This message is from: "Dave Walter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Just have to brag about our 4H show last Sat. July 27th in Manitowoc WI. I am on the 4H Horse Committee and could not have been prouder. I announced that day and also brought a 3 yr old gelding, O.H. Uljar. Might be nuts to try and do both jobs! UGH, but that is another story. The girl I had riding him was a big help and so are her parents, so I had little to worry about. Tabitha is 13 and very good with horses. She rides an arab at home, but he can not be shown as he gets too excitable. They have tried for years but he just can't settle down, so she was thrilled when I asked if she would ride one of mine. Uljar was not the only Fjord there that day. Two other Fjords, Clay Ridge Britta and Fair Acres Jake were also showing. Jake and Britta ride western and Uljar goes english. It was Britta and Uljar's first show but you would not have known that. Uljar got a 1st in draft halter(just the fjords in that class), 2nd in w/t english pleasure and 6th in equitation w/t. The pleasure classes had 8 and 10 in them respectively. Jake got a 4th in horsemanship, 2nd in bareback pleasure w/t, 3rd in w/t western pleasure and all kinds of placings in the fun classes, in which they won high point for their age division in the fun class division. Britta got a 4th in bareback pleasure w/t, 5th in western pleasure w/t and several placings in the fun classes. They were soooo adorable. Britta was ridden by a 12 yr old girl who has never shown before, Jake was ridden by his owner Keelie age 12, who first started showing last year. They were all great and really proved that Fjords can do very well in the open shows. I wanted so much to yell and scream when the girls placed but held it together, seeing I was the announcer,thought it might not be too professional. :-) I think one of the biggest things, I think, that the Fjords have going for them in the ring is how steady and consistent they are. Even when they are young, if trained right they sure hold it together nicely. I'm hoping next year we have even MORE Fjords there!! Oh, all three are different color, so that was kind of neat as well. Uljar is gray, Britta is red and Jake is brown and you know Uljar only whinnied when he saw the other Fjords, could have cared less about all the other horses in the ring. In one class there were 20 horses, he didn't place in that one,he was good, but just not good enough, too many good older well trained horses, but he did all that he was suppose to and was well behaved. I was proud of him and the other two Fjords plus all the girls!!
Patti Jo Walter Francis Creek Fjords Two Rivers, WI
