weight of rider for Fjords
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Shelley- Contact list member Betsy Bauer at www.fjordpony.com. She does Fjord consignment and helped me find my boys. I think a stout horse can carry up to 300lbs. Maybe the vets on this list could elaborate. From my own experience, it seems that balance and good riding skills are much more important than weight. I've seen big riders move with grace and style, staying completely out of the horse's way. I've seen 120lb model types bounce up and down like a sack of potatoes ;-) / )_~ /L/L Brigid Wasson SF Bay Area, CA www.Brigid.Clickryder.com
Re: Hello
This message is from: Tamara Rousso [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have you checked out Beaver Dam Farm in NS? They have a web site. I think www.beaverdamfarm.com . If not it will come up on a google search. Tamara --- Shelley LeSurf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This message is from: Shelley LeSurf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi I wanted to introduce myself to the group. My name is Shelley and I have recently purchased 8 acres of land and will soon be moving. My mini ranch (tee hee) is 7 minutes outside of Sylvan Lake, Alberta. I have 2 children 17 and 19, a boy and girl. We are wanting to purchase horses for our acerage and the breed of horse we are leaning towards is a fjord. We are rookie horse people, my kids go to a horse ranch every summer (for the last 12 years) so they have some experience and I had cousins who were very active in gymkhana's, I got to groom the horses. So we have alot to learn. We will be trying to purchase older more experienced horses so they can teach us. I love everything I have learned about these wonderful fjords and I really think this is a horse that will fit my family. My daughter had a bad spill last summer at camp, so she is horse shy right now, but I think the right horse will help her over her fears. Can anyone tell me if a fjord will be comfortable carrying a 260lb teenage boy (my son). Kyle is a solid football player, he is only 5' 6 but I am worried about the wieght. Is this okay for the horse? Are they able to carry that weight easily? Also I have emailed and wrote to two breeders here in Alberta and neither has replied to me. Is there anyone on this list who is in my area who might have some horses available that meet our requirements, and that don't mind answering our questions. I look forward to hearing from all you experienced fjord people. Thanks Shelley Le Surf [EMAIL PROTECTED] = ***^^***^^***^^***^^***^^***^^***^^***^^***^^***^^*** If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things. Rene Descart
Fjord rescue list?
This message is from: Tamara Rousso [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So you can hear about all the cute little fuzzy fjords that need rescuing on the fjord rescue board. I'm sure someone will post the address of it for you. There is a fjord rescue group?? Yes, please post the URL. And for the record I am interested in rescue posts to this list too. Tamara = ***^^***^^***^^***^^***^^***^^***^^***^^***^^***^^*** If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things. Rene Descart
RE: Hello
This message is from: Casanova, Julie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello Shelley, I have a Fjord mare for sale if you are interested. I live in Lakeville Minnesota. Let me know if you are interested and I can give you more details. Julie -Original Message- From: Shelley LeSurf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 3:07 PM To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Subject: Hello This message is from: Shelley LeSurf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi I wanted to introduce myself to the group. My name is Shelley and I have recently purchased 8 acres of land and will soon be moving. My mini ranch (tee hee) is 7 minutes outside of Sylvan Lake, Alberta. I have 2 children 17 and 19, a boy and girl. We are wanting to purchase horses for our acerage and the breed of horse we are leaning towards is a fjord. We are rookie horse people, my kids go to a horse ranch every summer (for the last 12 years) so they have some experience and I had cousins who were very active in gymkhana's, I got to groom the horses. So we have alot to learn. We will be trying to purchase older more experienced horses so they can teach us. I love everything I have learned about these wonderful fjords and I really think this is a horse that will fit my family. My daughter had a bad spill last summer at camp, so she is horse shy right now, but I think the right horse will help her over her fears. Can anyone tell me if a fjord will be comfortable carrying a 260lb teenage boy (my son). Kyle is a solid football player, he is only 5' 6 but I am worried about the wieght. Is this okay for the horse? Are they able to carry that weight easily? Also I have emailed and wrote to two breeders here in Alberta and neither has replied to me. Is there anyone on this list who is in my area who might have some horses available that meet our requirements, and that don't mind answering our questions. I look forward to hearing from all you experienced fjord people. Thanks Shelley Le Surf [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Hello
