--- Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > This sort of comment is just as much one of those "myths" as the
> ones
> > that they need special saddles and bridles, they all tolt and
> they can
> > carry 350lb people all day.
>
> >>> they always have had to have good brakes simply because of the
> way
> >>> motorists on Icelandic roads behave towards ridden horses (ie
> ignore
> >>> them completely)<<<<
>
> How could that possibly be true when we have so many horses
imported from Iceland that do not have brakes?
Intereresting perspective, that I do not agree with. Of the horses
that I have seen and ridden here that have been imported from Iceland
most have had great brakes.....
Baldur fra Bakka, just think stop and he does.
Dreki, same thing.
Glama, easy to stop
Drifonde trained at Gunnersholt, easy to stop, again think it and its
done, he is also very forward...
Foss, easy to stop
Sate, easy to stop
All imported from Iceland...all easy.....turning on any of them is
easy......
The other 3 Bylgia, Funi and Cindri, well Bylgia is now retrahined
for an easy stop, and the other 2 geldings are both forward, and easy
for an experienced rider to stop, relaxation is the key with them.
Mabye some of these imports are coming in with very little training,
mabye 30 days, which is very little work......
Skye
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