This message is from: Roland Thier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Does the NFHR have a brand for the Fjords who pass muster at American > evaluations????? > > My fjord mare, Dorina, has the Dutch brands on each hip. I understand > that this is done at the two year old evaluation, and that she must have > passed through a grading system at the time.
Dutch foals get the + with dots on the right side when they are graded the first time and enter the foal-registry. (usualy when they are a couple of months old). They get the upside-down triangle with a 'D' in it on the age of three when they enter the Registry. Some letters are not used like Q, but i thought the X is used. The letter "I" is used for import fjords. The + with the dots represents the registry-number of the fjord, i know a little bit about this numbers: 1 2 | 1 2 _________ 3 4 | 3 4 The left side are the ten-numbers the 1 stands for 10, 2 for 20, 3 for 30, for 50 to 90 they use combinations of the left side numbers. The right side are the normal numbers. So 1 stands for 1, 2 for 2,and 5 to 9 are combinations of these. For numbers above 100 they use two plus's. So the number 12 is: * . | . * _________ . . | . . Since 1997 they do not use this system any more, now they put chips in the neck of the fjord. > And when you see a two year old Dutch filly with the brands on each hip, > what does that tell you????? It is a real fjord, because you get the brands when the parents are known. When the parents are not known they enter the hulp-registry and then the upside-down triangle has the letters "HB" of hulpbook in it. I don't think the fjord will be two then they have two brands, because they get the second when they are three year's old. Roland Thier (I will introduce my self later) (Holland)
