The IMPORTERS – a series of articles describing the history and stories of the horses and farms that started the breed in North America. #2 in the series covers the Lazy T Ranch and Montana Mangalarga Marchador, Dr. Tresa Vivian Smith and the Tabatinga line.
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The Marchador will be featured in several equine publications this fall.
Pick up your copy or go online–Equine Journal, Going Gaited and Horse Gazette. During the summer months, the breed or one of our members appeared in the ABCCMM’s magazine, Mangalarga Marchador, Today’s Horse Trader and Equus.
Attached as a pdf file is the collaborative effort of several MM breeders in the Equine Journal.
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With your 2010 or Lifetime membership, you will receive a free DVD, filmed during our 2008 USMMA clinic held in Montana. The DVD provides insight into the ABCCMM inspection process and the MM breed standards judged.
Extra copies of the DVD are available for purchase too. Contact the USMMA office.
WHAT MAKES A MARCHADOR A MARCHADOR?
The USMMA clinic was a smashing success in Montana last Memorial Day weekend despite inclement weather. Dr. Getulio Vieira, an ABCCMM inspector for more than 20 years, taught the attendees and our 2 US vets in training about Mangalarga Marchador conformation and gait. (Drs Tia Nelson and Hugh Rogers). The comments compared the horses being shown to the STANDARD of the BREED.
The USMMA plans to produce some educational documents and videos from the clinic for all members and the general public.
USMMA PRESS RELEASE
ABCCMM Protects their M Brand Trademark in the US
On December 25th, the US Patent and Trademark Office awarded the Horseshoe M Brand Trademark in the U.S. to the ABCCMM, the Brazilian Mangalarga Marchador Association. The trademark is an M inside of a horseshoe. The M Brand is placed on the shoulder of an inspected, approved Mangalarga Marchador horse. It is universally recognized as a symbol of quality and tradition for this Brazilian breed.
The Brazilian association, supported by members of the United States Mangalarga Marchador Association, filed for the trademark in 2004. The trademark attorney for the ABCCMM was funded by USMMA members Tresa Vivian Smith, John J. Kelley and Linda Sheridan Kelley. Previously there were rumors and reports circulated on websites and in magazines that certain individuals claimed ownership of the M brand and exclusivity of the Marchador breed in the US.
The ABCCMM is the rightful owner of the trademark and the inspection process and now holds the US trademark to maintain the quality of the breed here as well. (Registration number 3358324).
“It is a wonderful day for the future of the Mangalarga Marchador in the US”, said Tresa Smith, President of the USMMA. “We can be confident that the quality and value of the inspection process and the meaning of the M brand is preserved.”
The USMMA sponsored a Brazilian inspection process in 2005 where horses born in the US were inspected and branded. They plan to host another inspection in 2008.
For more information on the Marchador or the USMMA, visit their website at http://usmarchador.com. For information on the ABCCMM, visit their website at http://www.abccmm.org.br
See the fall/winter issue of Conquistador magazine for a great article about Marchadors on a working cattle ranch in MT. Tresa Smith of Montana Marchador writes about her favorite cattle horse, Tabatinga Monitor.
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Author: Dr. Tresa Smith
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