USMMA News - November 2022

MARCHADOR NEWS

USMMA, Mangalarga Marchador Association for North America

Imported Marchador stallion Ritmo A.J. Memorial on page 9. Painting by Shannon Ford, Canadian Marchadores.

The USMMA is the recognized affiliate of the Brazilian Mangalarga Marchador Association, the ABCCMM.

THE USMMA MISSION

The vision of USMMA is to provide leadership for establishing and promoting the Mangalarga Marchador horse breed in North America, encouraging the pursuit of excelence in bloodlines, and the welfare of its human and equine participants.

Our mission is to:

• Inspire and encourage interest in the Mangalarga Marchador breed.

• Provide a registration body to insure the purity of the breed.

• Publish a breed standard consistent with the Brazilian standard of the ABCCMM.

• Encourage participation and cooperation among breeders, owners, trainers and other equine professionals in support of the Mangalarga Marchador and the USMMA goals.

• Affiliate and coordinate with other organizations and associations in support of the vision and mission of the USMMA.

Join us to learn more about the Marchador breed!

Join us to promote the Marchador breed!

Join us to register your horse!

Join us to connect with other Marchador owners!

To become a member: http://www.namarchador.org/membership/member/

Questions: The USMMA Board Members and Committee Chairs are here to answer them. Contact us through our website http://www.namarchador.org/contact us/ or via email to usmmarchador@gmail.com to the President Cathy Pierce at cpierce@stx.rr.com

Submissions of News, Photos and Articles - send to the USMMAusmmarchador@gmail.com

USMMA Officers

• Cathy Pierce, Acting President and Vice President, cpierce@stx.rr.com

• Tia Nelson, Secretary drtiadvm@aol.com

• Lynn Kelley, Treasurer lynnkelley@me.com

• Randy Conilogue, Registrar drrlc@aol.com

USMMA Regional Directors

• Southeast and Northeast Region, Aline Greene, magiadabrisa@icloud.com

• Pacific RegionAlessandra Deerinck, hhsensing@icloud.com

• Midwest Region Rick Schatz, infomarchador@yahoo.com

• Southwest Region, Carolina Peterson, carolina1470@aol.com

• Mountain Region, vacant

• Canada

Dana Johnsen, hilltophoofers@gmail.com

• 2022 Election Results

• Letter from the Elected Officers

• Reminder USMMA Registry Fees increasing in 2023

• Show and Event Subsidy Awards

• 3q Virtual Challenge Results

• 4q Virtual Challenge

Member News

Event Spotlight September Labor Day Classic, CA

Event Spotlight Upcoming December WE Regionals, AZ

Event Spotlight Upcoming December Jingle Bell Show, CA

Event Spotlight Upcoming May ABCCMM Inspection

Memorial to Ritmo A.J.

Memorial to Apple Pie de Miami (Andante)

In Print Horseman’s News Cover

From the Website Contact Form

Features next month News from each Region! And Member survey asking for input and ideas for 2023 USMMA 2023 Projects and Events

Tabatinga Rota, imported MM mare at the Lazy T Ranch, MT. Imported and owned by Tresa Smith PhD. Photo by Shannon Ford who owns 2 of her fillies in Canada.

USMMA NEWS

USMMA ELECTION Results

By Cathy Pierce (Posted also on the website and emailed to all members.)

Dear Members,

We did undertake the task of finding an independent third party to validate the counts, as requested by some USMMA members. Part of our search process included contacBng a non-profit law firm. They advised that there is nothing in the AZ statutes that requires this acBon to be taken and they also advised that hiring someone would likely be costly. Therefore, the current USMMA Officers have decided not to delay, and to announce the elecBon results. We don’t believe spending USMMA funds on hiring lawyers and accountants to review a computerized elecBon process makes sense.

This computerized plaKorm is considered to be an imparBal third party. We would rather spend our Bme and resources supporBng our members. The computer program tabulated the votes automaBcally. We trust the integrity of our current President and Registrar to fairly review the voBng and determine the elecBon results.

It is Bme for all candidates to put aside their differences and focus on what brought us together in the first place, the Mangalarga Marchador. There is plenty of opportunity for anyone unhappy with the results to volunteer to make our associaBon beOer. Let’s all look forward!

