This message is from: Kari Ann Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dear Jean,
You are completely correct... many thanks for reminding me. Most warmly, Kari Ann -- Please access my web site at <http://pwp.value.net/penomee/penomee.html> for my artistic, academic and performing resumés, and... a great low-fat lasagna recipe! -- Jean Gayle wrote: > > This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Kari, I would be sure to get a seasoned horse, 8 years up, maybe 10 at > least. I am 5' 6 about ( what is happening here? I do not usually talk > about my bulk) well lets just say my doctor says to take off thirty pounds > and I should weigh 160. Big bones of course! My present fjord is 13'2-3. > Would have preferred 14 hands but had waited six months to find one. Fjords > vary but an older one is more experienced and you will have an opportunity > to see if it likes you. Buying by video as I did is a risk as I seem to > remind my boy of a former owner who was not nice to him. After seven months > I finally got a nuzzle, brief but------. > > If you buy a baby, with your stated size you should wait until it is four or > five years to ride. Fjords are slow developers (growth--not brains). There > seem to be many mares available and few trained geldings. Range, $2500 up. > Best of luck. Jean