> I should clarify that. I got to see Bragur be ridden. I didn't ask to ride > him myself, because I was still awfully stiff and awkward from my injury - I > don't know if they would let most owners ride him - he didn't seem to be a > handful or anything. I got to spend a little time with him in his pasture. > So, compared to how much access many mare owners have to various stallions, I > guess I got to know Bragur pretty well. But, on the other hand, I owned > Melnir for two years before I decided to breed him to any of my mares. I > feel like I REALLY know Melnir.
An owner of a stallion SHOULD know their stallion inside out....so that's a good thing. An owner should be able to fill in the subtle points regarding his personality. Things a stranger looking him over would never see. Seeing how he moves with a rider he's accustomed to is a good thing. So not riding Bragur in the short time you had to look at him, was probably a prudent move and probably wouldn't have revealed much. But the little personality quirks he (or any stallion) might not show to a stranger are what I'm interested in hearing about. I know my horses are different when there are strangers around. I would expect other Icelandics are the same. Wanda
