This message is from: "Carol Riviore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi Everybody from Carol Rivoire at Beaver Dam Farm in Nova Scotia ---
We're thrilled and proud as punch! . . . . .
When we imported Gjest from Holland in 1987, he had a wonderful record for
producing quality sons and daughters. -- Three things I knew about his
offspring were ---
#1 - He produced big-bodied, substantial horses
#2 - He produced good movers
#3 - He produced horses with especially good characters and work ethics
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When I first saw Gjest in Holland, and saw his movement, I was blown away,
but we didn't make the decision to buy him until we heard about his
offspring, and what we heard we liked. -- And now, after owning Gjest and
breeding with him for 17 years, we see the results of his incredible genetic
strength in countless sons and daughters.
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JARL - (Gjest x Uloza-Knud) -- In 2001, we sold Jarl, then 3 years old, to
The Center For Discovery in Harris, NY. This is a very large therapeutic
center with an important Hippotherapy department. -- From the beginning,
even at three years old, Jarl was good at his job. -- Today, three years
later, he's fantastic at his job according to his trainer, Michelle. --
JARL has just been named
AMERICAN HIPPOTHERAPY HORSE OF THE YEAR
WOW! --
We're just plain thrilled!
The story of Jarl will be appearing in Equine Therapy magazines, and there
will be a Presentation Banquet the end of November.
But, I can't let Gjest take all the credit for producing this valuable
son. -- Jarl's dam is Uloza, sadly deceased just last year. -- Uloza was
one of the first mares we imported from Holland. -- Actually, she was
Danish in breeding --- She was a big, old-fashioned type mare. She was big
and long-bodied, and had a large head and ears that were too long. ---
She was a bit funny-looking if you took her part by part, but . . . . the
big head, long body, big ears.
But, added together these parts produced a wonderful mare!
Every horse person who saw Uloza always said something like . .
. . "Man, what an impressive horse!" ---- Uloza was an Alpha mare. No
question of that. All the other horses parted to let her walk wherever she
wanted to go. -- Uloza was a riding, driving, draft horse. -- She had 21
foals. She was always pristine clean, and NEVER sick or injured. -- Among
the various jobs she did, she was a therapeutic riding horse for a center in
Antigonish, Nova Scotia. She was a fabulous mare!
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BRAVEHEART - Sired by BDF Malcolm Locke (Gjest x Stine) - Braveheart's dam
is Darmi, a King Harald daughter. And Braveheart's registered name is
Brynjar. -- Braveheart is owned and competed by
Kay Van Natta from Davisburg, Michigan. ---- The reason Brynjar is called
"Braveheart" has to do with his birth. -- He was born about a month early,
outside in early March and was found by his owner/breeder, Nancy Roermer, in
an icy mud puddle. He was too small and weak to stand, so Nancy had to
bring him back to the barn in a wheelbarrow. The Roemers had grave doubts
he'd survive. Nancy sent me a photo of the tiny colt lying in the straw
cradled in the lap of her 3 yr. old grandson. She told me that the little
boy kept saying to the colt . . . "Come on, Braveheart, you can make it".
Well, he certainly did make it, and make it "Big" and "Big Time". --
Braveheart was the Grand Champion Gelding and
Overall Halter Champion at the 2004 Woodstock Show. -- Joanne Goble,
manager of the show, said to me . . . "He's the most gorgeous horse I've
ever seen!" -- And speaking of "gorgeous", Nancy Roemer, a former Morgan
breeder, said of BDF Malcom Locke, that he had the "most gorgeous head"
she'd ever seen.
Braveheart was evaluated at the Indiana Evaluation and earned a Blue for
conformation, as well as a Blue for Riding & Driving.
Braveheart's owner, Kay Van Natta, is a retired schoolteacher, and this
wonderful gelding is her retirement project. --- We're really proud of Kay
and Braveheart. In fact, we're proud of all our owners. --- Gjest is now
28 years old, and although he looks great and is still healthy and fertile,
we know he won't be with us forever. -- That's why it's so gratifying to
see hi sons and daughters do so well.
Regards, Carol Rivoire
http://www.beaverdamfarm.com
Beaver Dam Farm Fjords II
R.R. 7
Pomquet, Nova Scotia B2G 2L4
Tel:(902) 386-2304
Fax:(902) 386-2149
Carole Rivoire, author of THE FJORDHORSE HANDBOOK,
only book in English on the Fjord breed, available from Beaver Dam Farm,
$36.95 US includes P&H
http://www.beaverdamfarm.com/book.htm
