>>> Maybe we should trade? I can't imagine either of ours expending that much energy, although Yrsa seems a little more energized than Tosca.
She is one of our more energetic Icelandic's. She's pretty calm and sensible, so hopefully that will make for a nice balance and a fun horse- I don't care for energy without a good brain! :) Cary is crazy about Maja, and I was joking that after Maja's next foal is born and weaned, in a little over a year, he and I should start taking Maja and Svertla out on the trails, so we can have "his and hers" matching mares. Svertla is the one who was starved when we got her, and her mane was pretty sparse. I think when it finishes growing in, it will as long and thick as Maja's and their gaits seem pretty similar - both have good trots, but show running walk and foxtrot too. >>> Your round pen looks a little like mine - oval perhaps? I'm actually moving Tosca up the road in a week or so because of their smaller round pen, larger arena and sand sand sand. Yes, it's oval. Normally, it doesn't matter too much because we don't normally use it as a "round pen." We can take a few panels out and make it back round without too much trouble but hopefully, we won't be doing too much along this line. We have something locally called "pit gravel" for footing - not very deep. It's a blend of small, rounded rocks, interspersed with some sand-like particles. There's just enough to keep the mud down when it rains. Obviously, we don't use it all the time, or we wouldn't have as much grass come up as we have. When it cools down, we will move back to our "arena", which is actually a section of the pasture we cross-fenced off. It's about the size of a large dressage arena with grass for footing. Karen Karen Thomas Wingate, NC No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.6/938 - Release Date: 8/5/2007 4:16 PM
