“The Dutch Fjord Horse Studbook”

Productschap Vee en Vlees PVV

The identity and registration (I & R) of animals and animals companies, in case of infecting
illness in animals disease is called the PVV. Through the system the PVV has it is always
possible to find out witch animal group was in contact with another so the source can be
discovered. That why all the animals and animal companies have t be listed. The PVV manage
the I & R system for poultry and horse sector in the Netherlands. 29 Studbook are connected
with the PVV. The studbook works under the rules from the PVV, they also bay all the horse
passports and are helping the studbooks buying microchips.

Association “The Dutch Fjord Horse Studbook”

· Members of the studbook ong. 2650 Members

· Board (from every region 2 representative)

* Region Nord

* Region East

* Region West

* Region South

* Daily board (from every region 1 representative.)

* Inspectors

* Studbook clerks

* Judges * Conformation judges

* Asp. judges

* Advisors

* Veterinary advisor

* Performance judges

· Foundation of the stallions * Board

* Stallion carer

* Advisors

*Veterinary

*Studbook advisors

· Commissie Fjordsport * From every region 2 representative

* Advisors

* Judges

FJORDHORSE; A CHARMING AND RELIABLE FAMILYHORSE

The Fjord horse is one of Norway's three native breeds (Dole and Nordland).
The origin of the breed is uncertain, but it is probably related to the central Asian Feral Horse
(przewalski and tarpan). The Fjord horse is one of very few breeds to retain the original
primitive character and colour. An earlier name for the Fjord has been the vestlandshest
(West Country horse) or the Nordfjordhest (Northfjordhorse) which indicates the breed's
geographical connection with Norway. The first Fjord horse Studbook was published in 1910.

The Norwegian Fjord Horse is a small purebred horse of dun colour with a distinctive dorsal
stripe. The origin of the horse predates written history, but the Norwegian government has
maintained official records of the breed since 1849.
The Fjord horse has been used historically as a war horse, a draft horse for logging and farming,
a pack horse, a carriage horse and a riding pleasure horse. In the European communities today
the Fjord horse is primarily a family horse who is bred and used for many purposes.
The quality and versalitility of the Fjord is maintained by the evaluation process in each country.
The Fjord is to be found throughout Norway, but the majority is bred in the West.
The Fjord horse population is reckoned around 5000. There is a widespread interest in the
breed and a considerable number of Fjords are bred both in Europe, USA, Canada and Australia.

The Fjord is an important part of Norwegian culture. The Tourist Industry on the Westcountry
Fjords, especially, uses the Fjord in promoting this part of the country. It is also a national
symbol of Norway.

The Fjord horse was also represented in the Winter Olympics at Lillehammer in 1994 and with
the two other Norwegian native breeds, the Døl and the Nordlands horse, safely drove many
winning competitors and celebrities to the different activities.

The Fjord horse is a all round horse

The emphasis today is on the fjord as an elementary competition horse. In competition driving,
he moves evenly and obediently in the dressage phase, he is bold and "unflappable" in the
marathon, and quick and attentive in driving between cones. Under saddle he is safe but capable
of performing well in elementary jumping, dressage and cross-country classes. Because of his
good constitution and soundness he is also an excellent endurance horse competing at higher
levels. Apart from the traditional riding and driving classes the breed is often used in quadrilles,
Hungarian Post, troika and vaulting.

Height

Average height is between 135 cm and 150 cm. There is no maximum or minimum limit.

The Fjord horse in tourism and as a family-horse

The Fjord can still of course be used in rugged country; inaccessible to the tractor or other farm
implements, but many new fields are open for him. The emphasis has always been on breeding
a versatile animal, so this has assured that the breed varies in size and type though the all
important breed character is always present.

The modern breeder is aware that increased use of the Fjord for riding and competion driving,
demands a horse with longer and more supple neck and better movement. With his kind and
willing disposition, he is an excellent family horse and this is very much emphasized in
breeding.

The Fjord is expected to function well as a leisure driving, a child's pony, in riding schools
his quietness and kind disposition, as well as his height, make him an excellent horse for riding
for the disabled.

The Fjord horse was also represented in the Winter Olympics at Lillehammer in 1994 and
with the two other Norwegian native breeds, the Døl and the Nordlands horse, safely drove
many winning competitors and celebrities to the different activities.

The breeding goal:

Though pure breeding maintain the character, the accepted variations and the versatility of the
fjord horse, and produce a healthy, functional horse. To further maintain the original accepted
colours of the breed and the primitive markings, which may vary according to the shade of the
overall body colour. Markings and colours untypical of the breed must be avoided and
discriminated against.

The general appearance of the fjord horse shall be strongly built, hardy, well proportioned
and athletic, a horse with great presence and charm. The horse shall be cooperative, dependable,
willing, and calm in most situations, and have natural, well balanced movements. The fjord shall
be a versatile riding, driving and draught horse. The conformation of the fjord should assure
that he moves equally well in difficult terrain as on flat. With these qualities the fjord horse
should be easy to handle and suitable for family use, and in different activities as in ridings
schools, competitions and for leisure.

