Dr. Getulio Vieira rides a young MM gelding for the ABCCMM inspection
Dr. Getulio Tadeau Vieira returns to the US in May to inspect U.S. born Marchador horses. USMMA members who are also members of the ABCCMM wanted to have their horses maintain Brazilian registry as well. The Brazilian association has strict guidelines and it inspects all horses for conformation, gait and temperment at age three before the horses are fully registered. Lynn Kelley is coordinating the effort again and we plan to host our first clinic during the inspection visit as well.
For more information about the inspection process, please read the attached pdf which was an article published after the 2005 inspection. 2005 marked the 1st time an inspection was ever held outside of the Marchador’s native country, Brasil.
The ABCCMM Horseshoe M Brand on a Mangalarga Marchador horse
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
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Effective August 1st, Lynn Kelley, a founding member and President of the USMMA stepped down as President and Vice President, Tresa Smith, also a founding member of the association, assumed the role of President.
Tresa is an owner, breeder and importer of Mangalarga Marchadors in Montana. She discovered the breed while working in Brazil during the 1990s and decided to import horses to the US. She chose the Tabatinga bloodline as her speciality because of their hardiness and cow sense to work her ranch and Angus cows in Montana.
Lynn Kelley will stay on the board in the role of Registrar. The USMMA has registered more than 90% of the Marchadors born in the US. Horses registered in Brazil and imported to the US are automatically registered with the USMMA, with the submission of DNA.
The USMMA remains focused on introducing the Marchador across the country in the coming years. In 2007, Marchadors were registered in the new states of North Carolina and South Carolina and a new country, Canada. For further expansion and improved genetic diversity, the Kelleys are working with the ABCCMM (the Brazilian association with over 200,000 registered horses) to import frozen semen and frozen embryos to the U.S.
JULY 13-21 XXVI NATIONAL MANGALARGA MARCHADOR HORSE SHOW, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
At the National Show
The National Horse Show has the horses, the auctions, the shopping! See past champions of the breed as well as the newer sport venues like pole bending, jumping and team penning. The showgrounds provide a great place to meet and talk with a huge number of Marchador breeders attending or showing at the Show. While in Brasil, be sure to visit some of the breeding farms and other cultural sites like Rio de Janeiro or the historic towns like Ouro Preto.
We have a number of breeders that are planning to go. For more information, please email Lynn Kelley at kelleyaz@rnsmte.com. Lynn is working on a schedule now.
If you can’t make it this year, mark July next year. The Kelleys go back almost every year!
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Exotic Brazil! Four of our members (John Kelley, Lynn Kelley, Jay Bryan, Susan Bryan) traveled to Brazil in October. Their trip is documented in the USMMA newsletter and in this writeup which was also distributed in the Equitrekking.com newsletter. Equitrekking is now a PBS travel documentary series shown around the world.
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