This message is from: "Denise Delgado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dear sue, i have a registered gelding named knut. he is eight years old. what was your horse's sire's registered full name? (that's a mouthful!) let me know if it was my knut before he was gelded. denise, in no. calif. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Fjord Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 7:32 PM Subject: KATRINA
> This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This message is from Sue Clark-Sorger to Mike May and anyone else who might > have experienced a similar problem. > I own a fjord mare who is registered with the Fjordhorse Breeders of America. > I would like very much to register her with NFHR. Her sire was Ole and he > was/is registered with the NFHR, her dam was Viola she wasn't registered, > but her sire Knut and dam Vindy were. Viola is dead so there in lies my > problem. Mike is there a way to use the DNA already taken from her sire and > the DNA from her grandparents on her bottom line and some from Katrina to > prove that she came from those lines so I can register her.? I am sure it > would be expensive but is it possible.? > I understand I can register her in Canada and then have her DNA tested and > then should I breed her to an NFHR stallion her foals can be registered. Is > this true? > She is a wonderful mare I found her in a chicken yard with 300 chickens > 2years ago.She was already 7 and only led. the people who owned her owned a > cooperative farm a had planned to use her for plowing etc. She was grossly > over weight, and has lost 330 lbs, her feet were in poor shape, her mane was > about a foot long. I have trained her to drive and ride, she drives single or > pairs. We have done drives with the local carriage club, parades, 4H demos, > summer camp demos, and this year we are showing. In 11 driving classes in 3 > shows we have won 4 firsts, 5 seconds, 1 third and a 4th. All with an over > weight chicken house fjord. Aren't fjords wonderful. > My other fjord is registered with the NFHR. Someone said in a previous > message that fjords are addictive, aren't they though. > Thank you for any help you can give me. Sue in sunny New Mexico. >