This message is from: "Jeanine Rachau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Gayle,
I'd like to hear more about Dustenai. THnx, Jeanine BLUE MOUNTAIN FARM La Grande, Oregon, USA http://www.OregonVOS.net/~jrachau/index.htm E-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 8:42 AM To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Subject: Three spectacular Fjords for sale This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, I wanted to jot a note this morning to let everyone know that I have 3 very special Fjords here that are for sale. As many of you know, it is often difficult to find been-there-done-that WELL trained Fjords and they are often scattered far apart geographically. I feel fortunate to be able to offer three of them, at the same time, in the same place. The first one is Paradise's Celebrity, a 15 year old mare that rides as well as drives. She is a fairly big boned mare that stands about 14.2. She carries the gray gene and has produced gray offspring as well as several nice brown dun foals. I used to own this mare and bred her to Dusty several times. Two of those resulting foals, both fillies, have been evaluated. One received a blue in conformation (Johan's dam) and the other a high red. Both of them went on to earn their Silver Medallions for Intro. Western, making Celebrity eligible for the Hall of Fame award. Obviously, she produces very good quality foals! This is a very laid back, quiet mare with polite, respectful ground manners. She is currently open, but can be bred to Dusty. That cross is good. She adds height to him and he refines her. Price will depend on whether she sells open or bred. The other two are mother and son, Dustenai and Cymon. Many of you may remember these two. They belonged to Patty Peterson of Libby. Patty passed away quite suddenly and unexpectedly this February. Otherwise these two would never be for sale. I can't say enough about these two. They are absolutely spectacular. Dustenai is 12 years old and is a Dusty daughter. She was featured on the last Nordicfest poster with the two darling girls dressed in Bunads with the Rocky Mountains in the background. Dustenai is about 14 hands. Her dam is Molde, our King Herald mare who passed away last spring at 28 years of age. Molde was typical of King Herald offspring with those HUGE eyes. Dustenai inherited that plus she has a beautiful dished face. I broke her to ride for Patty as a three year old and Patty then went on to train her for driving. And DRIVE her she did. She is a wonderful driving horse with quite spectacular gaits. Patty showed her many times at Libby as well as drove her in many parades. She is BROKE! I remember an incident at Libby when one of the horses in a driving class got stung by a yellow jacket and proceeded to bolt and run away, pitching the driver out of the cart, at which point her foot became hung up in one of the lines. It was horrific to watch as she was being drug and bounced off of the fence! We were all certain that the gal was going to be severely hurt or killed. After all was said and done, miraculously she was just shaken and scratched, but not seriously injured. Anyway, Patty had pulled Dustenai to the inside of the ring and Dustenai kept her cool through the entire incident. I recall another time when Patty had sent Dustenai here to be bred to Majson, our junior stallion at the time. When Patty came to pick her up, she mentioned that she didn't think she'd show her at Libby that year. When I asked her why, she said that she didn't think that the judge for that year liked Dustenai because he hadn't placed her well the last time she had shown to him. I encouraged Patty to DO show her because Dustenai had matured quite a bit since that first time and shown correctly, she should do well. I told Patty what that particular judge wanted to see and how to show her to her best advantage. Told her I'd give her a 'brush up' lesson before the class and to PLEASE enter her. The classes at Libby were quite large that year. Think there were 20-25 mares in her class! Patty was nervous as heck, but she did an outstanding job. Horses were lined up as the judge was making his final decisions. Patty & Dustenai were pulled out in his first three picks. Then he went on down the line to pull out the next three. OH MAN - that was exciting, but remember thinking to myself, did I tell Patty not to quit showing until he makes his final decision and hands in his card??!! Patty did an excellent job and when the judge came back to make his FINAL decision, he pulled Dustenai out FIRST PLACE!! Patty was trying to be COOL, but when she got out of the ring - what a HOOPLA!! Everyone was crying for her! Anyway, needless to say this is a great mare. She comes with a nice cart and leather harness. The cart has runners so that it can be converted to drive in snow in the winter. Price with cart & harness - $6500. Her son, Cymon, is 5 years old. He is a masculine version of his mother. They are about the same size. He might be an inch taller, but they are nearly identical in appearance. He has a gorgeous head also. I broke him to ride for Patty when he was 3. Had about 30 days on him and then took him to the ocean to ride on the beach. He took all of that in stride! Patty then started driving him and had begun to work these two as a team. I am not certain exactly how far she had gotten with that, but understand that she had contacted Gene Bushnell about helping her more with them later this spring. They would truly make an awesome team, but I don't have the equipment to proceed with that training. Cymon was shown in halter at Libby also and won. I don't recall exactly how many times Patty showed him there, but I do have at least one win picture. These two are absolutely huggable. Needless to say, they are both broke for everything from trailering to clipping to you name it. You couldn't find any better anywhere. His price is $5500. All three of these Fjords are top notch and have proven themselves. This is a unique opportunity for the discriminating Fjord owner. Please contact me privately for an appointment to meet these guys in person. Thank you. Gayle Ware Field of Dreams Eugene, OR www.fjordhorse.com
