... Yes. They use upper case letters for the name,though.....BALANCE saddles......just to avoid confusion. ... I have the GPD . Did have the dressage but sold...
I agree completely...and with Roxanne's original post. Modern showing is not doing breed standards any favours - North Americans have this unfortunate...
Hello all! My name is Deborah and I live in Whitehorse, Yukon. I have been interested in Canadians for a few years now and have even gone far afield to visit...
Harvey is a stunning 5 year old gelding with an impeccable conformation, ground manners and tempermant. He has a lovely refined head and a lush mane and tail....
Hi folks, since the topic of saddles (specifically english saddles) has come up again, have decided to "recycle" a few of my old emails and experiences wrt to...
Hi, But showing can be fun. You just have to get an enthusiastic group of people together and make it that way. I'm sure there are lots of judges out there who...
Thank you Sherry,for an interesting posting, the subject was rapidly evacuated,although I thought that we would have an interesting debate on the facts that...
Welcome Deborah! I've been meaning to post about saddles, since last spring we bought two Bob Marshall Sport Saddles and now two friends have also bought Bob...
Hi I also tried a number of saddles on my Canadian. Although, I didn't really want to consider a "non-leather", the sales people convinvinced me to try the...
Our neighbor is selling a four year old gelding, Ferme CF Fancy-Boy Johnny-Ico, #8986. He is black, 15 hands, very nicely built with a lovely head and ears. He...
I agree with you, Gilles; I posted very tersely before and shouldn't have. (I should know by now that crankiness shuts down a thread quicker than anything.) ...
Hi Cec, I don't think it was me who said the judge from out east wanted to see better presentation of the horses. I think that was one of the posters to the...
Yesterday my husband and I visited our Mennonite nursery. We wanted to buy a particular holly bush. We arrived to find that the teenage daughter and one son...
Hello.. I've been reading the saddle posts with alot of interest. I've been searching for an English saddle for quite awhile without much success! In a way,...
I bought an Ansur this spring, and found that it fit my 14.3H Arab as well as my overweight 16.1H Canadien. Due to the extremely humid summer, I've done very...
The following quote attributed to Winston Churchill illuminates this discussion best. "No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all wise. Indeed, it has...
Thank you for your post Sheryl. I had been trying to figure out how to contribute to this discussion but was having difficulty because I agreed with parts of...
I think elements of both systems can be used. Rely on the private breeders, but have an impartial evaluation system in place so that private breeders can make...
Hi, It's great to see thoughts being expressed - even when there are differing points of view I think it's " the thought that counts." It's the first step in...
What a sweet story, Sharon! I'm surprised to hear she's allowed to ride - somehow I would have thought the old order Mennonites might consider that ...
WOW what a great letter, thanks for the different perspective Roxanne. sally ... From: "roxanne_and_marty" <bearhollow@...> To:...
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Roxanne, There are many on this list who have seen far, far more Canadian horses than me, and hopefully they will offer their opinions. But for example, I have...
Hi my name is Josée Bertrand , i am a prood owner of a Canadian mare name Louna, she is 2 1/2 years old and she is chestnut color with a blond mane and tail....
All of the letters on the subject following Sherry's original posting on the 'beauty contest system' have all been more than interesting. Finding competent and...
Hi, I agree with what Ken says too. I also think it was quite astute to point out that there are historical and regional variations in type (families?) that...
hi all, I am planning to visit the Gaspe region in the next couple of weeks , since I seldom get to Canada I was wondering if anyone knows of any Canadian...
