> > oh gosh Vicka, please PLEASE post that to the world group, a lot of > > people there think if a horse does a to-die-for runningwalk it > should > > be eaten for dinner...
> Yes, I was told to sell my horse by a clinician, well Sigrun, she > did say it:) basically it was because he did not enjoy being forced > into frame for a tolt when he is really a more diagonal horse, and > he will let you know when he does not like something. He is actually > the safest horse I have ever met, very, very safe, and smooth too, > actually. > > His foxtrot was called "faking tolt", maybe that is the Icelandic > term for "foxtrot"? I was told over and over that he WOULD have been > eaten if he had been born in Iceland, and then that he should have > been eaten, this is what eventually led to a major falling out with > the "trainer" (not Sigrun), when I told her I did not want to hear > that one more time, that was the end of it. > > I've about reached the end with this discussion, and glorifying > Icelanders and their terminology. I am going to use the American > terms for different gaits. I would be perfectly happy just cutting > the word "tolt" out of my vocabulary, I don't think I really use the > term anyway. If people want to show, they need to know what is meant > by it at a show, what is expected, otherwise I don't find it helpful > at all to use the word "tolt" for running walk, or stepping pace, or > anything else on the spectrum. It is too broad a term for use in the > US. We have a wealth of words to describe gait, that are non- > judgmental (not like faulty tolt). This is not just a discussion > about semantics, just an intellectual discussion, horses have been > hurt by this ignorance, and if that's what they want to do in a > different country, that's fine, but it doesn't cut it over here, if > they want to sell horses to us, or be our trainers, they had better > get with it, apparently they can still suck in the beginners, but we > have trainers over here who are miles ahead of what is being taught > at Icelandic centered clinics in the US. wow kim. this is an excellent post, a real eyeopener i think! Janice -- yipie tie yie yo
