practically every point you made in your post has made me livid. Your arrogance and ignorance is mindboggling. I would say possibly 99% of icelandic horses bred in america are from the finest bloodlines. How could they NOT be, the gene pool is so small!
you say re Skoni: "because we certainly lost money on him.... was as brand new horse owners we did not have the knowledge or expertise to deal with his trust issues...... It was so bad, at the end, that one breeder on this forum said that he should be euthanized..... I would not let that happen because he was such a wonder horse not under saddle......That is why you paid so little for him.... For the record I would love to have him back...." I bet you would love to have him back. Then you could ruin him and push him off on someone else to fix problems you are too inexperienced and arrogant and ignorant to even TRY and deal with! This statement you posted is beyond insulting: "Now the reason why the price of Icelandic horses are dropping is because of the indiscriminate breeding that is happening in North America..... Anyone with a Mare and a Stallion think they are breeders..... regardless of the quality of their bloodlines or confirmation of the breeding stock......Most horses that are breed in North America would be eaten in Iceland.... You may find that thought distasteful (no pun intended) but that is why this breed of horses is so special..... Yet in less than one generation North Americans have destroyed the quality of this wonderful breed." prices have dropped because WE dont have to tag on the import and hauling fees as numbers increase domestically. It has taken icelanders 1100 years to finally arrive at the point it has only taken gaited horses in America 100 years to arrive at, where you manipulate gait through devices and monstrous riding techniques instead of working on improving natural gait and breeding for that. i doubt you even know what excellent gaited conformation is! if you did you wouldnt have sold a horse like Skoni at a bargain rate. If karen even considered selling Skoni to you even for a million bucks I would never speak to her again. So you think icelandic horses are so special because the bad ones are eaten... bad walking horses have plastic bags put over their heads til they suffocate and die. but I guess they are inferior as breeders to the icelandic sitting at his dinner table gnawing on a pastern. Disreputable breeders and show people happen in every breed and I disdain them as you should and would if you cared at all about horses. I know Judy, take a deep breath. but I'm sorry, who IS this person, this monster?! He makes me ashamed to be associated with the breed. he makes me want to have my horses withdrawn from the registry. If people like him are friends with Gudmar, then that right there is reason enough for me to lose all respect for gudmar. If Gudmar thinks this man knows anything about horses then Gudmar is an idiot. I am amazed karen and Cary have made Skoni such an awesome horse now that I know you owned him! Janice
