Freya

1999-02-04 Thread konggard
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Lori, I am quite sure Freya got her wonderful personality, her excellent mothering skills, and her calm and willing work ethic, not to mention her good looks from her mother Cindy, which as I recall you own! Correct? I actually put more weight on the

Re: Cutting manes

1999-02-04 Thread Information Architecture
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Information Architecture) Concerning the cutting of manes, the Mongolians cut the manes of their horses once they have been ridden. This singles them out in the herd from the unbroken horses. I believe they are not the only people to do this, and the

Re: roaching manes

1999-02-04 Thread Jean Gayle
This message is from: Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, it takes one to know one Jean! Hahah Jean Gayle Aberdeen -Original Message- From: Jean Ernest [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, February 04, 1999 3:34 PM Subject: Re: roaching manes This

Re: Why cutting Fjord's manes ?

1999-02-04 Thread FJORDING
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] It just looks good and the public loves it in the parades. Why need another reason? Check Lar's pictures in section 2 of the Fjordhorse Page in Frames. Merek Geiger

Bearbells

1999-02-04 Thread misha nogha
This message is from: misha nogha [EMAIL PROTECTED] Loved the 'joke' about the bear dung. Could always use a little humor. We have a resident black bear here that terrorizes me and the horses. I sometimes take in raptors for Fish and Game and so asked them to look into our little bear problem.

Fw: Horses

1999-02-04 Thread Jean Gayle
This message is from: Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: jobie barfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, February 03, 1999 9:18 PM Subject: Horses Just found your note in ebay about the 29 horses that had been starved. I

Re: Bot lifestyle?

1999-02-04 Thread Jean Gayle
This message is from: Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gail. It is my understanding that the horse ingests the egg when he licks orgrooms himself. Maybe that is wrong or they ingest when the egg falls to the grass. Whatever, in all this mud they will drown if the latter is the case. -Original

Re: Brusvein and Hi, Bill

1999-02-04 Thread Northhorse
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 2/4/99 5:45:14 Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Freya has been my most consistent producing mare, she has had two foals by Solar, and five foals by Konggard and she is in foal now. All the while she has been used

Re: roaching manes

1999-02-04 Thread Jean Ernest
This message is from: Jean Ernest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you Lynda,for sharing all this research with us, it is very interesting! I am saving it on a floppy. I wonder is the white or flaxen manes with the center stripe displayed had a special meaning. Jean in bright, sunny but cold

Re: Wood chewing here too

1999-02-04 Thread Jean Gayle
This message is from: Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sorry I am 47 emails behind, how did this happen. When I said wormed for bots I meant any wormer that kills bots. Ivermectin always is my choice. I rarely have wood chewing except around Oct,Nov and after worming it stops. Jean gayle Aberdeen

Off Topic But Cute... For The Alaskans In The Group

1999-02-04 Thread Northhorse
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 2/4/99 11:10:58 Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A note to Mary Thurman - those folks racing in Fairbanks may be crazy, but what about those of us who choose to live in the great Northwet? The mud has been a great

Re: THE NORTH AMERICAN GJEST CHALLENGE -

1999-02-04 Thread Jean Gayle
This message is from: Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED] That wind sounds terrifying and I was complaining about 60mph. I would be so worried about my horses, dogs etc. With a wind like that you could not even open the door, could you? Let alone walk in it. Hope things go well for you now. Jean

Re: roaching manes

1999-02-04 Thread Jean Ernest
This message is from: Jean Ernest [EMAIL PROTECTED] The most sacred of all horses were colored white, grey, or grey dappled. These horses were NEVER ridden, but kept in sacred oak groves and treated like royalty. It was said their very behavior could foresee the future. Well, this explains

Re: roaching manes

1999-02-04 Thread wcoli
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lynda, Thanks for the GREAT information. I look forward to learning more. --- William M. Coli Extension Educator/ Statewide IPM Coordinator Dept. of Entomology Agricultural Engineering Bldg. UMass Amherst MA 01003 Phone: 413-545-1051

Re: roaching manes

1999-02-04 Thread Heithingi
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello all! As my degree is in the Germanic Literature area, with an emphasis on Norse, I thought I would relay some horse info I have acquired throughout my studies. To set the facts straight, Vikings were only a very small window within the Nordic world.

Re: Humourous and witty comments

1999-02-04 Thread Mike May
This message is from: Mike May [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 11:09 AM 2/4/99 -0800, you wrote: This message is from: Knutsen Fjord Farm [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Mike, Naturally, I loved your post. I'd like to know where you found it [unless you made it up] as I'd like to use it in my book. [Midlife

Humourous and witty comments

1999-02-04 Thread Knutsen Fjord Farm
This message is from: Knutsen Fjord Farm [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Mike, Naturally, I loved your post. I'd like to know where you found it [unless you made it up] as I'd like to use it in my book. [Midlife Madness - Setting up Horsekeeping] I might be able to get permission to use it [credited, of

roaching manes

1999-02-04 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah [EMAIL PROTECTED] Catherine Lassesen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Though Viking days, I am sure it deals with battle and keeping the hair short to not get into trouble in battle. (The enemy grabbing the mane and swinging onto you and your horse.) Maybe one

Re: Re: Fjord in Ad

1999-02-04 Thread HorseLotti
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes, I saw the ad and thought it was great!!! Linda in MN where we are in the deep freeze again today - horses are napping in the sun which thankfully is getting pretty warm

Message From Mink Hollow

1999-02-04 Thread Northhorse
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] After hearing that Hostar is a Brusvein son, I contacted Laura at Mink Hollow to request video info, etc. She told me she's no longer on this list as she is very busy with new arrivals. She asked me to mention to you all that she has her A Premium fillies

mares for sale

1999-02-04 Thread Joel a harman
This message is from: Joel a harman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Gang, This is a post about mares for sale so if you're not interested here's where you hit the scroll button! I have decided to get a new line of mares. I have for sale an NFHR foundation mare her 5 yr old daughter. Vind, 12yr, has King

metro parks...

