This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (BRIAN C JACOBSEN)
On Sun, 8 Nov 1998 K.J. Brighton wrote: >Brian: We have not met yet although I hope to in the not to distant future. We do have something in common as I purchased a mare named "Heather I" from your friend, I beleive, Ray Taylor in Carbondale, CO. I bought her bred to their Stud "Danser". I think this mare goes back to the Jacobsen blood lines. Am I right? She is out of Helge by Leif. Would like to know more about her family tree. She is on the small side but moves out very nicely and I hope to put her with my mare, Bliss, for a lead team. Thanks for the interest. Keith <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< I hope we can meet also Keith. Here is more of Heather's family history. Her sire, Leif, is by the imported stallion Dragtind and imported mare Lenda I. Both Dragtind and Lenda received 3rd prize as three year olds in Norway, and would have been eligible for higher prizes had they stayed in that country. But after we (my grandfather Harold) brought them to the States, they were never shown again. Dragtind was the son of Ola Gik, a first prize stallion who had also been awarded first prize for his offspring (designated 1.pr - 1.avk.pr). As Carol Rivoire says, you can learn a lot about a horse by looking at his dam's sire as well. Dragtind's dam was Goma, a first prize mare, who was sired by the famous stallion Valebu, also 1.pr - 1.avk.pr. Dragtind was the new genre of stallion in Norway at that time. Sven Huseby, one of the founders of the NFHR, was over in Norway after Dragtind left, and many breeders that he talked with there told him they were sorry to see Dragtind go. He was born during the time in Norway when they were starting to shift back from the draftier, farming type Fjords, to the more multi-purpose, more agile, smoother-moving Fjords, and Dragtind was one of the first and most promising of the stallions. Dragtind had a very sweet temperament and he was every bit the gentleman. We could lead 2 or 3 small children around on his back and he loved it. I was only 10 when we brought Dragtind to the US, but I and my brothers (one younger, one older) would routinely hand-breed him to the mares and he handled very nicely. We had one particular mare who would not let Grabb breed her, but was in love with Dragtind. I think she thought of Grabb as the Arnold Schwartzenegger of Fjords,while Dragtind was the Mel Gibson. Dragtind produced many nice foals until his death several years ago in New Mexico. One of the nicest foals was our stallion Leif, who looks and moves very much like his sire. Leif's dam, Lenda I, has Lidaren in her background, who was also a 1.pr - 1.avk.pr stallion in Norway. Bear with me now, because I'm going to make a typical breeder remark; We think Leif is one of the best Fjord stallions in the country! I know, I know - every other breeder thinks their stallion is best too. ; ) But actually, a Leif daughter was Grand Ch. Mare at Woodstock '96. And he has had several grandsons who have distinguished themselves; O.H. Alexander was Overall Grand Ch. Fjord at Woodstock '96, and O.H. Kevlar earned the title the following year. (Note - an itsy bitsy teensy weensy bit of credit for Alex and Kevlar also goes to Julie Will and her stallion Erlend, their sire. Hi Julie! ; ) ). So anyhow, one of these years we are going to have to put on an Evaluation here in the Southeast to put our money where our mouth is regarding Leif. His offspring pretty much tell the story though. Keith, we sold Leif as a two year old to Jim Sutton who was in Pennsylvania at that time. Some years later, when Jim was retiring from raising Fjords, we bought Leif back and we now have him on our farm in North Carolina. I believe Helge may have been Jim's mare, or at least was bred to Leif at Jim's farm. Ray Taylor's stallion, a nice son of Hostar, whom you say Heather is bred to, has beautiful deep rich coloring. That sounds like a neat combination and I hope you have a wonderful foal! I know Joel, toot toot! : ) It's getting bad when no one else will toot toot for me so I have to toot toot for myself. Actually, I was toot tooting for Leif, and I'm not even sure he needs the help. He has never been bashful about toot tooting. He's pretty good at it actually. Brian Jacobsen Norwegian Fjordhest Ranch Salisbury, North Carolina ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]