This message is from: Casanova, Julie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shelley, You may want to check out the Canadian Fjord horse club. Here is there link http://cfha.org/ Julie -Original Message- From: Shelley LeSurf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 3:07 PM To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Subject: Hello This message is from: Shelley LeSurf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi I wanted to introduce myself to the group. My name is Shelley and I have recently purchased 8 acres of land and will soon be moving. My mini ranch (tee hee) is 7 minutes outside of Sylvan Lake, Alberta. I have 2 children 17 and 19, a boy and girl. We are wanting to purchase horses for our acerage and the breed of horse we are leaning towards is a fjord. We are rookie horse people, my kids go to a horse ranch every summer (for the last 12 years) so they have some experience and I had cousins who were very active in gymkhana's, I got to groom the horses. So we have alot to learn. We will be trying to purchase older more experienced horses so they can teach us. I love everything I have learned about these wonderful fjords and I really think this is a horse that will fit my family. My daughter had a bad spill last summer at camp, so she is horse shy right now, but I think the right horse will help her over her fears. Can anyone tell me if a fjord will be comfortable carrying a 260lb teenage boy (my son). Kyle is a solid football player, he is only 5' 6 but I am worried about the wieght. Is this okay for the horse? Are they able to carry that weight easily? Also I have emailed and wrote to two breeders here in Alberta and neither has replied to me. Is there anyone on this list who is in my area who might have some horses available that meet our requirements, and that don't mind answering our questions. I look forward to hearing from all you experienced fjord people. Thanks Shelley Le Surf [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Therapeutic Riding
This message is from: Sofia Jagbrant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Betsy, For a year I went a youngleadercourse, there we talked about people with handicap. In next year, when I study my last upper secondary school year, we will work with a project in a hole year. I am very intressed what horses could do for helping handicap people, ecspecially kids. I have heard the expression Therapeutic riding before, but I have never really understood what mean with it. Maybe could you explain? I would be very nice. I have a thrre year old fjordgelding whitch I think could be a good handicap horse here in Sweden sometime, so I want like to hear more. Regards Sofia - Original Message - From: Betsy Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 6:51 PM Subject: Re: fjordhorse-digest V2003 #245 This message is from: Betsy Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] At Rafter M Therapeutic Riding Center, we are still looking for a Fjord to use in our riding program. If any of the rescue horses would be older and suitable, we would be interested. Or if anyone knows of a Fjord that would be suitable and very affordable, please email me. Thanks. Betsy Moore, Rafter M Therapeutic Riding Center, Harrisburg, IL
Hello
This message is from: Shelley LeSurf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi I wanted to introduce myself to the group. My name is Shelley and I have recently purchased 8 acres of land and will soon be moving. My mini ranch (tee hee) is 7 minutes outside of Sylvan Lake, Alberta. I have 2 children 17 and 19, a boy and girl. We are wanting to purchase horses for our acerage and the breed of horse we are leaning towards is a fjord. We are rookie horse people, my kids go to a horse ranch every summer (for the last 12 years) so they have some experience and I had cousins who were very active in gymkhana's, I got to groom the horses. So we have alot to learn. We will be trying to purchase older more experienced horses so they can teach us. I love everything I have learned about these wonderful fjords and I really think this is a horse that will fit my family. My daughter had a bad spill last summer at camp, so she is horse shy right now, but I think the right horse will help her over her fears. Can anyone tell me if a fjord will be comfortable carrying a 260lb teenage boy (my son). Kyle is a solid football player, he is only 5' 6 but I am worried about the wieght. Is this okay for the horse? Are they able to carry that weight easily? Also I have emailed and wrote to two breeders here in Alberta and neither has replied to me. Is there anyone on this list who is in my area who might have some horses available that meet our requirements, and that don't mind answering our questions. I look forward to hearing from all you experienced fjord people. Thanks Shelley Le Surf [EMAIL PROTECTED]
looking for a fjord
This message is from: Bonnie Liermann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Cindi : Welcome to our list and the world of Fjords. I own 2 fjord geldings but nothing for sale. I live in Manitowoc -- not too far away. Good luck in your search. Hopefully you can find a nice experience fjord. Bonnie
