>>>> thats how I love him, and what is wrong with him is he was bred on one side to be hot hot HOT. so it just kills me that people breed for this! and then all the horses that dont have all that extra special zing that will make them a perfect show horse, are sold to people like me, who just want a pet, a good trail horse. its just terrible!
It shows how out of touch with typical horse buyers many Icelander breeders are. How many people follow the Parelli program to some degree? About 20 gazillion? Then there are Lyons, Anderson, Rashid, Branaman, the Dorrence books and Leslie Desmond? All these people have HUGE followings in the USA (and across the world) where people - even MEN - are searching for ways to calm their hot, hyper, spooky horses. And then, here is the Icelandic breed, which certainly has the largest percentage of sane, calm, intelligent horses I've personally encountered...and a macho-based tradition insists on training them "hot" for the ring. It's just goofy. We have (for the most part, at least innately) what everyone else wants.... Karen Thomas, NC No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/781 - Release Date: 4/30/2007 9:14 AM
