This message is from: "Gail Russell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At the 2001 stallion evaluation in Nordfjordeid it was spitting snow and blowing. That said, the weather in Winona was considerably worse. One looked out and saw dust blowing, trees bent over. I remember thinking how happy I was that I was not one of the judges who had to stand out in the cold and watch the draft evaluations. It WAS nasty.
In Norway, Catherine Lassesen advised me that the Norwegian attitude is that "there is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes." In Norway, people wear waterproof insulated nylon coveralls routinely, even in town in the beginning of May. Sort of "Carharts on steroids!" The only comparable gear I have seen here is in sailing supply stores. My guess is that the Norwegians would say that a Fjord needs to be able to deal with the weather, whatever it is. I do know that I get a bit impatient with people who have to make excuses for their fancy warmblood that can't possibly perform its dressage test because there is some scary object (blue tarp, white tire, etc) any where near the arena. It would be good to have "No excuses horses." (Maybe a great breeders farm name...."No Excuses Fjord Farm?" Or "Norwegian Fjord Horse, the No Excuses Horse." Gail The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
