Yamsi
Reg. name Willows Steiner
Fair Acres Ole x Elsie Rose (by Sverre)Gelding • 05.13.2013 * CFHA # [CAN] 3524 • NFHR # 13-6921-SG • sold October 2022
Yamsi was our first Fjord,; he is physically well-balanced, active, and impressively athletic. We loved him right from the start and never anticipated the eventual outcome ... after years of waiting and preparation and getting Yamsi started under saddle, Gwen had to admit that her introvert nature and Yamsi's extraversion were never going to be a comfortable match, and that neither she nor Yamsi were as happy as they each deserved to be as a result.
We are ecstatic that Yamsi did find his perfect-fit partner — an energetic left-brain extravert with not only good horse skills, but also with the drive to continually improve those skills and other equine knowledge. The cherry on top is that the beloved childhood mount of Yamsi's new human became available, and now Yamsi and Ranger have an amazingly close and special friendship, something that Yamsi never was able to experience with any members of our herd.
"Yamsi" is one spelling variant of the Klamath word for "place of the north wind"; that kind of says it all right there. However, it is also the name of a cattle ranch in Southern Oregon that has been dedicated to the evolution of a more integrated, natural way of working and living on the land. Yamsi's care and training has followed that philosophy as well.
Lost Creek Tolliver
Tsjalle x Willows Skjonnti (by Fair Acres Ole)Gelding • 05.29.2021 * CFHA # [CAN] 3595 • sold March 2022
Tolliver's dam Willow (below) is a steady-eddy gal, trustworthy and nonreactive in any situation; Tolliver's sire Tsjalle is a well-built, athletic stallion with outstanding work ethic and "try". Tolly got much the best of both parents. While Tolly was still with us, we took him out on trails and to the indoor course at Oregon Horse Center (photos here). It didn't matter which one of us was handling him — Tolliver was attentive and eager to try anything that was asked of him.
Tolliver's dam retains her placenta, and yes, repeated placental retention is genetic. It was a no-brainer to us that we would castrate Tolly to ensure the buck would stop with us, but we were pretty shocked (and dismayed) at the amount of interest in Tolliver as a stallion prospect despite our full disclosure.
Tolliver's new herd consisted of his mom Willow (below) and two Fjord geldings (who definitely benefited from Tolly's penchant for being the "activity director"). We loved getting updates and photos from his new human partner while it lasted, but an unexpected turn of events resulted in Tolliver being sold when his human suddenly moved, and sadly we've already lost touch with him.
Tolliver is usually a surname, but occasionally it's used as a given name for boys. As one of our friends exclaimed, "It's like Oliver, but way more cool!" It also just so happens that "Tolliver" is the 8th generation in an unbroken line of "T" names going back through his sire's ancestry. which is also pretty cool.
