Sunday April 7th 2019. 

The Annual meeting is a chance to hear the USMMA President to review the events and activities from 2018 and outline events planned for 2019.

Please, feel free to send an email to our Secretary, Tia Nelson ( drnelson@valleyvethelena.com ) if you have specific questions our ideas to bring to our attention.

Wednesday April 3rd 2019 you will receive a communication with the meeting agenda, and how to enter the conference call that will be held on Zoom, a service that uses internet and phone to connect people to a meeting.

I hope you all have an opportunity to participate.

Sincerely,
Jeffrey S. Bosley
USMMA President
910-818-4856
paboz24@gmail.com