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This message is from: Will Sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Helloi have Forsale a 3 yr old Fjord gelding,,he is broke to ride and drive,,asking $6000.00,,if interested contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] leave your name,phone number,,and best time to call,,,Thanks
RE: fjordhorse-digest V2003 #245
This message is from: Casanova, Julie [EMAIL PROTECTED] BETSY MOORE, I have a Fjord mare that I am selling for a reasonable price. Are you interested?? Email me and I will be happy to give you the details and photo's of her. Julie -Original Message- From: Betsy Moore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 11:52 AM To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Subject: Re: fjordhorse-digest V2003 #245 This message is from: Betsy Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] At Rafter M Therapeutic Riding Center, we are still looking for a Fjord to use in our riding program. If any of the rescue horses would be older and suitable, we would be interested. Or if anyone knows of a Fjord that would be suitable and very affordable, please email me. Thanks. Betsy Moore, Rafter M Therapeutic Riding Center, Harrisburg, IL
apology to the list
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] My apologies to the list. I've been reminded privately, in a very nice way, that there had been a discussion some months ago that rescues should be discussed on the appropriate list and that there was one for exactly that. Would someone that knows that particular list post it, I'm sure it was posted then but maybe we have new members that don't know it or some that have missplaced it. I also would like to apologize to the list for the recent post by Joel, I seem to have stirred up a hornets nest and would not want to be responsible in any way for such emails as was posted to this list. Such responses, including mine, should have been taken private. Thanks for understanding. Debby
Re: fjordhorse-digest V2003 #245
This message is from: Betsy Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] At Rafter M Therapeutic Riding Center, we are still looking for a Fjord to use in our riding program. If any of the rescue horses would be older and suitable, we would be interested. Or if anyone knows of a Fjord that would be suitable and very affordable, please email me. Thanks. Betsy Moore, Rafter M Therapeutic Riding Center, Harrisburg, IL
Mare for sale
This message is from: Casanova, Julie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello Cindi, I am asking $3,500.00 for her. But I am telling you that if you are really interested in her I would be willing to make you a deal. You sound like me, I am 41 years old and have always wanted a horse of my own. I bought my first horse when I was 36 years old. I bought a Fjord stud colt out of the mare I have now. He is wonderful. I enjoy him so much I just can't begin to explain it. So when his mother came up for sale, I leapt at the opportunity to purchase her. But I have found that owning two horses has drained my time and my resources. I board them and it just isn't working out. It is really expensive to have two. It doubles everything, vet, farrier and board, tack.the list goes on. So I decided in all fairness to my gelding, I must sell the mare. There is absolutely nothing wrong with her, and if I had a farm of my own, I would keep her. She is worth her weight in gold for her foals. She is sweet and loving and loves to be petted and groomed. She loves having attention. She is the first to the gate and she will follow you everywhere. Her name is Lissie, she is registered with the NFHR out in New York, she is DNA typed for breeding and is a wonderful broodmare and mother. she stands about 13.3hh and is about 1000 pounds. She hasn't had any professional training for riding, but she does ride on trails and she has done some ground driving. I sent my gelding to a professional for cart training and it worked out great. The trainer called and told me I did an excellent job in his ground work, made his job a whole lot easier to do the cart work. So I am sure she would take to the cart with no problems. If you are going to take lessons for riding, I am sure your trainer would put some time on Lissie to get her going solid for you. You two could have your lessons together, that is what I did with my gelding. The trainer put 30 days on him and I took lessons on her lesson horse for 30 days and then my gelding and I started lessons together ( where I rode him) and it turned out great! We have been riding together ever since. Lissie has been a pet all of her life, it sounds like she would love the attention you would shower her with. I would love to talk to you more about her if you would like to know more, please either email me or you can call me at 952-469-1869 my name is Julie I look forward to hearing from you soon. Julie
Re: Brag alert - Quinn's debut at Novice Level eventing
