Re: Introduction

2009-02-28 Thread kateseidel
This message is from: katesei...@aol.com Tori - welcome to our list.? I think we all fell wildly in love with Oslo and Valjo as Lisa kept us up to date with pix and video of their training - although we have not received anything recently!! My husband and I train and have the privilege

Re: Fjord vs. Morgan race

2009-02-28 Thread kateseidel
This message is from: katesei...@aol.com At my last barn, before I lost all my nerve and used to race crazy little Joe out on the trails without a care, I regularly went riding with a friend and her big Warmblood.? Joe never broke a trot while the Warmblood cantered his heart out to keep up.?

RE: Fjord vs. Morgan race

2009-02-28 Thread fjords
This message is from: fjo...@hughes.net Back in them there old days (giggle). Our first Fjord, Lyder took his name to heart. We took him on a 3 day trail ride. This group had a bunch of die hart endurance riders and party cowboys. Lyder would not let the silly Arabians past him the first day. We

Re: auction - reasonable prices for Fjords

2009-02-28 Thread debi crocker
This message is from: debi crocker whfjo...@surferie.net I aggree the general public has no idea what we are spending to purchase our brood stock then locate a stallion and manage the mare for 11 months then deliver and raise the foal for another 6 months. Fjords are a very special breed.

Re: auction - reasonable prices for Fjords

2009-02-28 Thread Starfire Farm
This message is from: Starfire Farm starfiref...@usa.net Eric Kozowski wrote: Raising horses, especially right now, is not a money making proposition. This is very true, unless you are willing to put a lot of money into marketing and are willing to sell just about any horse to just about

Re: auction - reasonable prices for Fjords

2009-02-28 Thread Steve McIlree
This message is from: Steve McIlree st...@carriagehorse.com Starfire Farm wrote: ...as of Feb 17, 2009, more than 132,000 Morgan Horses have been registered. Compare that to the NFHR recently registering it's 6,000th Fjord... While this is true, you have to remember that the NFHR just

The Horrible Horse (or anything else) Market

2009-02-28 Thread Michele Noonan
This message is from: Michele Noonan fjordl...@hotmail.com I have to agree with most of the comments made about the reasonable horse prices and the horrible seller's market.. We didn't see this coming ourselves until all 4 mares were bred (and one more bought bred) for 2008 babies. Now we have