It will enable owners to identify good breeding stock which can be used as "foundation" mares
and stallions. The program gives very specific feedback on a horse in terms of its strengths and
weaknesses. By constantly evaluating mares, stallions and offspring and selectively breeding
from the results of this information, a high level of consistency and predictability can be achieved
in our breeding programs.

Identification is an important part of this evaluation. In a breed as homogenous in colour as the
Fjord Horse, positive visual identification is very important. In the Netherlands, all horses
were in the past branded with an individual number represented by crosses and dots, now
we use a microchip to identify the horses. At our Dutch evaluation we will also use a microchip
insertion. All horses which do not already have a brand or microchip will also be DNA-tested
at the evaluation site.

How does the Dutch Evaluation work?
The word "Keuring" means inspection. The keuring portion of the evaluation process is the
heart of any evaluation system, for it provides a method of intelligently selecting breeding
stock. It also provides the means of positively identifying each horse utilizing blood typing,
branding and/or micro chipping.

Judging a horse gives the judge a responsibility because he has to be honest and the owner of
the horse has to have a independent and competent, complete judgement about the horse.
Every judgement that is given must be explainable into the technical terms that are used on
the result note. As a judge will look from the standard fjord horse and besides that his own
ideal fjord horse, so there will be no use of information from breeders, owners, offspring and
breeding lines.

Schema’s

Rosegard: Now I’m 11 years old and a Stermare, with a AA-cert. for the
riding test.

Jillgard: I’m now 18 years old and also a Stermare, with a A-cert. for the
riding test.

Fjellgard:   I’m 22 years old and I’m a Ster and Preferente mare. I have a
                  license stallion breeding in the USA. For my riding test a got
                  a A-cert.

Armgard:   She dead when she was 21 years of age, she was a Stermare wilt a
                  A-cert for the riding test.

Sunngard: I’m still aleave and in a few days I’m going to be 34 years. I’m a
                   Elite mare and at home I have a big family. He have four sons
                   that are licence as a breeding stallion. One in the USA, one in
                  France and two in The Netherlands.

Hella: She dead at the age of 34 years, she was a Ster and
Preferent mare.

CONFORMATION
1.         Type: breed type and character.
2.         Conformation (the body) and muscular development
3          Bones: leg quality and leg position
4.         Movement at the walk and trot
5.         Overall impression

1.       Type
          Head and Neck
            Depth and width.
            Masculine and feminine
            Substance of bone
            Harmony and balance
            Frames in proportions
            Extensive primitive marks.

2. Conformation and Muscles

· Junction between head and neck, width of the jaws, heaviness, length and placement in
the chest.

· Shoulder, freeness, angle, length

· Withers, length, width, shape and marking, muscling

· Body muscles

· Chest, width and depth

· Beck, shape muscling, length

· Loin shape and length

· Croup, slope, length of the hip, muscling, harmony set of tail.

· Hindquarters, depth and width

3. Bones

· Forelegs: Position from the side and front, joint marking, dryness, angle and length of
pasterns, elbows/ freeness, cannon shape, muscling on forearm, cannon size and length.

· Hoof, shape, toe axis, size, horn quality.

· Hind legs, position from the behind and side, angling hocks, pasterns, hocks shape,
dryness, length of pasterns, cannon shape and size, gaskins.

4. Movement

· Walk, rhythm/regularity, freedom, elasticity, correctness, length.

· Trot, rhythm/regularity, elasticity, forward engagement with hind legs, action of the
forelegs.

· Canter/gallop, gait, caring, balance, athletic ability and length.

5. Overall impression

· Total exterior quality

· Behaviour

· Condition, the health conditions of the horse, hoof care, set of teeth, age and further
expression like a crooked tail.

· The Fjord horse should give the impression of strength and alertness combined
with a calm and kind disposition.

The marking scale

v All the fjords are looked at from the positive side.

Each fjord starts with a 10.

Check out al the notes before you are using them.

v                     The note from 0 t/m 3 are in practice seldom used, that is because when a fjord
              is not good like en health problem or lameness the judge will advice the owner
              voluntarily to leave the ring.

v                     On the stallion keuring a stallion could get the note 0 be given as the veterinary
              conditions are not good. The veterinary conditions will not be judged by the
               judges but by the inspector or veterinarian advisories of the studbook.

The horse can get a note for:

Ø Eyes: cataract

Ø Testicles: size, place, similarity

Ø Limbs, abnormality on joints and tendons.

Ø Navel rupture

Ø Teeth aposition central incisors

Ø Sweet itch

Ø Hart and lungs

Ø Other heritable deviations

Result of the horse can get a 0: meaning rejection.

v For horses who want to be licensed in the main studbook at the age of 3 years
and older it can be not permitted if they have:

Ø Teeth problem

Ø Limbs problems

Ø Navel rupture

Ø Other heritable deviations

The horses will be registered in the studbook and will get a horse passport
including a microchip, but they can’t present theirself on a keuring.

