Hi Kim, >I don't think anyone said it wasn't an extreme example, did they? >Maybe it was reported because it is odd. It is out of the ordinary >if he is anywhere near that tall. I don't see it as a "breed claim".
Yes Kim I took it as very unusual not 'normal' at all but rather kind of an anomaly just like some mini's are very small and some draft horses are very large. I wonder if this horse was measured with a stick or a string. As you probably know, but others might not, it has been a custom to measure horses in Iceland with a string. They start at the bottom of the horse's hoof and take the string up the leg, over the shoulder (which can be bulky) and then straight up wherever it ends up in a straight line. This may be why you often see the measurement taken up above the horse's withers. This string measurement generally ends up being 'taller' than with a stick measurement. I would guess they did it like that in Iceland because they were more likely to have a string and a measuring tape rather than a stick and a level and it would be easier to measure straight up the leg with a string, than further back, as it would give them a visual line. Robyn Icelandic Horse Farm Robyn Hood & Phil Pretty Vernon BC Canada www.icefarm.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.9/622 - Release Date: 1/10/2007 2:52 PM "The greatest enemy of the truth very often is not the lie- deliberate, contrived and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive and unrealistic." "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." ~ Arthur Schopenhauer [] The video every Icelandic Horse owner should have: http://IceHorses.net/video.html [] Lee Ziegler http://leeziegler.com [] Liz Graves http://lizgraves.com [] Lee's Book Easy Gaited Horses http://tinyurl.com/7vyjo [] IceHorses Map http://www.frappr.com/IceHorses [] IceHorses ToolBar http://iceryder.ourtoolbar.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
