This message is from: Linda Lottie User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My mare Lena is out of Grabbson....and her son, Hasse is out of Fair Acres Sven II.....the Stienfinn son.....geesh, no wonder his is such a doll!!
I am really enjoying this discussion.....and learning a lot. Linda Baker Lottie in WI On 1/29/06 3:53 PM, "Pat Holland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This message is from: "Pat Holland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Thanks Marcy & Mike. > Sorry,........... Hostar is the ONLY STALLION left in North America by > Brusvein. > > And Marcy I whole heartedly agree about "Ring", Kimpton Brook's Eiken Var - > the "Solar" son I had last year and standing for Susan Crawford this year, > was out of Fjordelv Farm's Katina by "Ring" - several people said his quiet > nature and willingness to work was majorly due to "Ring" - as well as > "Solar". > > Carol, The reason "Anvil's Steinfinn" was gelded was that when Roger and > Diane Whitney - fantastic, knowledable people in their own right as breeders > and supporters of the Fjords here in the Midwest, wanted to downsize, > offered him for sale and when no takers came -Which to this day I do not > understand why - (only that Roger and Diane are humble people and might not > have advertised him, like I would have.) They gelded him for ease of care on > their part. Not in anyway, whatsoever - that he was "less than" - or that > they didn't like what he was producing, he had excellent reproductive > soundness - and his offspring, from a trainers point of view were/are > absolutely the BEST students, a trainers dream. > > "Anvil's Steinfinn" was offered for sale before I truly understood what he > produced. A major fault on my part. He should not have been gelded and if I > had been in a different position and know what I know now, when he was for > sale I guarantee I would have bought him in a heartbeat. > > Fortunately he has "Fair Acre's Ole" - Patti Jo's good boy - still intact to > carry on for him. Also recently Tyler and Dawn Schlickman bought "Fair > Acre's Sven II" another "Steinfinn" son, that will be making his debut this > year, so yes Carol, you are right there are offspring of some of these great > foundation horses out there, and we have to keep them out and about in the > public eye - for some of these fellows are truly, truly what the Fjord breed > is all about. > > Good conversation, > Pat Holland
