--- In [email protected], susan cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Another reason people might be cross-breeding > Icelandics with the heavier, small breeds like the > Gypsy Vanner and the Haflinger could be because the so > called "purists" breeding for show are refining the > Icelandic so they look like a Hackney with small boned > legs and narrow chests. I think it is THEM that is > hurting the breed. >
I agree, I look around at Icelandics for sale and I see quite a few finely built ones, I just would not be interested in that, some of them aren't even looking like what I expect an Icelandic to look like anymore. If I were looking for a horse I think I would have no trouble buying a cross bred Icelandic, if it were well built and gaited. Kim
