This message is from: jern...@mosquitonet.com I would imagine this prevents the mating of two Fjords with white stars and they probably also figured that stallions would produce more offspring than mares.
Jean in Fairbanks,Alaska, finally with light snow that will stay for the winter? > I WONDERED about that claim also, Eunice.. this CFHA page says "a star is > only ACCEPTED on a MARE," > but the page states that this Standard is a copy of the FHI standard...? > http://www.cfha.org/pages/breed-type.php > > I checked the FHI site and sure enough, it does say that. (have they > recently switched Standards?) > > I am curious what the thinking could have been behind the "mare only" > requisite? Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f