U.S. Mangalarga Marchador Association (USMMA)

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  • My first Marchador filly is born!

    By Ronald Knaack

    The morning of April 15th, 2016, I received the call and started driving!

    12998585_10206762402598709_3458808691591585426_nMy first Marchador foal was waiting for me.   I had leased a Marchador mare, Whispering Pines Lareina, from Connie DeCamp of Westcliffe, CO and bred her using imported frozen semen to Talisma Kafe.    I am a lover of pinto coloring, so of course, my hope was for a pinto baby.   But, first and foremost was that the foal be born healthy.

    My wish for healthy was granted and my wish for color was granted, but a palomino filly and not a pinto.  Cute, friendly and confident, we nicknamed her Buttercup.

    This is Talisma Kafe’s first filly born in North America and I am a happy man and a new Marchador breeder.   I own 2 other Marchador mares and am looking forward to seeing more foals in 2017!   I am living the dream.

    My website is  http://www.coloradomarchador.com/ and I am on Facebook too  https://www.facebook.com/RattlesnakeRon?fref=ts!   Stop by for more pictures.

     

    Here are more photos of Buttercup and Lareina – first time out in the snow!

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    Buttercup, palomino Marchador filly in Colorado. Owned by Ronald Knaack.
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    Dam Whispering Pines Lareina (Ritmo A.J. x Epopeia do Vale da Prata) and daughter nicknamed Buttercup (x Talisma Kafe)

  • January News

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    usmma news january 2016

    In this issue:

    President’s Letter – Jeff Bosley

    Photo Project – Jeff Bosley

    Membership Drive, USMMA Clinic – Bill Dory

    USMMA Show Subsidy Program – Laurie Klassen

    From the Registrar: Megan Fallwell

    Events

     

    Send us your photos!

    gabriella

     

  • Equine Journal Article January 2016.

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    Photo is Beethoven do Summerwind, MM gelding,  photo credit Judy Wood.   Beethoven is owned by Laurie Klassen, SK, Canada.

    Download the pdf file  FF_Marchador_1_16

  • Marchador Featured in La Jolla Festival December 6

    The National Horse of Brazil a Southern America treasure will be featured at La Jolla Christmas Parade and Holiday Festival 2015.

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
    By HH Sensing – Alessandra Deerinck
    October 24th 2015

    San Diego County, California Brazilian Saddle Horse aka Mangalarga Marchador to be presented in an educational show at the Holiday Festival, after parading with the AERC Riders Group in the 2015 La Jolla Christmas Parade, on Sunday December 6th 2015 in La Jolla. California

    Brazil has been working on creating the “perfect horse” since Napoleon invaded Portugal. Rare in the USA, with 220 horses, the Mangalarga Marchador is one of the largest breeds worldwide, with about 387000 horses in Brazil. It is unlikely that US numbers will grow rapidly. Importing horses from Brazil is a very difficult and costly process because of some diseases endemic for Brazil.

    Picture a horse as graceful as an Andalusian and as lively as an Arabian, almost hovering above the ground, looking like a real Pegasus. This is one of Brazil’s prides.

    Mangalarga Marchador horses, represent the culmination of centuries of Brazilian breeding strategy to produce the ideal horse by genetics. Their main targets were a special gait and mind, present since birth and not developed by harsh training and crippling techniques, like we see in some other gaited horse breeds, they are the perfect gifts for any rider. The Brazilian Saddle Horse has great versatility, spanning from being a working horse to hunting, doing dressage, jumping, endurance, mounted archery and more.

    The 58th Annual La Jolla Christmas Parade and Holiday Festival event will be held December 6th from 1:30pm- 5:00pm (www.ljparade.com ). The Festival includes a number of educational activities and will feature an educational presentation where the public will meet and greet a Mangalarga Marchador, Allegria de Los Cielos, first generation born American Marchador mare, bred by Rancho de Los Cielos in Riverside. This horse has been in training with HH Sensing (www.hhsensing.com ) for the past ten month. In that time she participated in rail shows, trail competitions, cowboy dressage, endurance races and cowboy challenges, and will be in the Rose Tournament Parade 2016, proving one more time that Brazil is on the right track while the American breeders are keeping up the very high standard.

    After hearing the talk and watching the demonstration anyone interested is invited to come deepen the meet and greet visiting us at HH Sensing and Rancho de Los Cielos (www.ranchodeloscielos.com).

    Worldwide, the breed has encountered the favor of anyone that has approached it. More info can be found in the breed associations websites:ABCCMM ((Associação Brasileira dos Criadores
 do Cavalo Mangalarga Marchador) www.abccmm.org.br USMMA (United States Mangalarga Marchadores Association) www.namarchador.org EAMM (European Association of Mangalarga Marchadores) www.eamm.de AIAMM (Associazione Italiana Allevatori di Mangalarga Marchadores) www.aiamm.it

    Address:
    Alessandra Deerinck – HH Sensing,
    721 Costa del Sur, San Marcos, CA
    Phone: +1 760 715 1554

  • Marchadors in the NEWS – Ocala Star Banner

    Click on the links  below  to read about the Marchador in the Ocala Star Banner.

    http://www.ocala.com/article/20150907/ARTICLES/150909831?tc=cr link to the Ocala Star Banner website.

    ocala news – pdf file

    The reporter interviewed 2 USMMA members and breeders:  Brooke Little from Marchadors InMotion and Ellen Farmer from Lusonatica, Inc.

