-> So you actually never bought Malla? Wow That's a heck of a deal! :)
Well I made the long story a bit shorter.  In that chapter I got a call one
night and the breeder we got her from was on the line.  After a bit of chit
chat he got to the point.  He was in some pretty serious financial trouble.  
He
was probably going to lose the farm etc etc etc...  So he made me an offer I
couldn't refuse.  He told me that if I wanted to buy her and pay at least 
alf
as soon as possible then he would knock $2000 off of the price!  I think we 
had
Malla for almost 2 years at the time.  If I remember right this was early
February.
So I told him I would do it and sent him a check.  Niki & Renee got one heck 
of
a Valentines day present that year from dear ole Dad.
The breeder did end up losing the farm and almost everything he had and
declared bankrupcy.  He is now living in TN and has a farm again and now has
several Fjord horses again.  He is now into the telecommunications business 
s
well as the horse business.  His big down fall was borrowing a large sum of
money to import about 40 Fjords in 1988.  He just couldn't sell them fast
enough to get his money back on the investment.  Malla was one of them he
imported.
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