ForthDownsNews

Welcome to the Forth Downs Auxiliary Page.  This is an experiment to provide an easily updated source of news. Since my webmaster and household IT expert also needs to teach night school, clean corrals, go to his day job and level up his world of warcraft character, I created this amatuer site which I can update as required.  If you got here by mistake and really want the real Forth Downs site, just click on the link in the nav bar to "Forth Downs Main Site."

Last update:  September 29, 2008

Nika and Valka represented Forth downs in the September 28, 2008 parade.  

Did you see our fjord horses in the Jamul parade and want to know more about them?

Here is a list of frequently asked questions:

 

Q: What is it with the mane?

A:  The fjord mane is naturally upright and stiffer than many horses manes.  95% of all fjords have the black stripe down the center.  Our horses manes are trimmed in the traditional style, but we have seen some people who really go crazy with designs.  It will fall over eventually if you never clip it – then they tend to look like Cruella DeVille.

 

Q: Are your fjords so calm because they are really old?

A: Actually Nika and Valka are fairly young and inexperienced.  Fjords are just mellow.

 

Q: Can you only ride them English?

A: You can do anything with a fjord.  I know of English, western, jumping, trail riding, carriage driving, draft fjords, cow fjords.. the list could go on?

 

Q:  But they are so calm – they must be boring to ride?

A:  Many fjords can get interested in the task at hand and perform to very high levels.  That can be fun, unless you miss the spooking.

 

Q:  Are they really from Norway?

A:  The breed originated in Norway.  There are now Fjord in many countries and there are registries in most of them.

 

Q:  How big do they get.

A:  Typical range is 13 hands to 15 hands, but even a short fjord is usually strong enough to carry an adult rider.

 

Q:  How can I find out more?

A:  Talk to me, or go on line to the Norwegain Fjord Horse Registry – there is a link on the main page of the website.

 

Q:  Can I visit them?

A:  Yes, but we have day jobs, so an appointment is a nice courtesty.

 

 

The "Harris" fire of October 2007  http://www.inciweb.org/incident/1012/  (the official story)

We had an exciting week - too exciting.  If you would like more details on our fire experience go to the FireBlog page!

Many people associate forth downs with football, not fjord horses.  and when I have a little more time, I am actually going to write a paragraph explaining why our farm is named "Forth Downs."