Marchador Chat Room

There is a new chat site in Brazil with speaking English the focus. How very kind and thoughtful of them to include us like this.  They discuss the different goals in breeding, trends in the breed, problems, solving problems etc. Excellent group. They have asked me, Lori Silcher,  to share with all as the ambassador…

USMMA trains 2 vets in Brazil

USMMA PRESS RELEASE The ABCCMM, the Brazilian Mangalarga Marchador Association accepted two US vets into their training program to become certified inspectors of the breed.  The Mangalarga Marchador registration process in Brazil requires that every horse be inspected at age three for gait, conformation and temperament in order to be fully registered and entered into the breeding registry. The…

ABCCMM National Horse Show, Brazil

JULY 13-21 XXVI NATIONAL MANGALARGA MARCHADOR HORSE SHOW, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil 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…

Brazil Trip Notes

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. Exotic Brazil!

July 2005 ABCCMM National Show

2005 ABCCMM National Show Author: Lynn Kelley Please visit the Brazilian website, especially if you have a high speed connection. This year, they have video of the show so it’s like being there!    All of the show results can be found on http://abccmm.org.br under XXIII National.  There are the many classes for each age level,…