Sincerely,

Cathy Pierce USMMA President cpierce@stx.rr.com

Elec%on results: 100 members voted.

PRESIDENT: Tia Nelson 72 votes - 72% Ronald Knaack 28 votes - 28%

VICE PRESIDENT: Cathy Pierce 100 votes - 100%

TREASURER: Lynn Kelley. 100 votes - 100%

SECRETARY: Irene Howcro^ 58 votes - 58% Linda Holst 42 votes42%

LETTERS FROM THE NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS

1. By Cathy Pierce

Hello USMMA members,

I became AcBng President unexpectedly when Jeff Bosley resigned. The duBes of President can be quite Bme consuming, and I have tried to give much aOenBon to these tasks. I can assure everyone that we conducted a fair elecBon, and I am excited for the opportunity of working with Tia, Lynn, Randy and Irene.

I have enjoyed talking to several of you, and gedng to know you as we prepared for the elecBon of the Board of Directors. I observed that members have a passion for their horses, and many have strong opinions about the future of our organizaBon. The elecBon is now over, and the new officers will take up the reins January 1, 2023. At that Bme, I will resume work on the Board as Vice President.

I hope to aOend more USMMA supported events in 2023, and I hope to see many of our members parBcipaBng in these acBviBes. I urge you to support our elected volunteers, and together let's promote and enjoy our Mangalarga Marchadors.

Sincerely, Cathy Pierce

2. By Tia Nelson, President-Elect Dear USMMA Members,

This was an historic elecBon with a truly great turnout. Thank you for your support, paBence, and involvement while we worked through the process. We learned so much!

I look forward to serving you all, Breeders, Riders, and every Member. There are plans already in play to improve the ease of access to the ABCCMM and I'm preparing to reach out to the European AssociaBon of Mangalarga Marchador (EAMM) to broaden our base of equine geneBcs, friendships and markets. Truly, the Marchador is the very best horse on our planet!

As we move into the next phase of our organizaBon, I will touch base with Riders as well as Breeders to understand what the USMMA can do for each of you. I'm looking forward to meeBng with each Regional Director, ideally in person. There are bridges and connecBons to forge and cement with all the people involved with Marchadors in North America. The last nearly three years of the COVID-19 pandemic stalled our progress; it's Bme for us to move on and work together to grow our USMMA.

Sincerely, Tia Nelson, DVM USMMA President-elect.

3. By Irene HowcroE, Secretary - Elect Dear Members,

This was a very acBve elecBon process and I am honored to have been elected as Secretary. I want all members to know that I am here to serve each of you, that every voice is important, every member is equally valuable. USMMA is an honorable, professional, associaBon and my deep commitment is to fulfill my duBes as Secretary, enhance awareness of the breed, and do all I can to strengthen the AssociaBon and the Marchador community.

One of the commitments I made was to support horse trainers in the United States to gain specialized experience in Brazil regarding the unique gaits and talents of the Marchadors so as to further educate and help both riders and trainers of this breed fulfill both their potenBal and the potenBal of their horses. I have already started fulfilling that commitment and have started the arrangements for an accomplished Grand Prix Dressage trainer and gaited breed specialist to go to Brazil to study under Hytalo Bretas, considered one of the best Marchador Brazilian trainers and compeBtors. She will be going in February for 4 weeks and offering clinics upon her return. Very exciBng!

Once I am formally in Office January 2023, I will be establishing the “ Ideas Book” for members to contribute to with their ideas for exposing Marchadors in the USA, strengthening USMMA and other topics, so that our community can come together for our common goal the Mangalarga Marchador.

Please feel to reach out to me at any Bme. I am eager to start this journey together.

Sincerely, Irene Howcro^ (505) 400-9234 irene@ruidosomalinois.com

4. By Lynn Kelley, Treasurer

Thank you for voBng! It was heartwarming to see the number of people involved. I hope the next step and one of your New Year’s resoluBons will be to help the USMMA by joining commiOees, organizing events and conBnuing to give feedback to us. Please contact me directly if you would like to intern or assist in learning a posiBon like the Treasurer’s job and help too with Membership. One of my goals is to see if we can’t have at least 2 people know each area of responsibility.

