This message is from: "Teressa Kandianis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hmmmm. I believe what everyone that has been responding to Ruth's posts are saying is that the North American evaluations are designed to prevent overselection... not to institutionalize it. Stallions in North America are not licensed...but evaluated. As are mares. With the huge land mass that represents North America (and the huge human diversity as well), we have happened upon an opportunity to identify the many facets of a horse that was designed to do multiple duties and to preserve those characteristics in the gene pool. And as lovers of this breed because their hearts and minds have captured us, we appear to be accepting that challenge and taking that opportunity. North American breeders of fjords have done the breed proud by importing from Norway, Denmark and Holland and have spent, collectively, millions of dollars producing offspring from diverse genetic pools. I thumb through the recent Fjord Herald and see evaluated stallions offered for breeding that represent that diversity. A registry can't prevent stupidity but it can offer education and information and that's what all the postings are trying to get across. Evaluations give us the opportunity to access that diversity even when the stallion doesn't live next door. Teressa in Northwest Washington
