Re: Using the evaluation system for stallion selection.

This message is from: "ruth bushnell" <>...But, all ranting aside, the widespread prevalence of comments like this is a real detriment to people's understanding of the system (Lori - --- I think both you

Re: Using the evaluation system for stallion selection.

This message is from: Lori Albrough On 10/15/13 10:13 AM, Olivia Farm, Inc. wrote: Again, where I agree is that if everyone only looks for the "best" stallion out there Solveig's post, with it's wonderfully ironic (to me) quotation marks, has given me a poke to speak up. For years we have

Using the evaluation system for stallion selection.

of evaluations as a tool for stallion selection, I have to agree and also disagree with Ruthie.  I agree that if people aren't being careful in their own selection of stallions, looking at pedigrees, blood-lines, and traits, we could definitely stand to loose quality individuals and diverse blo

Re: Stallion Selection

This message is from: Kay Van Natta What Ruth says about dangers of focussing on a single and narrowly defined type for the Fjordhorse sounds reasonable. Exactly how to dodge that bullet is the tricky part. Breeding for temperament aside, would we be well-advised to cross our sporty ty

Stallion Selection

This message is from: "ruth bushnell" I’ve misplaced the original post but it said something about the evaluation system being only a tool.. and went on to say it may be useful in identifying lines of horses or individuals with better or poorer than average characteristics. I agree that it is

RE: Evaluation and Stallion selection

This message is from: "Gail Russell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hmm, Odin is SIX, and he finally looks like he has filled out and muscled up the way he is supposed to be. Gail Over the last 2 years he has really grown into a nice horse with alot of excellent training and a really good diet . This all

Re: Evaluation and Stallion selection

This message is from: "Susan Felix" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Susan from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes I have to agree with Starfire Farm Re: Evaluation and Stallion selection. I myself had not the opportunity to have my Fjord evaluated . What I do know is that they do grow and mature a very

Re: Evaluations and stallion selection

This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "starfirefarm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Arne Presthus even said, at the Libby 2001 > evaluation, that Norway may need to look to America sometime in the future, > to regain some of the draft qualities that may have been lost in t

Re: Stallion Selection + introduction

This message is from: "Mike May, Registrar NFHR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 12:17 AM 10/28/99 +0200, you wrote: This message is from: "fjordkootje" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> .Kootje. Kootje (say "Coatje") is a 9 year old Fjord gelding. His father is Astrix I-39 and his mother is Gusta. I bought Kootje 6

Re: Stallion Selection + introduction

This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Welkommen, Natalie and thank you for the pictures of Astrix Jean Gayle Aberdeen, WA [Authoress of "The Colonel's Daughter" Occupied Germany 1946 TO 1949 ] http://www.techline.com/~jgayle Barnes & Noble Book Stores

Re: Stallion Selection + introduction

IL PROTECTED]> Sent: dinsdag 26 oktober 1999 14:02 Subject: Re: Stallion Selection > This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Arthur Rivoire) > > > Hello Everybody from Carol Rivoire at Beaver Dam Farm in Nova Scotia - > > Kiwi Brigid in NZ asked - > > > >Carol, g

Re: Stallion Selection

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Arthur Rivoire) Hello Everybody from Carol Rivoire at Beaver Dam Farm in Nova Scotia - Kiwi Brigid in NZ asked - > >Carol, given the list which is covered, is the small (13hh) lighter >bone Fjord accepted in the breed standards? Do the Europeans sele

Re: Stallion Selection & Sweetness

This message is from: "Brigid Verry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wow that is some stallion selection! But I believe the Europeans are very strict on their stallion selections of other breeds too. ( ie the Warmbloods) Maybe for those of us who are have just started with the introduct

Re: Stallion Selection & Sweetness

This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Carol, just so I do not come away with the thought that these countries control all breeding stallions...aren't there many stallions and mares who never go to the evaluations and remain on the farm breeding all kinds of fjords? Jean Gay

Re: Stallion Selection & Sweetness

impact on breeding here. You say, "Just because it was born in Europe doesn't necessarily make it BETTER." In a general way, you're right. I mean there are good Fjords produced in North America. And certainly, all the stud colts born in Europe are not stallion qual