I remain commiOed to the USMMA. We are beOer together than separate. I want to stay focused on the breed and our wonderful horses and figure out how to work together for the benefit of all of us an our horses. I do feel like we have only just begun.

Warm regards, Lynn Kelley 602-999-3915 or lynnkelley@me.com

USMMA Registration Fee Increases

A^er many years of holding prices constant, the USMMA is raising registraBon fees. Randy Conilogue, our Registrar compiled our costs and recommended the new fee structure. In the process, he also compared pricing with other horse associaBons.

The Board voted to approve and also voted to inform the membership now and give them Bme before the new fees take effect. The fees will be implemented with the 2023 calendar year, so get caught up on your registraBons now!

• Non Member fee is in general $50 more

• Non Member fee includes USMMA Membership if desired

• Late fees apply for registraBons and transfers that are requested over 12 month a^er the birth or transfer date of the horse.

USMMA NEWS

Show and Event Subsidy Awards

Show and Event Subsidy Program Goals:

• To promote the Marchador in different geographical areas of North America

• To showcase the Marchador in different types of events

• To showcase well-trained, well-gaited Marchadors ridden by owners, breeders or professional trainers

We have awarded $250 to the following USMMA members that applied for help in showing and promoBng the Mangalarga Marchador - whether that be at a show or their own farm.

• Daniel Pulliam - Labor Day Classic $250 - showing Janela da Gameleira da Soberana.

• Claudia Bellandi - Labor Day Classic $250 - showing Capitao do Porto Palmeira and HaiB Porto Palmeira

• Tia Nelson - Montana Calvagada Weekend $250 at her ranch. InspecBon, CompeBBon, mini-clinic and Calvagada.

• Carolina Peterson - Spokane Sports Trial - EvenBng Show $250showing Kharisma do Summerwind

• Elizabeth Sims - $250 toward sponsorship for USMMA at the December WE Western Zone Championships.

Any member of the associaBon is eligible to apply if they have been a member for more than one year or if they are a lifeBme member. D.j. Sims Klein is the program manager. You can apply online on the USMMA website.

Third Quarter Virtual Challenge

Conforma%on Photo Contest Winners

1st Place Gaia do Summerwind - Adrienne C. Scheck, AZ

2nd Place Boneca da LusonaBca - D.j. Sims Klein, CO

3rd Place Paris do Summerwind - Cathy Pierce, TX

Video Challenge Winners

1st place to Nobre do Summerwind - Randy GasseO, AZ

2nd Place Tie to Kharisma do Summerwind - Carolina Peterson, WA and Boneca da LusonaBca, D.j. Sims Klein, CO

3rd Place to Tigre do Summerwind - Servando Garcia, WA

The videos can be seen on the USMMA YouTube channel.

hOps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmH0pHHsfTSa6gQpxmiuuX21ZC7m6_ym

USMMA NEWS

Fourth Quarter Virtual Challenge

Thanks to Dana Johnsen for creaBng this challenges for us! Marchador personaliBes - a photo and story submission of any or all the Marchador horses you own. Every submission will receive a small reward for entering. Entries in by December 31st! Form is on the USMMA website too!

Dana's Bps:

• Each entry sent separately via email to usmmarchador@gmail.com

• Less tack is beOer

• use lighBng and angles to your best advantage

Event Spotlight - September Labor Day Classic

by Linda Holst, Rancho Linda Marchadores

Because of the CA heatwave and unforeseen circumstances, the show organizer was scaled back to ONE DAY, September 11th in San Marcos, CA. The show featured many beauBful Mangalarga Marchador horses in MM breed-only classes and Other Gaited Breed (OGB) classes! Mangalarga Marchador classes included stallions and mares from C&C Bellandi Marchadors, High Country Marchadors, Rancho De Los Cielos, Rancho Linda Marchadores and Monarch Marchadors. Daniel Pulliam organized everything.

