This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Arthur Rivoire) Hi Everybody! from Carol Rivoire at Beaver Dam Farm in Nova Scotia -
>This message is from: "cnielsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >hi list- I was at villa Louis, it was a great show. the mystery tandem was >Susan keating with her older fjord geldings. the horse with the long mane >was liesl Thomas with a mare that I heard was a full sister to kanada >king.they both did a great job! I've just returned from Libby (had a wonderful time, as usual), and trying to catch up a bit on the List. The "horse with the long mane" must be BDF LIZA (Gjest x Stine), a full sister to BDF KANADA KING, BDF MALCOLM LOCKE & BDF OBELISK (winner of the 2 yr. old Stallion Class at Libby). Liza is owned by Marilyn Radke from Wisconsin, and Marylyn's daughter's name is Liesel. Liza is such a beautiful mare that she merited the only full-page photo in my book, long mane and all. Marilyn tells me that she moves just as well as BDF Kanada King, and the other siblings. I wish I'd seen her. Libby was so much fun as usual, and I urge all of you to attend in 2000. Competitors are already talking about making it a really big show! As wonderful a show as this is, it could be even better, and I offer up these suggestions: Actually, I've made the same suggestions for several years, but the committee has always decided against, after discussing the issue. I don't know their reasoning. The problem is that they do not give any information regarding SIRE, DAM, DAM'S SIRE & BREEDER in any of the halter classes. I believe that this information should be in the Program. This is accepted procedure at dog breed shows and horse breed shows. If this information is not available to those watching the Halter Classes, how are they going to learn anything at all about the individual horses being shown and the bloodlines? I was in the stands surrounded by new Fjord people and wannabees, and they were ALL astounded that this critical information was not provided. They couldn't believe it wasn't, and were very disappointed as many of them were eager to learn all they could about Fjords. For instance, if a young horse placed well, or poorly in these conformation classes, it means very little if those watching haven't a clue as to parentage. This problem was really obvious during two classes at the show ----- GET OF SIRE CLASS and the PRODUCE OF DAM CLASS. The rules said that the "sire" and "dam" whose get and produce were being judged, did not have to be present . . . and they weren't. So, the produce and the get were lined up in the two classes, and the judge placed them, and nowhere was there any indication what sire or what dam had produced these winning horses. The announced was also silent on the subject. Hey! Am I crazy, or what? Aren't we missing the boat here? Aren't Halter Classes a wonderful opportunity to educate ourselves about bloodlines? What does the Education Committee think of this issue? To sum up - I think the following information should be in the program for each horse participating in the show: sire - dam - damn's sire - breeder. Woodstock, Blue Earth, Libby & Turlock (? - not sure about Turlock) are Breed Shows. These are the places we go to show our breed, learn about the breed, buy and sell. In my oppinion, we need the above information in the program. And, for something like a GET OF SIRE CLASS, or a PRODUCE OF DAM CLASS, the names of the "sire" and "dam" should be announced. Seems kind of pointless, otherwise. On an upbeat note . . . I was thrilled to accompany the Starfire Farm team to Libby, and to see BDF John Arthur, BDF Magnum & BDF Obelisk, or THE BDF BOYS, as Beth and Sandy call them, bring home the blues. I was particularly pleased to see how well "Obie" is coming along under Beth's expert guidance. He's a love! Absolutely gorgeous, and the sweetest tempered stallion anyone could hope to see. Regards, Carol Carol and Arthur Rivoire Beaver Dam Farm Fjords II R.R. 7 Pomquet Antigonish County Nova Scotia B2G 2L4 902 386 2304 http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/beaverdf
