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.
Fjords are our passion, and we are proud of
our breeding and training programs.
Our breeding stock are European imported and evaluated, and
we raise and train their offspring
to be your next performance partner and best friend.
The 2006 show season is now behind us and we are grateful to have had another
fabulous year with our Fjordhorses.
Prisco and Lori enjoyed some great results at Third Level on the National
cirucuit,
including two Championships and one
Reserve Champion at Palgrave!
The year culminated with Prisco receiving Dressage Canada's Silver Medal
Achievement Award for high scores earned!
We hope you enjoy visiting our website and learning more about our
Fjordhorses for Sport and Pleasure.
Feel free to
contact us for help or information.
The picture at left of Lori and Prisco warming up for the
National Dressage Show at Eastwood appeared in
Dressage Today magazine - along with an informative
article "Fjords do Dressage" by Reina Abelshauser.
We were thrilled to have the word about our
breeding and training program,
spread in such a prestigious publication.
The success that a well-bred and well-trained Fjord Horse
can achieve in dressage is becoming no secret!
It has been so much fun to take Prisco out
and introduce so many new
people to a fabulous Fjordhorse who really does
"do it all".
And with his good looks, great movement, and natural
charisma, Prisco is proving himself to be a
"Fjord Ambassador" extraordinaire!
We believe in the value of proven pedigrees, and you will see
this in the quality of Fjordhorse we produce.
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.
Welcome to Bluebird Lane Fjords! We are a
Norwegian Fjord Horse farm located in Southern
Ontario, Canada.
And we are doing dressage with our Fjord Horses!
Lori is an active dressage rider,
showing her Fjord Prisco at Third Level.
Lori is
coached by
Ute Busse
and her daughter
Tina Irwin,
both short-listed for the Canadian Team in 2006!
Fjords Do
Dressage!
We train all year round, and compete our Fjords at both the local
and the national level. Our Fjords are earning good scores,
nice comments from the judges, and numerous championships and awards.
Vili and Lori
Also in 2006, our home-bred mare Bluebird Lane
Kestrel made her show-ring debut in the National ring.
Kestrel really rose to the occasion and exceeded our high hopes for her!
She achieved scores over 70%, and at her first
show ever topped a 23 horse field
to win a
Championship at Training Level at Palgrave!
Then, at the NFHR 25th Anniversary National Fjord Show, Kestrel
won the Grand Champion Mare award over a very large field!
By the end of 2006, Kestrel had joined Prisco
to become the second
Fjord ever to be named to Dressage Canada's Horse Awards list, receiving her
Bronze Medal Achievement Award!
What an absolutely fabulous year with our home-bred and -trained mare!
Valebu and Lori
In addition to training and showing our Fjords in dressage,
we enjoy hacking and pleasure drives
on the backroads, trails, and around the nearby lake.
Sparrow and Lori
As seen in the pages of "Dressage Today" magazine!
Our Star
...Prisco
Prisco & Lori have received both their Bronze
Medal and Silver Medal awards from Dressage Canada
for their performances in
National Dressage Competitions.
What an honour to be the recipient of these awards.
Prisco and Lori
At Bluebird Lane our breeding program is based on our outstanding mares.
We are in agreement with those experienced horsepeople who believe that 60%
of the foal comes from the mare. Our experience has certainly borne
out the importance of the mare's contribution to the offspring!
Our Breeding
Program
Accordingly, each of our mares was chosen for her exceptional qualities in
conformation, movement, breed type, temperament, performance, and pedigree.
We only breed the type of quality Fjord mare that we ourselves love to ride,
drive, show, and enjoy!
Our mare band includes imported daughters of such top European
stallions as Myrstein, Halstor, and Ostar, all with champion predicate
dam lines.
Our Mission
Our Guiding Principles
The Fjordhorse must be true to type.
Its conformation must be functional and its use versatile.
It must have a good temperament and be hardy and sound.
We must keep the Fjordhorse purebred...
Preserve the original colours of the breed and the primitive
markings, and...
Avoid white markings which are not typical for the breed.
| Contact Us |
Bluebird Lane FjordsR.R.#3 Moorefield, Ontario Canada N0G 2K0 phone: (519) 638-5598 fax: (519) 638-2812 email: lori@bluebirdlane.com
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| Our Baby Book |
A great big welcome to Bluebird Lane Storjo, born on May 23, 2007!
Storjo's sire is Saethersblakken and his dam is Rjelgrimm, a Myrstein daughter. Take a look at the pedigree of this young fellow! Two 1.pr grandparents on top, and an Elite grandsire and ster, prestatie granddam on the bottom. Storjo embodies everything we were hoping to accomplish with this mating! Check out our Arrivals Page to see pictures and pedigree of Storjo. |
| Showing |
The 2006 Show Season is now wrapped up, and we are so proud of our horses!
At the KLDA National show, Prisco was Champion at Third Level, and at the Palgrave Spring into Dressage National show, Kestrel was Champion at Training Level over a field of 23 horses! Then at Palgrave's Summer Festival Prisco was Reserve Champion at Third Level! Wrapping up the season was the NFHR 25th Anniversary Show where Prisco won all three of his classes and was Reserve Champion Gelding, and Kestrel took GRAND CHAMPION MARE over an impressive field. Check out the photos and full reports on our What's New page.
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| New on the Bookshelf |
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Lori's Library is getting a makeover! Now with more categories,
new colours, and Amazon.ca links for Canadian readers.
Pop over and check out all my latest horse book reviews at Lori's Library - A Collection of Book Reviews on All Things Equine. |
| Quotable Quote |
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"Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby,
to be picked up and laid down like a
game of Solitaire. It is a grand passion."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Norway |
What a spectacularly beautiful country Norway is!
We fell in love with the country on our visits to the Fjord region
of Norway to attend the stallion and youngstock evaluations.
In 1999, Lori took part in the International Judges Conferences
in Nordfjordeid and
received a Diploma in Fjordhorse Judging from the Norges Fjordhestlag.
Click here for
thoughts and images from our trips.
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| Born Broke? |
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The Fjordhorse in general 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. Click here to read more about our training program. |
| Felix Has a New Home! |
As members of The Felix Group, we congratulate Susan Cargill
and Longtheway Farm on their recent purchase of the outstanding
Norwegian breeding stallion FELIX.
This superior stallion was born in 1993 and approved in Nordfjordeid in 1996. His sire is Haugjo 1.pr and his dam is Ella, 2.pr daughter of Eldar 2.pr. At his three year old evaluation, Felix was judged by a panel of visiting international judges. Nine of the eleven judges placed him first in quality over all the other stallions; the other two judges placed him second. Felix has had six sons approved as breeding stallions in Norway, including Norway's top 8 year old stallion in 2005: Ljosprins 1.pr! Other well known sons include Kviablakken 2.pr, and Halse Vildar 3.pr. Felix's highly rated daughers include Mette Fra Skarhaug 2.pr, Halse Lenda 3.pr, the red dun mare Herjublakka 3.pr, and Krovels Lilja 3.pr. Felix's sons and daughters have been shown to inherit his exceptional breed type, conformation, and movement, and they have consistently been ranked as superior representatives of the breed. Each member of The Felix Group has retained some Felix offspring for their own breeding program. As Felix now moves on to bring his outstanding genetics to the Midwestern United States, we wish Longtheway Farm all the best with this fabulous stallion! |
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