A Pre-show Dinner was hosted at Stenerson Ranch in Bonsall hosted by Rancho Linda Marchadores, CA and High Country Marchadors, CO. The Guest Speaker was Claudia Bellandi from Ocala FL. Claudia shared her invaluable knowledge and experience as a top Brazilian breeder and importer of Mangalarga Marchadors in the U.S.

Claudia acBvely strives to assist owners and breeders in an effort to improve the NaBonal Horse of Brazil in America. Guests aOending the dinner learned about this breed in Brazil, how she trains to improve the marcha baBda and marcha picada gaits, how to present the breed, imporBng, and goals for the future.

C&C Mangalarga Marchadors, Ocala FL.Claudia Bellandi showed 2 of her top Brazilian imported MM stallions in the Labor Day Classic Show. Left: Claudia Bellandi on Capitao do Porto Palmeira, Center: USMMA President Jeff Bosley Right: Filipe Martins on Haiti do Porto Palmeira

MEMBER NEWS

Event Spotlight - Upcoming

Western Zone Working Equitation Championships

WHEN

December 8th - Check in, Vet InspecBon December 9th - Dressage December 10th - Ease of Handling December 11th - Speed and CaOle Trial

WHERE:

Westworld Equestrian Center in ScoOsdale AZ.

Working EquitaBon (WE) is an internaBonal sports compeBBon that is both fun to do and fun to watch! It consists of 4 trials for the horse and rider team. There are different levels of compeBBon so novice horses and riders can enter and learn as well as very advanced horses and riders. No maOer what the level, horses normally love it and the obstacles will help you test the quality of your training. You will learn movements that translate in many other riding acBviBes. As the main aim of WE is to show a funcBonal horse and to demonstrate a good onship between horse and rider.

Summerwind Marchadors and the USMMA will have a Marchador booth at the show and there will be Marchador horses compeBng and in the barns at this event. Come and meet a Marchador and us!

For more informaBon, contact Lynn Kelley 602-999-3915 or Elizabeth Sims (623) 363-5748 or visit their website hOps:// westzonewechampionship.com

Event Spotlight - Upcoming

Jingle Bell Horse Show

WHEN December 8th - December 11th

WHERE:

Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar, CA.

www.jinglebellhorseshow.com.

This is a fun, fun show. There will be Marchador horses in the show compeBng! There are all gaited breed classes and some Marchador only classes. Go to meet a Marchador!

For more informaBon, you can visit their website or contact Daniel Pulliam of Rancho Linda Marchadores, who is coordinaBng the Marchador entries. There is sBll Bme to get your entry in if you wish to show your Marchador! Daniel’s phone is 575-613-5148.

May 2023 ABCCMM Inspec%on Visit Planned

Saint Horse Marchadores, South Carolina, Harvest Meadows Marchadors, Arizona and Summerwind Marchador, Arizona, all have a need for a spring inspecBon visit. Other owners and breeders are welcome to join this inspecBon visit at their locaBon while we have Dr. George Vilar here in the US.

For any event you are planning or aOending, the USMMA offers members support for Marchador events that promote the Marchador! via a show subsidy and event subsidy It’s easy to apply online

Please send us your local events for the newsleOer and website.

MEMBER NEWS

Memorial - Ritmo A.J.

By Raymond Stewart, Sweetwater Ranch.

RITMO A.J. OBITUARY

REGISTRY: USMMA/ABCCMM

BREED: Mangalarga Marchador

GENDER: Stallion (Macho)

COLOR: Palomino MARKINGS: Blaze BRAZIL REGISTER, ABCCMM, MANGALARGA MARCHADOR: 010452-5 U.S. REGISTER, U.S. Mangalarga Marchador AssociaBon: USM000000029

FOAL DATE: January 8, 1993, Brazil

DIED: September 11, 2022, 12:18 a.m., South Okanagan, BriBsh Columbia, Canada

OWNER HISTORY: BREEDER: Antonio de Andrade Ribeiro Junqueira, A.J., Brazil

IMPORTER: Regal Legacy Farms, OH

OTHER OWNERS: William and Sandy Kambic, Haras Lucero, TN Shannon Ford, Canadian Marchadores, BC Canada CURRENT OWNERS: Ray & Jennifer Stewart, BC, Canada

VETERINARIANS: Brytann Youngberg, DVM & Janice Posnikoff, DVM

The detailed story of Ritmo (Ritmo A.J.) is unknown to Ray & Jennifer. We can only speak to his short Bme with us.

