Fjord Horses for Sport & Pleasure

After 25 years we are now retiring from breeding Fjords. Check out our Sales Page to see any Fjords available for sale.

Fjords from Bluebird Lane are sport ponies that ride like horses, possessing the movement, conformation, and temperament to carry you to success in your chosen discipline!

Situated on a scenic 50 acres, Bluebird Lane is run by the husband and wife team of life-long horse people, Lori Albrough and Stefan Vorkoetter.

Our specialty is dressage riding, and we breed versatile Fjord horses that have the conformation and movement for success in dressage and sport, with the traditional Fjord temperament that everybody loves.

Since 1997, our program has produced many Fjord Horse Champions, including the North-American-wide Grand Champion Mare, and the Grand Champion Gelding and Versatility Champion in the mid-West; numerous Fjord horses successfully competing in open competition including Dressage Canada Bronze and Silver medal award winners; and a great many highly-enjoyed and treasured family fun and performance horses!

Quality, Integrity, and Training

From the very beginning we have chosen to focus on quality, integrity, and training.

We built our program on three highly-evaluated Fjord mares imported from Holland and a top stallion imported from Norway. Bluebird Lane Fjords are now well-known and sought-after for their movement, beauty, temperament, and the top-notch training that we give them. Fjord horses from Bluebird Lane can be found all over North America, in states and provinces from coast-to-coast-to-coast.

Each time we sell a horse, we talk carefully with the prospective buyer to ensure that we understand their goals and are making an ideal horse-owner match. As a result, one of the great joys of our business is the wonderful relationships we have developed with the buyers of our horses who have gone on to become good friends.

What this all means for you, whether you are looking for a competition Fjord horse, for breeding stock, or for a great all-rounder, is that we are truly able to help you achieve the results you desire, with a horse that will make your dreams come true!

Fjords Do Dressage!

And we are doing dressage with our Fjord Horses! Lori is an active dressage rider, having shown her Fjords up to Third Level with great results.

For the past fourteen years, Lori has been developing her own skills in dressage by consistently working with FEI riders who are successful at the top of our sport and embody the correct principles of classical training.

The success of our Fjord horses in the dressage ring in open competition has shown that, yes, Fjords really CAN do Dressage. But if you are looking for a dressage partner of your own, you need to know that all Fjords are not the same.

Let Bluebird Lane get you off to the right start with a Fjord that is well-suited for sport and has the correct training to make it easy and enjoyable!

Praise ♥

Lori’s calm, confident manner instills confidence in the horses that she is training. I have never seen her ruffled or lose her temper, no matter what a horse does. Her corrections are applied and timed appropriately, therefore the horse really understands what is expected.

I highly recommend Lori as a trainer particularly for the dressage horse and the Fjord breed since she has special expertise in both of those areas.

Mission

We breed for an athletic Fjord Horse, well suited to a variety of disciplines. As participants in the sport and art of dressage, athletic ability and movement matter a great deal to us.

At the same time, as breeders, breed type and character remains our first guiding principle. This means that the horses we breed are, first and foremost, Fjordhorses.

They retain the character, the conformation, and the hardy, sure-footed, easy-keeping nature of their Norwegian ancestors which date back thousands of years.

Born Broke?

The Fjordhorse has a calm temperament, is intelligent, tractable, and very very trainable. But, born broke? Simply not true!

The Fjordhorse is still a horse, and all horses need training. To let anyone tell you different is not safe and it's just not fair to the animal.

At Bluebird Lane all of our horses are trained by Lori. Training begins at birth and continues with age-appropriate training for all. Our horses are handled daily, and taught to be mannerly, attentive, and responsive.