On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 02:14:26AM -0000, kim morton wrote: > > i'll buy that this is true now. but a thousand-year history for it - > - > > which is what is being claimed with the genetic version -- seems > > technologically infeasible. > > > > does anyone know the long-term historical data on this? > > I'm not totally sure what you are asking, but I think a lot has > changed with horse shows becoming very popular, there are definitely > show trends dictating a lot of things.
basically i'm wondering if icelandics have always been bred "for gait", or what the historical bases for selective breeding were, or if any of the old-skeleton studies of icelandics have demonstrated anything about the propensity (or lack) of earlier generations to which gaits. in any case i'm pretty sure that the majority of historical icelandic breeding hasn't been done with the feif published standards and evaluations, so i was curious if we know how it *was* done. sorry if it's an ill-posed question, or overly broad. i just wonder :) --vicka