Ritmo was a very gentle horse impressing all who lived and worked with him; us, veterinarians, visitors and wild and domesBc animals. Vets would comment on his gentle nature “...he did not have a mean bone in his body”, “… no maOer the procedure, he stands quietly, let’s you do what is necessary”. Jennifer would clean his sheath regularly with Ritmo standing in place only stretching his head, curling his lips. When grazing, Jennifer mowed with a 60 HP tractor/7-foot mower around him as he would li^ his head, look at her as if to say, “I do not think so, go around me”.

Small domesBc animals, cats, dogs let out, would go to Ritmo and greet with noses. Two cats would curl up at his hooves and sleep. Our blind dog, Bear, would follow close on Ritmo’s heels, bump into his legs but Ritmo never once kicked, only turning as if to see if Bear was ok. Wild animals, deer, bear and coyotes had an unusual relaBonship with Ritmo.

Does would bring their fawns, place them in the tall grass beside his runs and he would stand over them unBl the mothers returned. A small brown female bear visited Ritmo during his sick period. When cougars were around, coyotes, mainly females, would go to the pasture he was in and lay down, not close, but in proximity to Ritmo.

Ritmo was very sick these last few months with Cushing’s Disease and arthriBs. The laOer prevented him from laying down unBl Dr. Posnikoff took X-rays and injected Proease IRAP. MedicaBons eased his discomfort.

On his last day, he finished his 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. feeding and medicaBons but ignored his 10:00 a.m. feeding. He was found at 1:30 p.m. in his stall on his side, soaked with sweat but with assistance he rose, and Jennifer washed him and put compresses on his right eye which was damaged. Ritmo slowly recovered, ate some alfalfa cubes and seemed to be himself except he spent Bme unusually close to us. Jennifer conBnued the cold compresses on his eye and Ray spent Bme massaging his spine. Our last aOenBon to him was at 10:30 p.m. At 12:30 a.m. Sunday he could not be found by Ray for his 1:00 a.m. feeding. Jennifer found him dead, close to the ranch house at the intersecBon of north/south and east/west fences. He must have known, picked his place, laid down with his back to the N/S rails and his head held up by the E/S rails so it looked like he was just sleeping. His legs were relaxed with no signs of thrashing, his nose resBng on his leg, his ears perked up and his eyes half closed. Very Peaceful!

Ritmo enriched our lives by his many experiences, relaBonships with other animals and gentle nature.

Ritmo A.J was a great horse! Thank you to all who historically brought him to us. Special thanks to Shannon Ford.

Added note from Ray and Jennifer: The photo on the leE, Shannon took when Santee and I were walking to check out this new stallion. You can see she was soaking wet but eager to check him out.

Shannon commented in one of her emails that every Rme she drove by our ranch, Ritmo and Santee would be hanging out together and he would be very relaxed.

When Santee died Ritmo knew and I let him see where we buried her. For over a year he would stand over that spot. We buried Ritmo next to Santee.

Memorial - Apple Pie de Miami (Andante)

By William J. Kambic, Haras Lucero

This morning we had to put down Apple Pie do Miami (Andante), the first Mangalarga Marchador born in the U.S. in modern Bmes. (Editor’s note: April 23, 1994)

She was bred by Lucas Guerra in Ocala, and later moved to Homestead, FL. She was by Alecrim da Calciolandia and out of Formosa do Crocoto. I purchased her from Claudia Harris in 1999. She had a lovely center march gait. Her canter was parBcularly easy to ride in its fluid moBon. She would, in her later life, be a lesson horse and was used to train new riders to ride the canter. If cued her correctly and ridden from the center, then she would be in the gait three strides before the rider realized it. Then all they had to do was stay out of her way. The transiBon out was as smooth as the transiBon in.

