Please come to learn and have fun in Las Vegas NV! The dates are coordinated with the PBR dates of October 22-26 so you can also stay and attend the Marchador events and booths at the PBR!
Attached are the registration forms and information emailed from Laurie Klassen, USMMA Secretary. Fill out the registration form and mail a check in to Lynn Kelley, USMMA Treasurer. Book a flight and a room at a great price and you are there!
From Dana Johnsen, calendar organizer:
Dear Mangalarga Marchador enthusiast
For the 2015 USMMA calendar, we are looking for Marchador images that represent our breed! Please submit your quality, high resolution images to me before September 15th 2014.
Many Thanks for your cooperation!
Attached are the guidelines for submitting a photo and also the form to accompany your check.
USMMA Calendar 2015- Standards & Submission Form 2
Oct 20 Registration and check-in. Classroom lectures, demonstrations and time to mingle in the afternoon and evening @the Horsepark. (Plan to arrive LV in the morning or the night before.)
Oct 21 Full day of gait evaluation/competition and swap your ride. Fun and a group effort to pick the favourite Marchador @ the Horsepark! In addition, by riding every horse, it’s also an opportunity to be matched with a suitable mount for the trail ride on the following day. Social in the evening @ Sam’s Town Casino
Oct 22 Trail ride (with trailering and riding this will take most of the day) Social in the evening @ Sam Town’s casino.
There will be a number of Marchadors available to use if you are unable to bring your own . The # of participants for the trail ride portion of the clinic will be determined by # of mounts.
In addition to these planned days, there are plenty of opportunities to book private lessons with Kate Barcelos on October 19 in the afternoon and evening, October 20th in the morning and October 23rd all day. One private lesson is included in the clinic fee. An extra lesson may be booked at additional cost.
Instructors from Brazil – Kate Barcelos and Tiago Resende Garcia
Hotel lodging will be at Sam’s Town Casino which is right next to the Horse Park for easy access and only 5 miles from the Las Vegas Strip. RV parking available right at the Horse Park.
HorsePark Info: http://www.equineeventlv.com/
Sam’s Town Info: http://www.samstownlv.com/
The Clinic is held right before the PBR Finals where the Marchador will be featured, so stay on to enjoy that event as well.
Clinic cost will be approx $350 pp. Final costs will be determined soon. Hotel, RV parking,stalls, usage of Marchadors will all be at an extra cost. PBR tickets will need to be purchased soon if your intention is to also join in this event.
If you would like to serve on the Clinic Committee, please contact Rick Schatz rick.schatz@yahoo.com or Laurie Klassen lauriefklassen@me.com.
Details and registration forms coming soon!
The Brazilian Saddle Horse Project
The Brazilian associations ABCCMM/APEX have funded two PBR (Professional Bull Riding) events in North America in 2014. The Marchador will be featured at these two venues – live and via television coverage.
September 5 & 6, Nashville, TN
October 22-26, Las Vegas Nevada.
The USMMA will be working with them to help make the events a success for promotion of the Marchador breed. We are looking for 5-6 Marchadors to represent the breed at both events. They can be the same group of horses or 2 different groups.
Please read the attached PDF to learn more and to fill out the forms required to have your Marchador represent the breed at the event! Click on PBR SELECT HORSES.
Please click on the attached document to read more!
July 26 – August 3rd See document for details!
You will participate in the biggest event of the breed, the Mangalarga Marchador National Exposition in Belo Horizonte. During a ten day period, over 1500 horses, which are already champions in other expositions in different parts of the country, will be presented and judged. The finale is to name of the best of the best – the CHAMPION of each MARCHA, each age group, each sex and then the CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS! And YOU will be able to ride some of the horses there. Or you just observe the Marcha of the beautiful horses, make your own evaluation and guess which one will be the winner. Another thrilling part of the program is your participation in auctions, held at night, when some of the best horses are offered for sale to excited bidders. Other activities will be planned during these days to meet the Marchador breeders at the show, visit some close-by farms and also some other tourist attractions – shopping and history.
Show season is upon us!
The USMMA encourages and supports our members who attend or participate in Horse Exhibitions, Competitions, Clinics and All – Breed Shows. We offer a support in several forms including $250 sponsorships towards event costs for participants. We can provide some help with brochures, DVDs or banners too. For 2014, the USMMA Board has voted to fund at least 3 sponsorships for events that our members enter.
To apply for the $250 sponsorship, please fill out the attached sponsorship application form and submit to Rox Rogers.
Attached is a pdf file with President Rick Schatz personally inviting you to come and meet the Marchador in Brazil at the ABCCMM National Show in July.
Just click on the link to view the invite! Please join us!
May 24-June 2nd
This letter was sent out by Laurie Klassen, USMMA Secretary
To Marchador Breeders and Owners:
The USMMA does not require inspection of Marchadors for registration.
However, we believe the ABCCMM inspection process is a valuable tool in evaluating and preserving the quality of the Marchador breed, especially for breeding animals. A number of breeders and owners carry both the USMMA registration and the ABCCMM registration on their horses. The ABCCMM registration process is more complex than ours, requiring the following steps:
If the paperwork is up-to-date, the process is straight forward. If the paperwork is lacking, the ABCCMM process is quite onerous and costly with late fees.
The USMMA has worked with the ABCCMM to obtain a lower annual membership fee for Marchador owners. (Marchador breeders would still pay the higher fee of $540R per year. ) Once a member, the ABCCMM on-line Registration System provides the vehicle to submit all communications to them for report of breeding, birth etc. The ABCCMM will provide an inspector to visit the US twice a year, and the ABCCMM will pay for the transportation to the US.
Our first inspection in 2014 will be planned for May if enough horses and owners say they are ready for inspection. The second inspection will be planned for late September/October 2014 following the annual Marchador Clinic.
Attached is a report of Marchadors we believe are eligible for ABCCMM inspection. If there are more horses you want to bring to our attention, please let us know. In some cases, the paperwork may not have been submitted to the ABCCMM and that paperwork would need to be completed or fixed before the inspection is scheduled.
You do not need to become an ABCCMM member, but the paperwork fees are doubled for non-members. In some cases, the BREEDER may need to sponsor the inspection or sign off on paperwork, if the ABCCMM paperwork is still in their name. Either before or after inspection, the registration paper can be transferred to the new owner.
The cost of the inspection is $500 per day for the inspector, plus ABCCMM membership and registration fees, plus the cost of airfare to get the inspector to your farm. Housing, meals and transportation for the inspector should also be included in your planning. Most people just have the inspector stay with them. For some areas, like Florida, it would be possible to share the inspector for a day and split the fees.
We estimate an inspection could take an hour per horse and perhaps 15 minutes per foal. If there is time remaining, you can use the inspector to help you with your riding, Marchador gait training or questions, recommendations for breeding and more. You do not need to keep the inspector for a full-day either and perhaps the daily rate can be split with another participant.
The inspector will be Kate Barcelos, DVM, an accomplished rider, trainer, vet and ABCCMM inspector.
Please let Lynn Kelley (futurefoal@gmail.com) or Megan McClarney Fallwell (meganmcclarney@gmail.com) know of your interest in participating in the ABCCMM inspection. We will then send out a follow-up, more detailed schedule and instructions to the Marchador owners that wish to participate.
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