DECEMBER JINGLE BELL SHOW RECAP

By Linda Holst Congratulations to all of the USMAA members and friends who came to support the Mangalarga Marchador horses showing in the 21st Jingle Bell Show, produced by the Southern California Horsemans Council in Del Mar, CA on Dec 9-12, 2021! A variety of breeds were represented in their respective breed classes, American Saddlebreds, Morgans,…

Jingle Bell Horse Show

Rancho Linda Marchadores has worked with the show managers to add Mangalarga Marchadors! They would like to encourage everyone’s participation in order to expand the number of  Mangalarga Marchador horses showing at the Del Mar Jingle Bell Horse Show Dec. 9 – 12, 2021 at the Del Mar Fairgrounds along with American Saddlebreds, Morgans, Hackney Ponies,…

MM Virtual!

Congratulations to all of those that entered the first virtual contests! Prizes were awarded for first, second and third place using Land’s End Marchador logo’d gifts or a credit toward 2022 USMMA memberships. Here are the results: Mileage – 1st place to Dana Johnsen, Rock Ridge Ranch, BC Liberty – 1st place to Pamela Peterson,…

The MM Poster

Link below to download a copy of the descriptive poster about the Mangalarga Marchador breed. Laminated or mounted, you can print and hang this sign on stalls or fences at horse shows, events or even your own barn. It’s oversized for easy reading!

USMMA Southwest Region Event

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! It has been a very challenging year but we all have many things and reasons to be thankful for As COVID 19 presents a challenge to any planned activity, we are hoping to host a “Mangalarga Marchador Open House” at Silver Stables on January 17, 2020 from 10:00am until 12:00 pm!…

PHOTO CONTEST 2020

We want to see new faces, horse faces that is, so we decided to start a photography competition at USMMA. We will use the contest photos to create a USMMA photography bank and to publish a USMMA 2021 calendar. Tom Sliter, fine art photographer from Washington, D.C. has agreed to judge the contest. The winner of the contest…

It’s a Wrap!

The first annual Scottsdale Mangalarga Marchador Show is over! A fun time was had by all – during the trail ride, the practice, the lunches, and the competition day! 19 people and horses were on the Friday morning ride in the desert and 16 were in for the competition. It was a great learning experience…

Save the dates! AZ MM EVENT!

WHEN:   JANUARY 24 – 26, 2020PLACE:   17 RANCH, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85262WHAT:  FIRST ANNUAL SCOTTSDALE SHOW WHO: We have just started planning this event!.   I am chairing the committee and asking members to join that committee now.    We will work on the details and get a memo out to you before Thanksgiving with more.…

USMMA Videos out on Youtube

Dear USMMA Members:   In January, Randy Conilogue, our USMMA Registrar, volunteered for an important project.   To create a video show that would run on a large screen TV during the Mane Event the first weekend in April 2018.   He created 14 videos.    It was a great success!  Many USMMA members contributed…