Category: Member Forum

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

The organizers of the Arizona Horse Fair (formerly the MANE EVENT) announced today that the event will not take place.

The USMMA was scheduled to have a booth at this event in Scottsdale AZ as it has in the past 2 years. We are sorry that the show is not going on.

We will be looking, as always, to find other venues where we can promote the Mangalarga Marchador breed. Please contact us if you have an event or show in your area that you would like us to consider.

Alessandra Deerinck who served on the Board as Secretary and then Vice President has resigned from her position. Our thanks to Alessandra who gave willingly her time and talents in so many areas for many years.

During the last Board of Directors meeting, one Board member at large, Cathy Pierce, volunteered her service and was unanimously approved. Cathy is very passionate about our horses and has the experience to serve the USMMA well in her new position. Cathy brings her business experience, people skills, and a desire to find solutions to problems.

We thank her for volunteering to fill this important officer position.