Conquistador features the Marchador!

See the fall/winter issue of Conquistador magazine for a great article about Marchadors on a working cattle ranch in MT. Tresa Smith of Montana Marchador writes about her favorite cattle horse, Tabatinga Monitor. http://www.conquistador.com/current/V10_N4/fe_v10n4_1.asp

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…

Marchadors in Print

Read more about the Mangalarga Marchador in California Riding magazine, At a Gait – http://www.naturalgait.com/mangalargamarcha.html Equitrekking – http://www.equitrekking.com/travelcenter/experts_corner/the_mangalarga_marchador.php

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!