On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 08:56:53PM -0800, Judy Ryder wrote: > > oh, i was meaning to post this -- he rode stjarni the other day, and > > said afterwards that he liked him very much, but he still "felt better > > balanced" on and preferred a *smaller* horse (like our dear old 12.3 > > molly!) i'm trying to persuade him that he should ride some more > > icelandics :) > > Was her barrel a different shape than Stjarni's?
i think she was a bit less broad, but i think the critical factor is that he rode molly bareback most of the time, and was on stjarni either bareback and w/o reins (me leading) or in a saddle. i'm going to have him try stjarni in a bridle bareback and see how that works out. otoh if i just let him go on believing this, we might get another icey ;) --vicka
