This message is from: "Lindsay&Jim Sweeney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
This post is from: Lindsay Sweeney [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I remember seeing him when I bought Juniper. He was a really nice boy. If > > we were in the market for gelding would have snatched him up. > Jimmy would be the same age as Juniper because they are all named with the > same initial for that year. Jimmy is not by Los Trigos King though but by a > horse whose name starts with S -- Solvang? Somebody i've been told is > important. I'm not Southern, so not too good at my begats. :-) He is a > sweetie. > Gail-Dorine Hi Gail, So that's where Jiminy is! I can't believe my eyes when I read his name and now after this comment, I know it's the one and only Los Trigos Jiminy who is sired by the world renowned stallion SOLAR!! and out of the Norwegian mare Simona and was bred by AI with shipped live cooled semen in 1990 by Ginny Cowles. When I find my offspring folder I will fill you in with more details. I remember Simona was older, over 20, when she took to Solar and produced Jiminy in 1991. That same year we tried embryo transfer with Solar and three OLD gorgeous Norwegian imported monuments, I mean mares! While the transfers were successfully completed, the process never completed itself, and we didn't try again. I got to see Jiminy and Simona in person when I was the NFHR representative (TD) at the Dutch Keuring held at Los Trigos Ranch in 1992. Jiminy was in with the other yearlings and youngstock and was a standout in quality and temperment even as a yearling! And they had some really nice Fjords in their herd! He should have been registered with the NFHR and His papers should be with the current owner. Hope that is the case, wonder why so many questions? I am pleased to hear he is well taken care of and has had the benefit of training. He is one of four Solar son's working professionally as a "special needs" horse. There was another gelding mentioned on the list named Harold who is also a product of AI from Solar and a mare named Kristi. It sounded like he also landed right and is a good citizen. Thanks for posting about Jiminy and Hey, maybe this could start off a round of posts about AI or Handicapped ridding Fjords! P.S. Simona and Los Trigos Jiminy were featured in the Foal announcement page of the Herald that Spring he was sprung!! (later I'll post the issue and page # for all of you that save the Heralds!) Lindsay Sweeney Vestlandgard (which means Fjord country farm!) Tunbridge, VT 05077