She was a good producer and passed on a quiet (if someBmes “mareish” temperament) to her offspring. She was forward on the trail and had quick stepping gait. She did not Bre easily and was an “all day horse” when ridden with proper rest intervals. I usually followed the Cavalry system of riding for 45-55 min., mostly at the walk with periods of gait and short periods of canter. Then a dismount and walk for 5-10 minutes. Then stop and rest (and graze if possible) for 10 minutes. Do it all over again. With a 30 minute “lunch break” for horse and rider we could cover some distance.

We gun broke her and I rode her in some Cowboy Mounted ShooBng events as well as the Mounted Pistol Class at the NaBonal Cavalry CompeBBon. She was never a great shooBng horse, but she did the job. She was beOer in Saber. She had a nice counter canter and that made her a good shooBng, and Saber, horse. She could easily move into the gait, move easily toward the target, and then back to standard canter. This eliminated any tendency to shy away from the target.

Because she was gaited, we lost a few points in Horsemanship classes when the trot was called for (she didn’t trot). Our counter strategy was to be as correct as we could and make up points someBmes lost by riders who were sloppy in their paOerns. She did well in “formaBon” riding once she got the idea that she had to do it.

For a period of Bme, we were members of the TN Valley Hunt. She was

a good foxhunter. We were Hill Topers (non-jumpers) because of my limitaBons, not hers. The logisBcs of hunBng became difficult because of changes in the Hunt organizaBon, and we did not conBnue as long as we might have.

All in all, she was an outstanding mare. Over the last year her health began to fail, and she suffered an aggravaBon of a long-standing lameness in her right front, her eyesight was going, her hearing was failing, and she was sleeping an inordinate amount of Bme. She was holding a reasonable weight and her teeth were decent. She lived on grass and very occasional oat supplementaBon. Our late, mild fall led me to believe that she might go another winter, but it was not to be. The lameness got significantly worse, and she was in constant, mild to moderate pain. I did not want to make us dependent upon pain medicaBons, which have their own long-term issues. I determined it was Bme.

Here are more photos of the Good Times:

If you would like to write a story about a loved horse you lost, please send in to the USMMA at usmmarchador@gmail.com.

MEMBER NEWS

In Print - Horsman’s News Cover

By Lynn Kelley, Summerwind Marchadors

Summerwind Marchadors got a lot of help from our friends: Adrienne Scheck, Carolina Peterson, Connie Claire and D.j. Sims Klein to write this arBcle “Marchadors in Sport” and have great photos! Thank you so much!

Each person wrote about their Summerwind Marchador and the sport they chose – working equitaBon; mounted archery; evenBng.

Summerwind (Kharisma do Summerwind and Servando Garcia) have the cover and an arBcle in HorseMan’s News and the arBcle was also in Riding magazine

To read the arBcle, you can go to their website: Horseman’s News. h[ps://www.horsemansnews.com/HN10-22/indexh5.html?page=1#page=1

FEATURES

Can you use Marchador help?

From our website contact form - thought we might share to all.

Name Giovanni Capato Email gcimpact@icloud.com

Phone (617) 319-9646

Comments

Hi there, my name is Giovanni Capato and I am originally from Rio de Janeiro Brazil. I grew up in a Mangalarga Farm from breeding to training them. I would love to get involved here in USA some how. I am located in Boston.

Thank you

Giovanni Capato

Wanted: USMMA Newsletter Coordinator and more!

We are seeking a new coordinator, contributors and perhaps some other volunteers who would like to interview people for story submissions!

We would like to publish our newsleOer monthly or quarterly depending on content submissions from our members.

If you have an interest in contribuBng photos, stories, interviewing or in publishing - please send in your name to us!

usmmarchador@gmail.com

For December NEWS

Planning to add a secBon with news from each region!

Either the Regional Director or any member from that region can tell us their news and send photos!

Canada Pacific Region

Southwest Region Northwest (Mountain) Region Midwest Region Northeast Region Southeast Region

Send us Submissions before or around Thanksgiving for publicaBon in December News!

Also planned is a Member Survey to go out to gather your input into MM events and projects you would like to see in 2023. We are creaBng a list but there will be space to write in your own ideas. The survey will be on the website and going out in email as well.