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

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