This message is from: "Dagrun Aarsten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Eileen, seems like your Jane is quite a personality.
When training Fjord Stallion Kneist in Norway last year I went to a nearby barn once a week for jumping training. All the others were riding expensive warmbloods but little Kneist did really well among them and he was quite proud of himself. This was in an indoor arena and it was in midwinter so in some places the going (under the sand) turned slippery. After a particularly good jump he was so excited I couldn't slow him down enough for the corner, and we slipped and fell over. The ground was soft so none of us were hurt, but then he started moaning and refused to get up - I got all worried until he started rolling with great pleasure - with saddle and all. It really seemed that he wanted to save face in front of the other horses, like "I didn't fall. I was just lying down for a good roll because I felt like it". So funny. A month later, it happened again, we were supposed to do extremely small circles in canter, with me in ultrashort stirrups on top - and we sort of lost the balance in the middle of it all. Again, he wanted to roll, but this time I was prepared and managed to pull him up before he ruined my saddle even more. The trainer laughed herself silly, she had never seen anything like him. Dagrun - in Italy for a few days and then ten days in Norway before flying back to San Jose:-) Unfortunately, no time to visit Kneist, he is on stud duty far away from where I'm going. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Eileen Perry Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 1:22 PM To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Subject: Rolling on horseshoer? This message is from: Eileen Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello, Thought I'd share a 'Fjord moment'... I've had horse try to roll (with me on them) in streams, drop on their bellies to thwart a horse fly, stop dead from a gallop to roll - well you get it the picture. But try to roll on the horseshoer? Jane was getting her feet trimmed, and started to lean onto her right shoulder. Not a little, but a lot. The shoer just let her lower the shoulder all the way to the ground. Then she rolled onto her back, and started to scratch her back (belly up) like a dog. The horseshoer was laughing, saying "boy, she's just a bundle of nerves, isn't she?". Good thing she's soooo cute. I hope this is just a terrible twos thing. Eileen in eastern WA.
