There is NO wqay I would pander to the backyard breeders who are selling crossbred muts for $300. I can't believe anyone is buying. However, one of my "Icelandics" is actually 1/4 Peruvian Paso. Niels West was experimenting with something like an Aegidienberger _http://www.aegidienberger.de/aegidienberger/index.html_ (http://www.aegidienberger.de/aegidienberger/index.html) At first I told his daughter I would not be interested in an unregistered horse, but we are not breeders. I was looking for a gaited therapy horse prospect. Tosca seemes to fill the bill, and I thought she deserved a home, not having been responsible for her own entry into the world. The crossbred Icelandics in the herd were difficult to place, and at least one was eventually given away. Oddly, I much prefer the registered Icelandic of the two mares. I don't know if this is just a coincidence or if there was something lost to Tosca with the infusion of that other breed. Nancy
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