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 Jean Gayle Aberdeen, WA [Authoress of "The Colonel's Daughter" ] http://www.techline.com/~jgayle -----Original Message----- From: Kari Ann Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 9:36 PM Subject: A Fjord in My Future? >This message is from: Kari Ann Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Greetings, > >I am very interested in Fjord Horses as I am five feet tall and on the >hefty side, although instructors have evaluated me as having excellent >balance and an excellent seat and lower leg. > >
