USMMA Members and Mangalarga Marchdor Horse Owners will be contacted during September and October to help us correct and update the USMMA Horse Registration Database. We will be requesting and validating the horses’ information like color, sex, death, and ownership. We will also be trying to collect in new photos.
Some of the information we have is taken at the time of registry. We know that some horses change color, get gelded or change hands, but often these life events are not communicated to us. Hence, the reason for the survey.
USMMA Members Lynn Kelley and Tresa Smith will be conducting this survey along with our Registrar, Megan Fallwell. We do not anticipate this project costing any dollars to complete.
We will be emailing each recorded owner the USMMA record on their horse or horses and asking them to complete the survey and correct information.
Please return the emails and surveys by November 1.
The USMMA represented our breed and our breeders at a booth during this July Event. Our booth was manned by Lynn Kelley, Victor Rosa, Sandy Hull and Rick Schatz. Rick drove all the booth materials from the Las Vegas PBR booth to Kentucky along with materials sent to him by other breeders and owners. The USMMA volunteers came at their own expense and worked Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Thank you!
Everyone knew about the breed
ps. Would you like to buy the 2016 Breyer model of the Mangalarga Marchador? There is a limited number, but some are for sale on eBay and possibly other sites as well. 
Alessandra Deerinck is the USMMA secretary and owner of HHSensing, horse training.
The art of horse breeding has shaped equine genetics since domestication, yet most horse professionals have little understanding of the fundamentals of genetics. On this six-week online extension course we will examine the underlying mechanisms and inheritance of a number of traits in the horse. Concepts covered will include coat color, genetic disease, parentage testing and some insights on complex traits of performance and behavior.
My 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.
Don’t miss the year’s largest Breyer fan festival July 22-24, 2016. Bring on the feathers and start practicing your samba for the 27th annual BreyerFest at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY.