FW: driving at the derby

2015-05-06 Thread lindy hild
This message is from: "lindy hild" Good Morning Well, the Fjords moved into Louisville last week and managed to impress just about everyone at the Pegasus Parade on Thursday April 30th . It’s a big parade, there were about 115 units including about half a dozen “Macy’s Parade” typ

FW: driving at the Kentucky Derby

2015-04-27 Thread lindy hild
This message is from: "lindy hild" It's finally time!! Tomorrow and Wednesday, April 28 and 28, several drivers ( and riders) with their Norwegian Fjord Horses will converge on the Kentucky State Fairgrounds. We have been invited to appear in the Pegasus Parade, THE official

Fjords in Harrisburg

2015-03-04 Thread lindy hild
This message is from: "lindy hild" The Mid-Atlantic Norwegian Fjord Group is bringing 8 Fjords to the 13 th Annual Pennsylvania Horse World Expo in Harrisburg March 5-8. We'll be doing the Driving Derby (carriage racing): Marsha Korose with Ulend and Solvar and Lindy Hild with

RE: fjordhorse-digest V2015 #9

2015-01-19 Thread lindy hild
This message is from: "lindy hild" I am so sorry...Bogie was truly a legend on the Fjord List. I am sure he's loving you still from afar Lindy Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw FH

trucks,continued

2013-06-30 Thread lindy hild
This message is from: "lindy hild" Hi List We replaced our F(j)ord 250( gas) with a used Dodge Cummins( diesel ) truck to pull the 18' steel GN trailer. The Ford couldn't do the Blue Ridge Mountains in Va and NC, so we had our car guy go online and he found this gem

saddles

2013-06-16 Thread lindy hild
This message is from: "lindy hild" We have been very happy with theThoroughgood ( British made, synthetic) wide gullet saddle. My Fjord is a "sporty" rather than a "drafty" body type. It's the modified dressage saddle, but I trailride.. Lindy and Da

RE: Sarah Clarke

2011-05-21 Thread lindy hild
This message is from: "lindy hild" Hi Sarah, I am not a long-term driver - yet - but it just seems to me that a 4-wheeled vehicle , if light, would be a better bet than a 2-wheeled for your girl. My reasoning is that with a carriage (4 wheels) there is NO WEIGHT on her back, the

for the knitters in the group

2011-04-01 Thread lindy hild
This message is from: "lindy hild" Hi, all! My sister sent me this link. My knitting skills are not good enough to attempt this, but I KNOW some of you are more than talented enough to attempt this (one in brown dun, one in gray dun, one in white dun..! ) Imagine this sweater on a l

socks

2010-09-22 Thread lindy hild
This message is from: "lindy hild" I love my smartwool sox, they fit under paddock boots and are tall enough that there's no rubbing from the boots. I get mine at Gander Mountain. Lindy in Va, where it's still warm , although Fall arrives today at 5:18 pm. Important F

get well soon

2010-08-25 Thread lindy hild
This message is from: "lindy hild" Heartfelt get-better-soon wishes to Marsha Korose & Curt Pierce's Caribou (the wonder horse ) who had emergency colic surgery Tuesday evening @ Marion DuPont Scott Equine Hospital in Leesburg, Va. We understand he had a fairly good post-o

oz-toundingly good news

2010-08-03 Thread lindy hild
This message is from: "lindy hild" HOW Grand that the test came back okay! Dagney and I are sending a dozen E-carrots and our best wishes. Lindy and Dagney in the humid-once-again Shenandoah Valley Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5

Henry

2010-07-29 Thread lindy hild
This message is from: "lindy hild" Dear Heather I am SO SORRY You did the right thing, and he is grateful to you. Hold tight to all the good memories and let the tears come. Thinking of you Lindy Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5

WHOO-HOO!

2010-07-28 Thread lindy hild
This message is from: "lindy hild" Just looked at the results from Hickory Knoll: Phil Odden - first place Peregrine-Spear - first place You just gotta love them Fjordies!! Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Arch

finger lakes show

2010-07-27 Thread lindy hild
This message is from: "lindy hild" Just home (and very tired!) from the Finger Lakes Fjord Horse Show in Weedsport, NY, where the committee arranged everything (except the humidity) beautifully! Congratulations and a big THANK YOU to Tammy Savery, Nora Lampman, Pat McCurdy, Barb J

re: wintec saddles

2010-04-28 Thread lindy hild
This message is from: "lindy hild" Hi, list! I tried one for my mare, Fit me in the store on a fake horse, but not a good thing on the real horse. Bought a Thorogood, as it fit us both at the same time much, much better. Even more appealing, :-) the Thorogood was also about $300 ch

first day out!

2010-03-05 Thread lindy hild
This message is from: "lindy hild" It got to almost 50 degrees here in the northern end of the Shenandoah Valley, so Dagney and I had our first outing in the carriage since, uh, just after the National Drive?! (Or maybe November) . Anyway-it's been too long. Snow mostly gone,

garlic for bugs?

2010-02-03 Thread lindy
This message is from: "lindy" I was wondering if anyone has had luck adding garlic powder to the feed to make their Fjord taste or smell "nasty" and so keep the gnats from biting. It's only just past Groundhog Day, but she's shedding now, and that means spring

kudos for the unsung volunteers

2009-08-20 Thread lindy
This message is from: "lindy" Dear Listers I wish to add my thanks and attaboys to the volunteers Sue Freivald mentioned earlier. John Bolinski was always by the ingate; measuring, microchipping and dispensing uplifting advice and wisecracks despite the searing sun and

The National Drive

2009-08-08 Thread lindy
This message is from: "lindy" Dear Fjellow Fjordies Bruce, Laurel and I are taking Dagney to the National Drive this October: our first (hopefully not the only) trip there! Looking for someone who would like to share a tack stall for the week. If you are going and want to share,

FW: home from the fest

2009-06-29 Thread lindy
This message is from: "lindy" _ From: lindy [mailto:bah...@comcast.net] Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 8:43 PM Subject: home from the fest Dear Fellow Fjordies, Laurel and Dagney and I are home from our first, but definitely not our last Fjords and Friends Fun

RE: fjordhorse-digest V2009 #113

2009-06-07 Thread lindy
This message is from: "lindy" Dear Listers and siblings RE: Fjords near Front Royal, Virginia My sweetie-pie Fjord Mare, Dagney lives just 20 minutes north of Front Royal, just off of Rt 522. Curt Pierce and Marsha Korose have a whole farm of Fjords an hour west of Front Royal, as well

holly whips

2009-05-14 Thread lindy
This message is from: "lindy" Hello, fellow listers (wait, that sounds bad..) Anyway. A question for all and sundry: we bought a lovely, older Holly Whip at the Martin's carriage Auction in Pennsylvania last month. It went for a reasonable price, and we lucked out. Now, I

re: wintec saddles

2009-04-27 Thread lindy hild
This message is from: "lindy hild" -- Greetings! I am new-ish to the List, so I hope I am submitting this correctly.(Steve, please help me if I err!) I have a lovely Fjord mare, and tried several Wintec saddles on her. Although they "sat" well in the store (me) they