1999-02-04 Thread Ingrid Ivic
This message is from: Ingrid Ivic [EMAIL PROTECTED] I spent a year there myself. Have a lot of family there. Lived on 120th and Lorraine, above a little jewelry shop. Went to West Tech High School, many MANY moons ago. Wonderful people in Cleveland. Always wanted to ride through

Re: metro parks...

1999-02-04 Thread Jean Ernest
This message is from: Jean Ernest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Ingrid, I will certainly have to come visit you and your Fjords next time I go home. I grew up in North Olmsted, and was horse crazy then. Never heard of Fjords back then! I visited David Schneider's fjords back about 5 years ago when I

Re: metro parks...

1999-02-04 Thread Northhorse
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 2/4/99 7:47:03 Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ohio's Emerald Trails are well maintained by the rangers and also the trail riding group I belong to...the Cuyahoga chapter of Ohio Horseman's Council, Inc. The group

Re: Bot lifestyle?

1999-02-04 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] While we are discussing bots, :) - can anyone clear up a bot lifestyle question I have? My QH came to me in the fall with legs *yellow* with bots. He is a fusspot about having them all taken off, though I've got most of them off - except for a

Brusvein and Hi, Bill

1999-02-04 Thread konggard
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Bill , its a virtual miracle that I am on the computer at all. I am having a blast and I love checking my e-mail. How are you managing with all the ice? How many mares do you have in foal this year? How is Ring doing, how old is he now? You would have

Re: The North American Gjest Challenge

1999-02-04 Thread saskia schoofs
This message is from: saskia schoofs [EMAIL PROTECTED] following my dictionary, a mile is 1.609 KM Saskia -- From: Werner, Kristine [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Re: Re: The North American Gjest Challenge Date: don, 4 feb 1999 14:41

Re: RE: Re: Re: The North American Gjest Challenge

1999-02-04 Thread Reinbowend
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] And translated to seconds and/or minutes the STRBRD trotter trots 1.48=108 seconds for the mile or theoretically 1.04 for the K. These are record numbers and it takes a horse time to reach speed so he could probably not do the first K as fast as 1.04,

Re: fjordhorse-digest V98 #340

1999-02-04 Thread Catherine Lassesen
This message is from: Catherine Lassesen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have you ever tried harnessing a fjord with a long mane? Think it must be that and the time it would take to brush such thick hair out. Though Viking days, I am sure it deals with battle and keeping the hair short to not get into

Re: Why cutting Fjord's manes ?

1999-02-04 Thread Anneli Sundkvist
This message is from: Anneli Sundkvist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Frank Wijgers wrote: I'm just curius, why the manes of a Norwegian Fjord ar always cut till about 10 cm. It looks good, but it is not natural. For me this means the length MUST have a function in wild life nature - most obvious to keep

RE: Re: Re: The North American Gjest Challenge

1999-02-04 Thread Werner, Kristine
This message is from: Werner, Kristine [EMAIL PROTECTED] A mile is a greater distance than a kilometer. 1 Mile equals roughly 2 Kilometers. If the pacer trots the mile in 1.41, then he/she trots approximately 2 KM at that speed as well - the Standardbred needs about 1.48. At least that is how I

RE: Re: Re: The North American Gjest Challenge

1999-02-04 Thread Mike May, Registrar NFHR
This message is from: Mike May, Registrar NFHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 08:15 AM 2/4/99 -0500, you wrote: This message is from: Werner, Kristine [EMAIL PROTECTED] A mile is a greater distance than a kilometer. 1 Mile equals roughly 2 Kilometers. If the pacer trots the mile in 1.41, then he/she trots

RE: Re: Re: The North American Gjest Challenge

1999-02-04 Thread Werner, Kristine
This message is from: Werner, Kristine [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check that - I am sure that the mile is even greater than 1.2 KM. -Original Message- From: Mike May, Registrar NFHR [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Donnerstag, 4. Februar 1999 14:22 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Re:

Re: Fjord in Ad

1999-02-04 Thread Paula Steinmetz
This message is from: Paula Steinmetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Did anyone see the ad for britches - center, back page of the most recent State Line Tack (Brockport, NY) sale flyer? Yes - a fjord! Nice placement - whose fjord?? Paula with NorthCreek Bjoge and Oslo Gull in frigid Wisconsin

Re: Re: Re: The North American Gjest Challenge

1999-02-04 Thread Mike May
This message is from: Mike May [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 05:34 PM 2/3/99 -0500, you wrote: This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just thought you might be interested: The record for the MILE by a STBRD pacer is 1.41 and for a STBRD trotter is 1.48. So keeping Apples - Apples or km to km's then