This message is from: Emma Bicknell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dagrun, That sounds fantastic, big hugs for Quinn. Stories like that really inspire me to get out there and do things with my ponies! Congratulations! Em Dagrun Aarsten wrote: This message is from: Dagrun Aarsten [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello everybody, I haven't kept up with the list lately but hope horses and people are all doing well. This Saturday Quinn and I made our debut at Novice level eventing at Travis Air Force Base equestrian center near Sacramento. Last week, Quinn and I seemed a little out of sync, and we somehow couldn't agree on simple things like canter transitions, so my expectations for the dressage were just to keep him as light and responsive as possible without going for perfection. I was very relieved when everything suddenly seemed to come together during the warm-up. We had a few moments where he was tempted to jump the rail again, and as all the other riders, we struggled with the serpentine pattern (two loops only, and the arena was more 15x40 than 20x40, which makes that almost impossible), and had a hint of a canter stride on a trot diagonal, plus a little sideways step in the last halt, but scored a respectable 64.5 % (35.5 penalty points). Then off to walking the cross-country course. Novice Level is 2'6 to 2'9. Somehow, at Travis, the jumps always seem a little smaller than the maximum, so I was expecting a nice little course similar to the things we practised in the clinic two weeks earlier. Not so! Jump number 3 was a wide table, just hanging in the air (no groundline at all) about 2'9 tall and probably as wide(deep). I looked at it and realized we have never seen anything that tricky before. Jump 5 a-b-c was a coffin-type combination. with a log jump, then a short down slope to a ditch with water, then a short up-slope to a plank wall. And so it went. One solid oxer that was also close to maximum height and width, again no ground line, on a pretty heavy uphill slope. All in all, a total of 18 jumps over a long course, most around the maximum height we've ever schooled and 2-3 past what we've ever practiced. Oh well, I decided to give it a try and then retire if Quinn lost heart or got really tired. So off we went, Quinn was rather slow over the first 2 jumps, so I made sure to wake him up before the scary table number 3 - he was quite surprised, and we had a conversation more or less like this: Dagrun: please jump this terrifying table here in front of us Quinn: OK, OK, WHAT! That one??? (smaller jump to the side of it) Dagrun: YES Quinn: Do you think I can do that? Dagrun: I know you can! Quinn: OK ma'am. Jumping. Hang on! After that I knew this could be good. We cleared the coffin without faults as the FIRST HORSE that day, almost all horses stopped at the water, except Quinn plus the last rider of the day (just behind us), I was already getting tired but very excited, off to a combination of two enormous cross-rails made with fat logs, big but very inviting. Then up the hill to the BIG oxer - a tap of the whip at the approach to tell him that we needed some extra impulsion for that one, and he flew over, and so it went. Every time he wasn't too sure about a jump he slowed down to have a look and then hopped over, so it wasn't always nice and fluid but WHAT A HORSE! After the fake water complex (no water in it, only sand), Quinn threw in a huge buck for fun, and I heard one of the fence judges shouting something to me (I should have listened) before we galloped on. From there it just went better and better. Towards the end I slowed him down to a trot coming downhill, for safety AND to let him catch his breath a little before the last couple of jumps. When I pointed him to the next jump, he picked up a balanced canter and sailed over. I was in ecstacy as we galloped over the finish line and everyone was cheering. Quinn has always been a favorite at Travis but last time he did baby jumps and never showed them that he can actually jump like that. Stadium jumping was another story. Quinn knows a little too well that these thin striped poles knock down pretty easily. The more substantial a jump is, the better he will jump it. So I knew this would be interesting when most of the jumps were single poles(!) hanging alone in the air at 2'6 or so. Add to that a horse that is still breathing after cross-country... and a rider that has finished most of her focus energy supplies... It wasn't too pretty, but we came around with only 3 knockdowns, although we touched at least 6 of the 11 jumps. Quinn took it all like a Sunday walk in the park, which is not necessarily good when the goal is jumping, and he happily knocked down pole after pole! The pole from jump number 10 was balancing on top of his knees for 2-3 strides (or that's what it felt like) but that didn't scare him from jumping the final number 11 with the same cheerful attitude! Oh well, not too bad, all things considered. Then, finally, someone (=the
trailer recommendations?
This message is from: Karl Jerrie Froelich [EMAIL PROTECTED] We have 3 fjords (2 in possession, one to p/u this spring) and hope to get 1 more. We're looking for a slant-in, gooseneck trailer to hold the 4, and camp out of at events. We don't really know the various makes (other than we can't afford a featherlight ;-) ); any trailers for sale or recomendations? Which brand is decent quality value? What kind of things should we watch out for? We've found a '90 Logan 4-horse slant in fully padded for $5k US; is that good? I'll be pulling it with a Ford F-250. cheers, Karl Jerrie
