>>>> I was looking through some old photos of using the neck ring. Here is one taken about 22 years ago (no helmet on my part - days long over) on a horse that we sold to the Vermont Icelandic horse farm and I know he was a favored horse for many years.
Cool picture! And btw, on the helmet issue: for those who've had horses for less time than I have, or for those of you who have had horses forever and might not remember the timeline, here's the history trivia du jour: We got our first horses about 19 years ago. At the time, the ASTM/SEI tested helmets were pretty new, and we had very few choices. Many of the helmets being sold were actually "hunt caps" and they weren't safety approved at all. In fact, many (most?) didn't even have chinstraps, and would probably hit the ground apart from the rider in some cases! So, it probably wouldn't have done you a lot of good to wear one 22 years ago anyway. Emily's and my first helmets were big, bulky black velvet monsters that were not comfy at all, not vaguely shaped like our heads, and they cost about $100 each. Helmets have really come a long way in 20 years, thank goodness! Karen Karen Thomas Wingate, NC No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.2/931 - Release Date: 8/1/2007 4:53 PM "The greatest enemy of the truth very often is not the lie- deliberate, contrived and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive and unrealistic." "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." ~ Arthur Schopenhauer [] The video every Icelandic Horse owner should have: http://IceHorses.net/video.html [] Lee Ziegler http://leeziegler.com [] Liz Graves http://lizgraves.com [] Lee's Book Easy Gaited Horses http://tinyurl.com/7vyjo [] IceHorses Map http://www.frappr.com/IceHorses [] IceHorses ToolBar http://iceryder.ourtoolbar.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
