With Winny close to aging out of reproduction, our burning desire was to produce a "mini-Winny" for our herd — a Fjord expressing all of the traits and attributes we most appreciate in our beloved senior mare.  Uber-sensible and highly talented Njord Halsnaes — serendipitously also a red dun — was the perfect choice to sire our dream ... and for the cherry on top, our final keeper foal from Winny is a filly!!!

From everything we're seeing, it's extremely likely Roslyn will meet our baseline standards for breeding, and thus we may allow her to produce a few foals on commission in the future for a few deserving horse lovers who (1) really want their next horse buddy to be a Fjord, and (2) really want that horse buddy to have the solid foundation of growing up in a functional and natural herd during their early years.

However, Roslyn won't be producing any offspring for the Fjord gene pool.  Besides having well-represented genetics (though her combination remains unique), her very light foal coat shed out to reveal a surprise — a small white star!  Although explicitly allowed on mares by breed standards in every country, a star is in actual practice resoundingly shunned and shamed by numerous US Fjord breeders, who not only won't use a horse with a star for breeding, but also quickly sell off any horse — mare or stallion — if it should commit the "sin" of producing an offspring with a white star.  While silly, that attitude serves to screen out a whole class of inappropriate customers for Roslyn's future foals ... and without any effort on our part.  Yay!  And that little star makes critter ID easier for our farmsitters.  :-)

Roslyn is currently learning to be very good at being a horse and herd member, and also how to become a very good partner with her humans.  She is very invested in maintaining good social relations with all of her herd members.  Roslyn continues to studiously mirror many of her mom Winny's mannerisms, which can look quite hilarious at times.  Eventually Roslyn will gradually add the finer points of learning to be a solid trail horse to her skillset, and all signs point to her becoming a fine liberty and groundwork teammate for Chestry as well.

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Roslyn is an ancient name combining the elements "hros" (horse) and "lind" (gentle).  All who know both Winny and Njord are not the least bit surprised that it's a perfect fit.  :-)