This message is from: Jon & Mary Ofjord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If any of you have the book "Fjordhesten - Menneskevennen" (Fjord horse - Friend of man), there is a picture - which looks to me like an actual photograph - on page 140. There is another picture - artist's rendition - of him on page 158 and in that picture he looks like a bay, with an eye that makes him look like a Merry-Go-Round horse. That is not a flattering picture. The Photo on page 140 looks better, He looks like a dark colored horse, and shows no white in his tail and very dark socks up over the knee. Judging by the handler standing behind him, he appears to be on the small side, probably no more than 14HH. I wish more of you could see this picture, because it is the only photograph I have seen of him. Maybe someone could scan it and set it up on the NFHR page (something more to do, Mike).
As far as Fjords bucking.....well, I wouldn't want to put a leg up on any one of ours when they come snorting and running up from the pasture! I had also heard the term "Sunfishing" meant the horse's hind legs went up so far that the sun touched his belly - hence the term sun-fishing, a really high buck. Hopefully, I'll never have to ride one out! I can't even stay on the "sofa-style" buck. And someone said....."Sit deep in the seat, don't have a death grip on the reins. etc,etc...." Ya, I'll have a heck of a time remembering all that while I'm trying to keep myself centered between the horse and the ground! Ha! Mary Ofjord North Coast Fjords in snowy northern Minnesota
