This message is from: "Karen McCarthy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Brian,
Good job! I read your post a couple of times after work today, and let it
sink in, and now I guess I have a little bit to say on the subject... but
first, to ya'll who may not know me, I should mention that I have been
involved with fjordhorses for the past 13 years, have put horses of mine and
others through 2 NFHR Evaluations,& was on the Eval. Comm for 3 years at the
outset.
Despite the fact that the American system is in its infancy,I thoroughly
believe in THIS system that the NFHR has created. So much so, that I dare to
raise my hand here and say: "Hey, wait a minute.."
Has anyone asked the question : Why has the NFHR BOD made the deciscion to
exclude foreign recognised fjord horse judges from judging alongside our
recognised judges? What was their reason for this? Do we need to segregate:
American/Dutch/German/Norwegian/Swedish/German/Danish
fjordhorses to only be judged by judges of the same nationality?
I think not.
The NFHR has devised a slightly different,(read: easier to
implement,streamlined),system than either the Dutch or Norwegian registries.
But, we must remember that we used their systems as models from which to
structure ours. In essence, the American system is not that far off. As
Julie mentioned in her post, "we live in a global community", so think
globally, erase borders, and preserve this unique horse in one international
co-operative effort. OK, enough of that. Now repeat after me:
-a fjordhorse is a fjordhorse, and a good judge, is a good judge,
despite the country of origin.
At the present, there are only 2 senior NFHR Evaluators, and a smattering of
other recognised judges. This is NOT a good thing.
( Personally, I think there s/b 3 Evaluators working independantly, but
that's another ball 'o wax.)
If we could persuade the NFHR BOD to change their minds about not allowing
foreign judges, and allow Mr Van Bon and Mr Rolstad to conduct in-hand
American Evaluations, I can only think that this would greatly enhance and
support the NFHR program.
( Please do not groan too loudly, Vivian, you did a great thing to organise
this, but I feel that if your horses happen to be registered in the NFHR,
that that body be the be all and end all as far as Evaluations are
concerned. This is far too small a horse population here, to be dividing and
splintering off. I also feel that if people think the American tests are too
difficult, the IBOP tests are NO cakewalk, and IMO, ask to show much more
training than I feel is necesscary to see how well a horse uses behaves &
itself. Leave that aspect for Open shows and the ROM progams, etc, please).
Well, those of you who have hung on this far, thanks, whatever your bent.
I've been thinking,between searching for tiny weegee turds in the soupy mud,
commuting to work in wet what-have-you, and spacing out at my day job, I
have really been doing a little teeth gnashing here.
There's more, but I don't want to torture ya'll.
Karen,
in Carson City, NV, where the groundwater and surface water have merged...
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