The numbers used for scoring have the following meanings:
0 = Not preformed                  1 = very poor                          2 = poor
3 = fairly bad                           4 = non satisfaction                  5 = dissatisfaction
6 = satisfactory                        7 = rather good                       8 = good
9 = very good                          10=excellent

Veulenboek – Stamboek Hulpveulenboek – Hulpboek

Veulenimportboek – Importboek Hoofdstamboek

Sperm: * Volum = 20/40 ml

* % moving cells = 50/70%

* Concentration = 150/300 per milliliter x million

* Morphology (bouw) = min 50% normal

Volume x concentration = total amount cells X % moving

X % morphology = Total Normal mortal cells

Total normal mortal > 1000 X million.

Fjord horse 1000 t/m 6000, wished min 2000.

The Dutch evaluation system

The Dutch evaluation system also gives owners the opportunity to have their horses rated in
terms of performance.
To maintain the versatility of the Fjord Horse, three different tests are offered: riding, driving
and draft. Only the horse is judged in these tests, not the rider or driver.
The riding-, driving- and draft-tests are used to evaluate all the breeds in the Netherlands.
They are used for mares and geldings who have attained a 1st premium to further promote and
illustrate the quality of those horses and their breeding lines.
For 2nd and 3rd premium horses and for stallions, the ABOP-program gives these horses the
opportunity to receive a performance premium.

THE AGRICULTURAL DRAFT PERFORMANCE

The Agricultural draft test will use a test wagon on a flat surface with different weights used for
different commands. Walk, stop, rest and trot command patterns will make up the test. There are
8 categories that will be judged, with each category given a valuation of between 1 and 10,
10 being the best score. The total possible score is 80.

1. Four times the horse has to pull in a distance of 50 m in a walk, the first time 65 kg.
second time 100 kg, third time 135 kg and last time 175 kg.

(One horsepower is about 0.75)

2. For a distance from 300 meter, without hesitation go in a walk to pull 35 kg sell than
the maximum of the last time.

3. For a distance of 375 m without hesitation in a trot will the pull is 65 kg.

The horse has to be unhitched will during the test and put in front of the stone bat again.

A. Behaviour during harnessing and hitching.

B. Manner of starting to pull, urging forward.

C. Willingness to work.

D. Posture during pulling.

E. Stability during pulling.

F. Extension, flowing//smooth/energetic style and regularity of paces.

G. Temperament

H. Behavior during the performance.

According to the results, the examined horse will be assigned to one of the following quality classes.:
AA Total points minimum of 72; 8 points is only given once, all other points higher than 8.
A Total points minimum of 64, 7 points is only given once, all other points higher than 7.
B 6 Points is only given once, all other points higher than 6.
C 5 points is only given once, all other points higher than 5.

DRIVING PERFORMANCE.

Measurement driving corridor: at least 25 x 50 metres with a maximum of 30 x 60 metres.

Harness of the horse: collar or breast harness. Using a tail strap with normal culeron / crupper is required. There must be driven with a four wheel carriage (preferably an show carriage)

At the draft test an agricultural wagon which has a ballast of 500 kg will be used.

The total possible score is 110.

Here is a list of the categories:

A. Behaviour during harnessing and hitching
B. Way of going at walk
C. Way of going at trot

D. Manoeuvrability and elasticity

E. Body posture, position and manoeuvrability
F. Willingness and stability
G. Temperament
H. Transitions and being in hand.

I. Obidience

J. Character and temperament

K.General impression

Riding performance ABOP

Harness of the horse: Snaffle bridle with correction noseband, English noseband or combined
noseband. A smooth single broken bit, with single or double reins.

The riding performance examination is a test in which there will become a good sight of the
horse’s walk, trot, canter, elasticity, manoeuvrability, compliance for jumping, diligence and
temperament. Also the behaviour and compliance at riding outside the riding corridor will be
tested

For each ABOP test there is also an evaluation sheet which you will receive with the judge's
specific valuations and remarks on each category and qualities.
For the riding performance, there are three areas of performance; the standard dressage arena,

in which the horse (not the rider) is examinated at the walk, trot and canter; a jumping test of
2 jumps, set at a height of two feet, to be jumped in both directions at a trot or canter; and a
trail test of approximately 2000 meter, 1000 meters to be done at the walk and 1000 meters
to be done at the trot.

There are eleven categories that will be judged, with each category given a valuation of
between 1 and 10. The total possible score is 110. Here is a list of the categories;

A.        Behaviour of horse during saddling, mounting, accepting the weight of the rider,
            dismounting.
B.        Way of going at the walk
C.        Way of going at the trot
D.        Way of going at the canter
E.         Willingness during jumping
F.         Behaviour during trail ride
G.        Body posture and manoeuvrability
H.        Obedience
I.          Diligence and temperament
J.         Character (attitude)

K. Overall impression

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