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Just came home from a couple of days absence, found Pat remarks and thought I´d give a quick comment: If you follow the activities of Fjord Horse International you find that the intentions are to create a system of evaluating and testing Fjord Horses that - in the end - is used for all Fjord Horses worldwide in order to be able to compare results of evaluations and performance tests from all countries. In the ideal case a 7 is a 7, no matter which country or judge. The first big step towards this was the "Handbook for the Fjord Horse Judge" (available through FHI or NFHR) which was worked out but a committee of knowledgable and experienced judges and breeders from several countries including the United States. This is the basis for judging the conformation and movement of a Fjord Horse against the breed standard. Now we are starting to work on the next project, the performance test committee was set up last year at Nordfjordeid by the General Assembly of Fjord Horse International and the first working meeting is going to take place at Essen, Germany, before and during Equitana, starting 2-26. Beth Beymer was named as the NFHR-representative and we are looking forward to getting started on this exciting task. I am confident, that as soon as we get comparable, similar systems of grading and evaluation you will find people interested in importing US-bred horses into Europe. Eike Schoen-Petersen Vice President FHI / Vice President IGF (German Fjord Association)
