This message is from: Phillip Odden <n...@centurytel.net>
>> The Minnesota Horse Expo takes place on April 25, 26 and 27 at the Minnesota State Fair Grounds in North St. Paul. The Midwest Fjord Horse Club has planned its winter meeting to take place during the Minnesota Horse Expo this year. >> Kristin Lee has arranged and supervised the Fjord Horse presence and demonstrations at the Mn Horse Expo for several years. This year she and her staff of helpers are ready to welcome a large group of MWFHC members to share in the early spring celebration. We will have a hospitality stall on Fjord Aisle in the Horse barn. >> >> ----------------- >> Phil Odden has been invited by the Minnesota Horse Expo staff to present two one hour long clinics in the Agstar arena during the 2014 Minnesota Horse Expo. The clinics titled Ole and Lenas Family Fjords will take place on Friday and Saturday April 25 and 26. Phil plans to use the Norwegian Fjord Horse Registry Family Fjord evaluation program as a basis for his presentations. He will talk about form and function with regard to Fjord conformation. Elements of the NFHR Family Fjord tests will be explained and demonstrated during the clinics on Friday and Saturday. On Sunday April 27 , Phil will present an historical overview of the Fjord horse from its function in its native country of Norway to North America. >> >> Phil Odden from Barronett, Wisconsin together with his wife Else have made their living as artists for 35 years specializing in traditional Norwegian woodcarving and furniture making. They breed, raise, train and sell quality Fjord horses on their rural Wisconsin farm. Phil uses his versatile Fjord Horses for light draft work, trail riding, packing, hunting, and pleasure driving. Specializing in pair driving, they show their horses at American Driving Society sponsored Pleasure Driving shows and Combined Driving Events in several states each year. In 2010 Phil demonstrated with the ADS at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games at Lexington, Kentucky. Phil learned from and contributed to the Norwegian Fjord Horse Registry evaluation program in America and Fjord Horse International in Europe. Given their extensive contacts and experience in Scandinavia, Phil and Else lead Oddens Rural Life Tours to Norway, Sweden and Iceland each summer. > > For clinic and demonstration times and locations, check out the Minnesota Horse Expo website at: www.mnhorseexpo.org A block of rooms has been set aside at: BEST WESTERN Bandana Square 1010 Bandana Blvd W St Paul, MN, 55108 651-647-1637 Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw FH_L Shirts: http://tinyurl.com/8yky94l
