On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 10:56:03PM -0500, Karen Thomas wrote: > >>>> basically i'm wondering if icelandics have always been bred "for gait", > or what the historical bases for selective breeding were, > > You're assuming that there was breeding for certain traits in bygone years.
yes. especially since there was purposeful culling, i can't imagine it was done randomly. > very harsh and long, so don't you think the horses took care of a lot of the > breeding themselves? yes, but from the human-selected gene pool as above. --vicka
