This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (BRIAN C JACOBSEN)
On Sun, 8 Nov 1998 K.J. Brighton wrote:
Brian: We have not met yet although I hope to in the not to distant
future. We do have something in common as I purchased a mare named
Heather I from your friend, I beleive, Ray Taylor in Carbondale, CO. I
bought her bred to their Stud Danser. I think this mare goes back to
the Jacobsen blood lines. Am I right? She is out of
Helge by Leif. Would like to know more about her family tree. She is on
the small side but moves out very nicely and I hope to put her with my
mare, Bliss, for a lead team.
Thanks for the interest. Keith
I hope we can meet also Keith.
Here is more of Heather's family history. Her sire, Leif, is by the
imported stallion Dragtind and imported mare Lenda I. Both Dragtind and
Lenda received 3rd prize as three year olds in Norway, and would have
been eligible for higher prizes had they stayed in that country. But
after we (my grandfather Harold) brought them to the States, they were
never shown again. Dragtind was the son of Ola Gik, a first prize
stallion who had also been awarded first prize for his offspring
(designated 1.pr - 1.avk.pr). As Carol Rivoire says, you can learn a lot
about a horse by looking at his dam's sire as well. Dragtind's dam was
Goma, a first prize mare, who was sired by the famous stallion Valebu,
also 1.pr - 1.avk.pr. Dragtind was the new genre of stallion in Norway
at that time. Sven Huseby, one of the founders of the NFHR, was over in
Norway after Dragtind left, and many breeders that he talked with there
told him they were sorry to see Dragtind go. He was born during the time
in Norway when they were starting to shift back from the draftier,
farming type Fjords, to the more multi-purpose, more agile,
smoother-moving Fjords, and Dragtind was one of the first and most
promising of the stallions.
Dragtind had a very sweet temperament and he was every bit the gentleman.
We could lead 2 or 3 small children around on his back and he loved it.
I was only 10 when we brought Dragtind to the US, but I and my brothers
(one younger, one older) would routinely hand-breed him to the mares and
he handled very nicely. We had one particular mare who would not let
Grabb breed her, but was in love with Dragtind. I think she thought of
Grabb as the Arnold Schwartzenegger of Fjords,while Dragtind was the Mel
Gibson. Dragtind produced many nice foals until his death several years
ago in New Mexico.
One of the nicest foals was our stallion Leif, who looks and moves very
much like his sire. Leif's dam, Lenda I, has Lidaren in her background,
who was also a 1.pr - 1.avk.pr stallion in Norway. Bear with me now,
because I'm going to make a typical breeder remark; We think Leif is one
of the best Fjord stallions in the country! I know, I know - every other
breeder thinks their stallion is best too. ; ) But actually, a Leif
daughter was Grand Ch. Mare at Woodstock '96. And he has had several
grandsons who have distinguished themselves; O.H. Alexander was Overall
Grand Ch. Fjord at Woodstock '96, and O.H. Kevlar earned the title the
following year. (Note - an itsy bitsy teensy weensy bit of credit for
Alex and Kevlar also goes to Julie Will and her stallion Erlend, their
sire. Hi Julie! ; ) ). So anyhow, one of these years we are going
to have to put on an Evaluation here in the Southeast to put our money
where our mouth is regarding Leif. His offspring pretty much tell the
story though.
Keith, we sold Leif as a two year old to Jim Sutton who was in
Pennsylvania at that time. Some years later, when Jim was retiring from
raising Fjords, we bought Leif back and we now have him on our farm in
North Carolina. I believe Helge may have been Jim's mare, or at least
was bred to Leif at Jim's farm.
Ray Taylor's stallion, a nice son of Hostar, whom you say Heather is bred
to, has beautiful deep rich coloring. That sounds like a neat
combination and I hope you have a wonderful foal!
I know Joel, toot toot! : ) It's getting bad when no one else will toot
toot for me so I have to toot toot for myself. Actually, I was toot
tooting for Leif, and I'm not even sure he needs the help. He has never
been bashful about toot tooting. He's pretty good at it actually.
Brian Jacobsen
Norwegian Fjordhest Ranch
Salisbury, North Carolina
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