The Friesian Brief

Monthly Newsletter for
The Friesian Horse Society, Inc.

March 2021

Letters for Naming Your 2021 Foals: P, Q, R, or S

2021 Inspection Tour Planning

FHS is now planning for 2021!

We are now accepting site hosts for the 2021 Inspection Tour. Please consider hosting an Inspection Site. No experience is necessary, it doesn’t cost the host anything, and the FHS will be there to support you!

We are also accepting entry applications. NO ONE will be charged ANY money until their Inspection site is confirmed. We are hoping that COVID-19 will be manageable and will allow the 2021 Inspection Tour to move forward.

As always, if you have any questions, concerns, or input, please feel free to contact the FHS via email FHSActivities@friesianhorsesociety.com or phone the office Monday – Friday from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in the Central Time Zone.

We wish everyone the best of health and encourage you to stay safe.

Sincerely,

FHS Board of Directors

CRUCIAL INFORMATION FOR ALL

From time to time the FHS Friesian Brief has published information on how to complete various forms found on the website. While everyone seems to understand what forms they have to submit, we are receiving them without the other requirements needed for processing.

With our new website we have made a considerable effort to include a narrative above each form that indicates what additional information is necessary to complete the application AT THE TIME the form is submitted.

Please, please read these requirements before you submit a form and do not do so before you have gathered all the necessary information! Receiving information piecemeal costs time delays and possible extra expense to the member.

If you have any questions, you can always email the FHS office at info@friesianhorsesociety.com or call (402) 298-7347, Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m.- 6:00 p.m. Central Time.

Fenway Foundation Foaling Article

It is approaching that time already, so here is an excellent article on foaling from the Fenway Foundation which bears repeating from year to year.

It’s Foaling Season Again!!

Also an excellent book on Foaling is “Blessed are the Broodmares” by Phyllis M. Loos.

Testing for Dwarfism and Hydrocephalus

Attention Stallion Owners

If you have already had this testing done for your stallion, please provide the results to us so that we can get that information into our database. The results for stallions are published in the Friesian Brief each month as well as on the website.

Status of Current Breeding Stallions

* A Stallion who is a carrier may be used for breeding as long as the mare is not a carrier of the same genetic anomaly.

Stallion	Owner	Results
Justice Rules	The Friesians of Freedom Farm	N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal
Devon f/t Friesian Connection	Jack Milam	N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal
Sjerp 446	Bernadino Ponce	Dwarfism: N/D 1 copy of the dwarfism mutation. Horse is normal but is a carrier Hydrocephalus: N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal
Felix	Inga Thompson	N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal
Matisse of Black F. Friesians	Wendy DeSpain	N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal
Huracan SOF	Meliton Alvarez	N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal
Ulrik van Zwart Woud	D. Gary Young	N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal
Douwe fan Oostenburg	D. Gary Young	Dwarfism: N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal Hydrocephalus: N/H 1 copy of the hydrocephalus mutation. Horse is normal but is a carrier
Lippe M. N.	D. Gary Young	Dwarfism: N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal Hydrocephalus: N/H 1 copy of the hydrocephalus mutation. Horse is normal but a carrier
Doeke Wv.	Connie Wilson	N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal
D.F. Anton Jeltsje	Ramon Juarez	Dwarfism: N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal Hydrocephalus: N/H 1 copy of the hydrocephalus mutation. Horse is normal but a carrier
Maxwell von Donius	Charolene Deacon	N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal
Lothar van Stal Daimler	Susan Willis	N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal
Sil van de Oostwal	Craig & Carey Clausen	N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal
Dark Waterspoon 015 (Arabo-Friesian)	Camilla Vance	N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal
Laska Oslo (Arabo-Friesian)	Nikky Deuling	N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal
El Padrino (Part-Bred)	Adalberto Tejeda	N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal
Titan (Part-Bred)	Gunther Family Farm	N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal

For any owners not listed above who have stallions used for breeding, please contact the FHS Office to arrange for testing. Any FHS stallion used for breeding will have their testing status published. This is not only applicable lo approved stallions, it includes all stallions!

Members for FHS Board of Directors Still Needed!

We continue to seeking people to join the Board of Directors immediately. There are multiple positions available. There is no better place to learn about Friesians and have an impact on the future of FHS than to be a member of the Board. If you are interested or would like to find out more, please contact the FHS Office at (402) 298-7347 0r e-mail info@friesianhorsesociety.com