This message is from: "Dave and Patti Walter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Tomas went to his first jumping show today and came home with a 1st and 2-seconds!! :-) I purchased Tomas from the Gudknechts in April I believe. He was only ever a driving horse but needed a new career change, he found his passion in jumping! With only 2 months under saddle and not even that much time learning to jump, the boy is a natural. HE is BOLD and BRAVE over jumps, NEVER EVER looking or refusing or questioning just point me and let me go. Ok, he does sometimes like to go toooo much and stopping is an issue, but for the most part he's wonderful. Eby Higdon who works here at FCF has done all the work with Tomas. I told her as long as she is here, she can consider him hers. She just loves working with Fjords and especially Tomas as she too loves to jump. Very proud of the two of them. I'll try and get pictures up on the website this week. I know no one cares about my TB, but we did come home with high point, second year in a row. :-) Rhett Butler is my TB and he's totally amazing, like riding a race car. The boy can turn on a dime and jump jump jump, very manageable and controllable. Sorry, just had to throw my accomplishment out there. Thinking of jumping your fjord???? DO IT, OMG they are a blast to jump with and if you have a good Fjord, you should have steady and nice gaits which DO GET NOTICED by the judge! AND most Fjords have really nice form over fences. Patti Jo Walter www.franciscreekfjords.com The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