    Florida has always been active and passionate about Marchador horses, starting in 2001 with the Guerra family and MM Horse Farms (de Miami).  Other owners are breeders in Florida include Claudia Bellandi and Connie Claire, also from Ocala and Carol Long from Sanderson, FL.

     

     

  • National Cavalry Competition

    Bill Kambic writes in about an event that he participates in every year with a Marchador entry.   Our apologies that this didn’t make the newsletter too!

    Please go and cheer them on and enjoy the show!

    Event Name: National Cavalry Competition

    Location: Historic Fort Reno, El Reno, OK

    Dates: 23-27 SEP 2015

    Description:

    The National Cavalry Competition commemorates the long and distinguished history of the U.S. Cavalry from the Dragoons of the Revolutionary War to the mounted Special Forces soldiers serving even today in Afghanistan and elsewhere. There are four major events. Military Horsemanship demonstrates the basic riding skills of the mounted soldier.  Military Field Jumping allows the mounted soldier to demonstrate theirjumping abilities. Unique to this competition are two weapons classes. The Mounted Saber class has the soldier “riding the heads” using the blade. The Mounted Pistol class has the soldier demonstrating marksmanship using the .45 caliber revolver and blank ammunition. There are several events
    demonstrating other aspects of military horsemanship. Competition is open to anyone who wishes to participate. Of course all work and no play makes for dull troopers. So there are also a number of good parties and social events!

    For further information go to the U.S. Cavalry Association website
    http://www.uscavalry.org/events/current-events.html

    Bill riding Apple Pie de Miami (Andante) in Military Equitation
    Bill riding Apple Pie de Miami (Andante) in Military Equitation

  • August Newsletter

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    usmma news august 2015

    In this issue:

    • New board members – Bill Dory
    • Horses of the World event – Laurie Klassen
    • ABCCMM Inspection and Open House in Canada and Colorado
    • Events

  • “Horses of the World” Parade Showcase

    parade 2015-1 Parade 201511882252_10153608727784653_3549016749673719057_oFrom Laurie Klassen, USMMA Secretary

    “Every August, Saskatoon Saskatchewan, .Canada hosts a fairly large parade through downtown. I have participated for many years.

    Last year I assembled a variety of horse breeds from around the world and entered a mounted group.  It was very well received by the audience.  Authentic costumes to represent the breed and very professional grooming and presentation by all involved.

    What a great way to showcase the Mangalarga Marchador in Portuguese show costume. Our entry won second place this year against many other horse-related entries.”

    Photos are from the Horses of the World Parade with Laurie on Marchador Beethoven do Summerwind, August 2015

     

  • ABCCMM Inspection August 2015 Photos!

    All photos at the BC event by Shannon Ford, published on FACEBOOK.

    Dr. Kate Barcelos was in Canada presenting her paper at an Equine Conference and stayed on to complete another ABCCMM inspection, the second one in Canada!

    Dana Johnsen, USMMA Board Member at Large, organized an Open House around the event and Marchadors from Alberta and British Columbia joined in! Additional invitations and participation from people who wanted to see, meet and ride a Marchador. It looked like a great event.

    Kate also visited other breeders in Colorado, Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan before heading home to Brazil.

    ABCCMM inspection is a prerequisite for dual ABCCMM (Brazilian) registration. It is not required for USMMA registration.

     

  • Meet new board member Bill Dory

    Two new board members were appointed in July. Congratulations to Alessandra Deerinck, CA and Bill Dory, Alberta Canada! They replace Rox (Rogers) Hicks, who left the Board in 2015 and Laurie Klassen, our Secretary whose term will be expiring December 31, 2015.

    We asked them to introduce themselves to you, the members. This month please welcome and meet Bill Dory with his own written introduction.

    “How does searching for a saddle become costly. My wife Sandy had been considering purchasing one of Dana’s Sensation saddles. Dana suggested we could view one of her saddles in AZ. We scheduled a time, with some lady named Lynn, to look at her saddle. As we met with Lynn, saddle talk quickly became horse talk. Horse talk led to a ride.

    On our way home it became obvious, Sandy was determined to own a MM. Well one led to three, three led to six. Six led to a larger horse trailer, bigger truck to haul larger horse trailer, now more land is required. Obviously I wouldn’t have agreed to all this,if I didn’t believe in the breed.

    Horses that we own

    Tory (Hilario) do Lucero, Flying Oaks Athena, Joao Ricardo do Lucero, Igor do Lucero, Jardiniera da boa fe, Yansa inMotion  (photos are Igor, Tory with Sandy Dory and Athena with Sandy Dory.  Bottom 2 photos by Shannon Ford.

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    At this time we don’t have a farm name. We’re considering the following names:
    Merth
    Northern lights
    Sublime
    Your suggestions are welcome.

    I’m pleased to be part of the MM community. Everyone I’ve met in the MM community have been quality people. I’m excited on meeting other owners and introducing new people to the breed.”

    Bill