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  • October 3, 2009 First Canadian Evaluation - Almonte

    The first Canadian Fjord Horse Evaluation was held in Almonte Ontario October 3rd. 2009

  • April 8, 2009 PREPARE YOURSELF AND YOUR HORSE FOR AN EVALUATION

    If you plan to take your horse to an evaluation, be proactive!  Here are a few things you can do to improve your scores.

     

  • March 22, 2009 HIGH POINT FJORD STALLION
  • January 30, 2009 SO WHAT DOES AN EVALUATION MEAN TO THE BREED?

    Fjord horse evaluations have been going on for over 100 years.  If you buy a Fjord from Norway you will find every one of his or her ancestors has been evaluated.  The scores and ratings are kept in a stud book and today that information can be accessed online.

  • January 11, 2009 SKIJORING

    Skijoring began several hundred years ago in Scandinavia as a way for people to travel during the cold and snowy months of winter.  Towed behind reindeer on long wooden skis, these early travelers found skijoring a useful and ractical means of getting from one place to another when the roads were impassable.

  • March 20, 2007 I’M IMPRESSED

    Take a look at the Stallion Photo Gallery in the North America Record Book, Volume 2!  61 stallions have been evaluated and approved in North America under the NFHR evaluation program.   In addition there are at least 8 stallions here in North America, evaluated and approved as breeding stallions in their countries of origin before being imported! We have 69 plus excellent choices for breeding and improving our general gene pool.

  • March 28, 2006 BLUE RIBBON'S IMPORTANCE TO A BREEDER?

    There are two different kinds of blue ribbons in the Fjord world, those received from the judge in the show ring and those granted by officials in a Fjord Evaluation.

  • January 15, 2006 THE HIGH COST OF STALLIONS

    At just about every gathering of horse people, you can find a discussion taking place somewhere concerning the high cost of breeding fees these days...

  • January 10, 2006 DRIVING HORSES ON ICE

    32 years ago I had an opportunity to drive a horse and sleigh on ice.  I was hooked.  There is nothing to compare with flying down a frozen river with your horse trotting as fast as he can motor.

  • February 1, 2005 OUR TRIP TO DENMARK

    My wife Jane and I just returned home from a shopping trip to Denmark.  There we purchased two gorgeous young fillies and a “conformation plus” six year old mare. As if this wasn’t enough, we enjoyed a horse experience money can’t buy.

  • October 1, 1999 A LOGGING LESSON WITH PAT WOLFE

    text and photos by Ruth Freeman & Dana Whittle This article originally appeared in the Spring 1999, Year 4, Issue 12 of The Draft Horse Connection, and has been reproduced here with permission. It has been reformatted slightly to fit the web medium. ©1999 by Farmer's Daughter Publishing.

  • June 25, 1997 IMPORTING BREEDING STALLIONS FROM NORWAY

    Buying a horse from Europe is not the same thing as buying one from Canada or the US. I just got my new stallion, Felix, home from Norway and I had to jump through many hoops to do it.

  • October 3, 1996 RALPH (Rolf)

    I FIRST MET RALPH in September of 1980.   I'm sure that we both remember the day well...

  • August 20, 1996 FJORDS MAKE THE BIG TIME

    THE CANADIAN DRIVING CLASSIC is the largest pleasure driving show in Canada. It's an annual four day event...

  • October 1, 1990 PASTURE NOTES

    written by Dave McWethy, first appeared in the Fjord Herald, Autumn 1990