This message is from: Krissie England <bluerunf...@yahoo.com>
I have mostly lurked on here for the past few years, but I finally have a Fjord brag of my own :-) Some of you may remember our Fjord, Trygg. I posted on here a few years ago when we first got him, looking for some background info because he was a spoiled little poop. 13.2h of sheer bullheadedness. Found out he had been on this list with a couple of other owners and had a history of being a bucker, among other lovely habits. We worked with him here on ground manners and got him over his leading issues. He was never a mean pony, just spoiled and used to getting his own way, so I had a feeling there was a nice boy in there. After 60 days with a trainer my vet recommended, he came home and was 90% reformed. As in, solid under saddle work, but would test at least once per ride. As long as you won, he would be a good boy for the rest of the ride. Well, he has now been promoted to the rank of WonderPony! My husband and I are the jousters for the VA Renaissance Faire. Last month my husband's jousting horse coliced and developed a huge impaction. We almost lost her, but thankfully she pulled through after over a week of iv fluids at two different vet hospitals. But the fair was starting and we had only one trained warhorse, my 17h percheron. It's rather difficult to joust with only one horse. So, we pulled Tryggie out of the field, knocked off the mud, and I rode him for the first time in almost a year (broke my neck then had a baby, so he got a lot more time off than usual). He was a really good boy, we did WTC and he only thought about bucking once at the canter. Said "ah ah" and he didn't do it. A week later, he went to the Ren Fair and was ridden by a new (to him) rider, because I had to stay home and take care of DH's horse. He learned all of the games and even carried a knight in armor for the first time ever. This weekend (one week after doing his first gaming show), he actually jousted! My spunky lil 13.2h guy jousted against my 17h draft gelding and was stellar! I can't say enough about how proud I am of this pony. From a spoiled brat to a sensible, brave horse doing new things and the audience had no clue he was so new to it. We introduce our horses after the joust and people were amazed that he had never done this before! He really seems to like it too, he's hard to hold back when you face him down the field, he has figured out that he gets to run and boy does he run! I am so impressed with the Fjord temperament, I just wish I had had him when he was younger. I really think he could have been an awesome kid's pony and done well in the breed shows as well. He still could probably do well at breed shows, we just can't afford to take him. Anyway, this is getting long but I just had to tell "someone" that would understand. There is a picture of Trygg's first ever joust here: http://www.meetup.com/richmondphotography/photos/1554871/26402791/ - Krissie & Trygg aka Warpony & Athena "Whatever, I am the jousting princess, just wait til I get back up to weight and into shape again!" & Loki "Hey, I joust too, and everyone loves me too!" & Josey the retired QH/App "Don't even think about putting that stuff on me!" Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
