On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 12:59:52PM -0600, Janice McDonald wrote: > On 1/23/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 1. quantifiably, how reliable is breeding for foal gait quality? > > a lot more reliable than breeding without considering gait.
do you think icelanders breed without considering gait? this seems unlikely. > Thats why its important to breed for gait thru natural means and not > breed horses where gait has been achieved thru any devices, because if > you dont, over time without realizing it you are breeding natural gait > out of the breed! i'm not sure i buy that -- why would natural gait disappear, even if it wasn't specifically being bred for? --vicka
