This message is from: "Birgit Mortensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Last week we evaluated our mares and geldings. We have also been evaluating stallion-offspring and mare-offspring. Stallion-offspring is necessary, if the stallion shall maintain his breeding license. Mare-offspring is not necessary, but a possibility for the mare owners. Two things could be interesting for people in US. I noticed the other day that Aimee Day was writing about her Danish import mare Malene Stanstorp. Last weekend the breeder of Malene decided to show two sisters and one brother (a gelding) after Malene's mother Muddi Stanstorp. Muddi was given a bronze medal for offspring. Muddi was born in 1978 and 16 foals have been registered, Malene was number 3. Number 2, Mikkel Stanstorp was a breeding stallion in Denmark and was later sold to Germany. At the same time as Muddi Stanstorp was a good mother she was also a very good driving horse. In 1986 she won the Danish championship together with a halfsister and two years later they participated once again, this time they were number 2 in the competition (but with the same scores as the winner - also fjordhorses). The highlight of our evaluation week took place Sunday with the medal mare evaluation. 22 mares, earlier evaluated with I class, met trying to get scores enough to receive a medal (the highest possible class for mares in Denmark). 10 of them got the medal. Number 1 and 8 were daughters of Kastanjegaardens Fernando, now standing at Green Valley Farm. So congratulations to Sophie and Howard and those of you, who have had Fernando-foals in your stables. I have noticed that a lot of you are writing about bad weather. It is not much better in Denmark - at least we do not feel it is summer. But we have been promised that the sun and the summer will come soon. Best regards from Denmark Birgit
