b'Finishing with ExcellencePC: Winslow PhotographyWritten by Marlis Lange And then Covid hitWhile Fjords are well established in Dressage and driving,The world was in lock down and we had to get used to a life therearenotalotofthemcompetingoverfences.Butwith all kinds of restrictions. Towards the end of the summer jumping is what Kyss (GVF Troika) loves to do. So far we havewe finally were able to attend a few shows. We went to the never met another Fjord Horse at Hunter/Jumper shows! beautiful Brave Horse Park in Ohio.Kyss did very well,but so In the spring of 2019, we attended our first rated Hunter/ did everybody else in the classes we entered. I was proud of JumpershowattheWorldEquestrianCenterinOhio.Wemy girl- the only Fjord among all thoseclassic Hunters. We had huge success! Of course Kyss got lots of attention. Manydid not gain a lot of points that season, but I was very happy people had never seen a Fjord Horse before and they werewith how well Kyss did in very competitive classes.quite impressed with my girl.After that I wrote my first articleIn 2021 life was pretty much back to normal, andKyss and fortheFjordHeraldanditwasthenthatIlearnedaboutI had a great show season. We were getting close to the 100 the NFHR Awards Program. I decided we should try for thepoints needed for the Excellence Award. Excellence Award.The World Equestrian Center in Ohio had been closed in 2019continued the way it began: we had several successful2020 and the first several months of 2021. It reopened in the shows and a good start on collecting points for our Excellencefall of 2021 and we were excited to go back there. But it took Award.until April of 2022 until our group, DVE, with trainer Melissa Kalmink, was able to attend a show at the WEC. 16 Fjord Herald Issue #147Summer 2023'