Bluebird Lane Blog
Bluebird Lane Blog

Bluebird Lane Blog

Getting the Hay In

by Lori Albrough

Nothing says summer like 700 bales of sweet-smelling first-cut hay neatly stacked in the barn!

A photo collection from our day of getting the hay in…

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NFHR Annual Meeting

by Lori Albrough

Lori was at the Norwegian Fjord Horse Registry’s Annual Meeting held in Norco, CA from February 13-16, 2015 to present a talk “Mathematical Accuracy of the NFHR Scoring System”.

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Mogly’s First Offspring Born in Australia

by Lori Albrough

Happy news from Australia! Welcome to Mogly’s first offspring in Australia, born on January 12.

Knight’s Hill Kristoff is a lovely colt out of the mare Yrsa. In these pictures he is about 12 hours old.

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Falke wins National Champion Mare of Belgium!

by Lori Albrough

Exciting news! Last week our stallion Mogly’s daughter Falke became the National Champion Mare of Belgium. Woo Hoo!

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A Series of Photos of Training Half-Steps

by Lori Albrough

On September 14, Ooruk and I had a really nice training session working with my coach Summer McEwan.

Luckily Stefan was home to take this photo series, which provides a nice snap-shot of our on-going work towards developing improved balance and self-carriage. These concepts have really been the theme of our training this summer!

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Rider Biomechanics Clinic with Russell Guire

by Lori Albrough

I must say, we are really lucky to live in this area where we can take advantage of so many opportunities to train, learn, and improve!

I just came back from riding in a Biomechanics clinic this past Thursday, April 3rd, with Russell Guire of Centaur Biomechanics. It was held at Whitaker Stables near Orangeville, Ontario.

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Riding Horseback in Purple by Alice MacGillivray

by Lori Albrough

At an age when a lot of people are contemplating slowing down and retirement, Alice MacGillivray made the decision to make her back-burnered life-long dream of horse ownership a reality.

A thoughtful planner, Alice did copious research as well as following the pull of her heart in deciding to make her first horse a Fjord. We were pleased when Alice made the decision to purchase the lovely Fjord mare Bocina from us in the fall of 2010.

And yes that is Bocina on the cover of Alice’s new book, just recently published!

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Cutting the Fjord Mane

by Lori Albrough

A beautiful Fjord with its mane neatly cut into the traditional crescent-shaped arch is a glorious sight. Those who have never seen it up close before have even described it as awe-inspiring.

To help you make your Fjord looks its best, we created this video showing how our resident mane stylist, Stefan, cuts our Fjord’s manes.

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