--- In [email protected], Raven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > was much closer to agreeing with you folks than calling you out > > nick...are your horses flat shod? no ice shoes and ice boots? no > nosebands? are they naturally trained or are they sent to icelandic > trainers? regular keg shoes and even trims all around - although one of the horses was a bit past due for a trim since the farrier broke his hip at the rodeo a while ago...
Double-jointed snaffle (no shanks) and an English-style cavesson. To answer the training question - it is a combination of training, with a long and complicated set of answers. We had my Zippy, Glotti, and the 6 year old mare Elding at the show - three horses with very different backgrounds. All I could speak of for sure is how they are worked now. None of them have been with any type of professional trainer within the past year, but I have total trust and confidence in the trainers that have had them since I have been around them. In any case, they were all well-mannered, happy to be there, happy to be ridden, and had a great time! :-) > well...i'm glad to hear that DQPs are getting honest. that has not > always been the case. The DQP was from Syracuse, NY. I don't have much basis for comparison, but he was very personable and knowledgeable, but he had some awful stories to tell about things he had seen. He said that the NWHA affiliated shows are USUALLY a lot cleaner than many others he is around. >who sponsered this show? Minnesota Walking Horse > Association or Heart of America? Tri-State? Not sure, but there were folks from Tri-state there. >Were any heavy shod > classes were offered..Lite Shod..Plantation..Big Lick? There was a lite shod class and a plantation class but there were only two or three horses in each. > nick...that's super! how about sharing some show photos with the list? I'll see what I can find - although I don't think I have anything from inside the ring because were were always riding at the same time! In addition to some of the open classes, we also did some fun classes like bareback and the games - barrels, poles, egg and spoon, etc. I had never done that before and it was a lot of fun! ~Nick
