MARES

SF Saska (DOB 4/11/92) is a Norwegian Fjord from imported Dutch lines. She’s 14.1, rides and drives. Her movement is fantastic. She is used on our lesson program. Saska is our alpha mare and worshipped as a goddess by the other horses.  We appreciate her as the dam of our stallion, Ironwood Blitzen. His ability to perform is a tribute to her own athleticism.

FC Madellin (DOB 5/1/98) is a rare white dun. There are only about 40 +/- in the United States. However, she does not stay white for long. She spends much of her time rolling and working on being a brown dun. Maddie has been used in lessons and has become quite a show horse. She stunned us by winning a reserve championship at her second show. She has been evaluated as a high red ribbon Fjord on conformation. She has produced four lovely foals, Ironwood Helena (white dun), Ironwood Kristiana and Ironwood Lordalen and Ironwood Premiert, the latter two foals being a rare white dun stallions. 

Helle (pronounced Hailey) (DOB 4/7/98) is one of the sweetest horses around. Good thing, too because she is named after the Norse goddess of death. She rides and drives like a champ. She loves people and never misses the chance for a pat. Helle is one of our best of our lesson program. She recently took the championship in her division at a local show. Helle has produced three foals: Ironwood Danne Ekstrom (red dun), Ironwood Julian and Ironwood Orion.

Lynnhaven Elli (DOB 4/4/99) is the farm busybody and pest. She is interested in EVERYTHING. She’s the funniest horse on the farm and Elli knows it. This horse needs her on TV show. A daughter of Malcom Locke, she is a blue ribbon winner at the 2001 VA Fjord Evaluation in conformation. Elli has produced three foals, Ironwood Erik Aleksander, Ironwood Isfjell (red dun) and Ironwood Niko. Elli has fabulous movement and deserves some recognition.

Lupin (4/26/1995) and Perle (4/10/2002)

We are pleased to announce the lease to two very special high quality mares, Lupin and Perle. Lupin is the daughter of our own Serina and has achieved both the silver medallion level one and gold medallion level one performance awards. Lupin also has received the NFHR’s Versatility and Excellence Awards, as well as is recognized as a Hall of Fame broodmare. She is one of the few Fjords in North America to have achieved this level of success in performance and breeding. Even more impressive is that along the way, Lupin has had six foals. One of them, Perle has been successful in performance, getting solid red ribbons in the NFHR’s Intro and Advanced English riding tests. This mare line is just fantastic and we are lucky to have them.                                        L to R: Perle, Lupin and Serina                                                       

We thank Catherine Lassesen for the opportunity to lease Lupin and we are looking forward to successful show seasons as well as a future foal. We also are delighted with the opportunity to lease Perle, Lupin’s daughter and Serina’s granddaughter from Kathy Monroe. 

Mikaela’s Aleksia (6/18/05) - A couple of years ago, Margaret saw a picture of Aleksia as a young filly. She told her breeder that if she ever wanted to sell her, just let her know. Luckily that happened in 2008 and Aleksia has joining the mare band. She’s just being started under saddle and shows performance potential. Her evaluation score for conformation was a high red (78) and we think with further maturity, may earn a blue ribbon. Aleksia is a lovely mare and a pleasure to own.

GELDINGS

Ironwood Crow Hreidar (5/31/04)

Our latest addition to the riding program was born on our farm in 2004. Crow is a half brother to our stallion, Blitzen.  They share Saska as their dam.  He is by the gray dun stallion, Ulend, and is a lovely example of a draftier type Fjord. He was been started under saddle without issue. In fact, he has no issues with anything whatsoever. Crow is Mr. Mellow. He will debut in leadline lessons this year. We recently took him the NFHR Virginia Evaluation where he received a red ribbon (74.5) in conformation. The evaluators felt that his conformation score would improve with maturity. Next time, we’ll do performance tests.

Short Creek’s Quinn (6/29/03)

Sage is a sweet young gelding from Canada. We had him sent to us as a consignment horse and decided to keep him because he was such a nice guy. He’s working in the lesson program and will be learning how to drive. Sage has a curious personality. He is always the first to the fenceline for a pat or a treat. He also is really good at games. This pony flies when barrel racing or pole bending.

H.D. Sebastian (7/17/94)

Sebastian is a half sibling to Helle, sharing the same dam, SF Signe. He’s shorter and rounder. He’s laid back, a stallwart of our lesson program who can go for hours and hours, and a solid citizen. We are pleased to have him on the farm and he’s much loved by our lesson students.