On 3/25/07, Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The worst cases I can imagine are a pacey Vanner-type horse, > or a trotting Icelandic type - will there be a choice of good homes for > either?
Not likely will it find a good home. If it looked just like a Vanner, yes probably. If it racked like an icelandic yes probably. But its like walkaloosas. Some with good app color and markings would find a good home with a person wanting app looks. If it gaited smooth it would maybe find a good home with someone looking for gait. But if it came out plain and no gait it will not find a good home on todays market unless under very rare circumstances. There are too many really fancy top bloodline horses going today for almost nothing. I just feel a lot of icey owners, because icelandics are so expensive, you guys just dont live in the real world like I do, I'm sorry. Please, I beg you, go to a fri night regular country horse auction near you. Maybe your eyes will open! At least karen, a breeder, is paying attention to "finding a good home". Too many icelandics today, good registered ones from great bloodlines, are ending up as rehabs. If they are rehabs going for 1500 or less, then what do you think is gonna happen to the cross bred icelandic? What is the market for a cross bred icelandic? I just think the person crossing an icelandic with a friesian or andalusian is no different than a person breeding doxie-poos for the pet shop. janice-- yipie tie yie yo
