This message is from: Anita Unrau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We have just finished another long drive home from the east coast. We were away from home competing at Combine Drives for four months this spring, three months last year and seven months in l998. During the 2700 mile trip home through ten states, we had quality time to talk about what direction we want to take with our life. After much debating, soul searching and sadness we have decided to end the 27 year breeding program that we have had at Anvil's Acres.
As a result of this momentous decision we have for sale three mature breeding stallions and their carefully selected band of mares. These elite mares were selected for their genetic compatibility to each stalliion as well as the Disposition and Conformation necassary to qualify as a Anvil's Acres Broodmare. This breeding program over three decades, embodies our slogan of 'DISPOSITION, CONFORMATION, VERSATILITY' To complement our Canadian bloodlines, we imported Rudaren and 17 mares from Norway, in 1981 and spring of 82. These original Canadian and Norwegian mares are the nucleus of our breeding herd. Soon it was back to Norway in 1985 to find a stallion that we felt would enhance the excellent quality of the Rudy daughters. After two long cold weeks we finally found Leidjo in the northern part of Norway and he is now offered for sale with our last three remaining Rudaren dughters. This combination of Leidjo/Rudaren daughters, have produced some of our most outstanding Fjords for conformation and athletic ability. Leidjo is by the stallion Bjorkar 1871 and out of the grey mare Gramoy 14176 who is a daughter of the well known 1st pr. and 1 avk pr. broodmare Runa 12516. We were fortunate to have seen her in person. Over the years we selected a number of Leidjo daughters to bred to Anvil's Morgen and these have been producing tall, long legged offspring like their sire. Morgen at l4.3hh has more leg and is the modern type of Fjord. His sire is the imported stallion Modellan 1919, who is the son of the reknown Rei Halsnaes from Denmark that was imported into Norway for a few years for breeding, and out of one of our imported mares Lena 13961, whose sire was the gray stallion, Fjord Viking 1732. Like his impeccable bloodlines Morgen is well mannered in hand, riding or driving. We have used him for pasture breeding as well as hand breeding. The hardest decision of all was in deciding to sell Anvil's Regin. This son of Rudaren as a two year old won the stallion class at Libby and then hauled all the way across the country to the Woodstock, VT Fjord show the next weekend where he again won his stallion class. We competed him succesfully at Combined Driving at the Prelim level, pair and single, from Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. At 15hh, Regin stood out where ever he went for his presence, athletic ability but most of all for his gentlemanly demeanor. Most of our mares were the Rudaren daughters/granddaughters so we where limited to the number of mares on hand to bred to Regin. The Morgen daughters are just now getting to be old enough to bred to Regin. Each one of the above stallions, have from five to ten females that could be sold with them for a complete breeding package. We have mares and fillies from draft, general purpose, to the modern type for sale as well as three 2000 colts that are stallion quality. Two are Leidjo son's and the third is a Regin son. We have five three and four year old geldings in various stages of riding and driving training left to sell and one weanling that will make an excellent gelding. If you have always wanted an Anvil Acres Fjord and put off getting one, this is your last chance to do so from the original source. Or if you have contemplated trying out for the 2003 World Pony Championships now is an excellent chance to put together that single, pair or four in hand from genetics bred for athletic ability. Our Fjords are all superior breeding quality and have lived up to our breeding goals of raising quality Fjords that have good work ethics, enjoy doing whatever task you ask of them, have a conformation that will keep them sound well into old age and be athletic enough to go into any equine discipline. If you would like a copy of our sales list, pedigrees, pictures or more information on individual personalities please phone us at 250-446-2502 or email us [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anita and Orville Unrau Anvil's Acres Norwegian Fjord Horses Box 39 Rock Creek, B.C. VOH 1Y0 "DISPOSITION, CONFORMATION, VERSATILTY'
