This message is from: "Olivia Farm, Inc." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Greetings from Olivia Farm,
The annual stallion show was held in Nordfjordeid, Norway over the weekend.
Results and photos have already been posted on the Norgesfjordhestlag website.
For those of you who can not navigate the w
This message is from: "Karen McCarthy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Julie Will" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Almost to a horse, the stallions were fit, not fat. I think it is very
>important to consider the fitness of the animal, as a fat horse may >look
very drafty, but when properly fitted to sho
This message is from: "Julie Will" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Darryl and I had a wonderful visit to Norway, and had the opportunity to
visit a couple of farms. Farms are usually passed from father to son, for
many generations. Both the farms we visited still had the original
farmhouse standing, built i
This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
David, Hope you do not think that I feel these are wrong. Just have not
seen this long body type except as you say on the picture of
Rosendalsborken. Here we seem, in dressage, to aim for the short backed
horse so that he can "get under hims
This message is from: "David Stewart, Registrar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gail and Jean,
Yes, I too was surprised that there wasn't more variety of size (13-15hh)
with different types of build at the stallion show. At Nordfjordeid all the
stallions were very similar in "type" and were all 14-14.1hh.
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I know what you mean, Jean. I am partial to the more athletic Fjords, so
have gotten used to the look of Fjords with a little less "substance" - but,
as my partner put it, one of those stallions "looked like a snake." We
weren't sure whether
This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
David I am surprised by the narrow girth, trying to say opposite of "deep,"
of the three stallion winners. To me they appear long and not deep girthed.
Evidently my eye is trained to see them differently than I should? Jean
PS maybe it is t
eg and Betsy. I have no doubt I'll smile every time I remember Peg
Knutsen driving her "rent a wreck" car up that old road! Yeeeh!
Anyway, the FHRS has published photographs of the three top stallions at
this year's Nordfjordeid stallion show. The picture
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