On 4/5/07, Storme Lee~Fire Island Farms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >
> > i like having this email list as it gets out a lot of important info > that you might not , probably not get from our congress. I > understand that they have a big slant toward showing....so do a lot > of other horse organizations....its not an evil thing to do, to use > your horse for showing, ride an expensive Icelandic...I just wish we > would be more positive, quit putting that organization down and some > of the people involved in it.... > > I am a member, as I like to register my horses, and just read up from > time to time of what is going on in some parts of the > mainland...sometimes I get to see a picture of someone on our list, > its nice...and having access to world Fengur has been a delight for > me, as I have some horses here with what alot of people in the > congress would consider good pedigrees, it is nice to do some > research > on color, how many offspring...it is interesting. > helloooo, every registered icelandic in the world has a good pedigree! When you say "it isnt an evil thing to do, to use your horse for showing" "to ride an expensive icelandic," they are all expensive! They are all similar in pedigree, they are all expensive. Why do you assume a person who doesnt show and trail rides, is out there on an inferior mutt horse that was cheap?? And where do you get the idea that just because a person does not choose to breed they know nothing about breeding??!? If you were to line up every icelandic breeder in the world and every icelandic owner that does not breed, I would guarantee you there would be equal if not MORE expert knowlege about the breed from the people who do not breed than the ones who do! If you want to talk about husbandry, delivering foals maybe, but knowlege of what goes into breeding for quality?? I am not as in tune with it as most who have owned icelandics for years, but I have owned walkers for years and I have about an 80% success rate in judging a walking horse's pedigree by looking at it, at its build, color, headshape. And anyone who is just as into icelandics as that is gonna be able to do the same. I believe icelandic horse evaluations are meaningless I believe a good trail horse is more valuable than a good show horse I believe an expensive well gaited well trained obedient trail mount is a more valuable thing to have than an expensive horse with weights around its feet running circles around an arena Janice -- yipie tie yie yo
