--- Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> Baldur fra Bakka who won the 1999 flying pace WC....he was my > trail > mount for a long time, wonderful horse....very traditional > training. > > > And Baldur is the one who you told us was sent to Hawaii to retire, > and who > you also said was sterile due to steroid use during his show > career, righ > Skye? I thought he was the one, so I did a search of the archives. > I found > this, back when you still called yourself, Storme: > http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/message/61732 I > remembered > that post vividly, since he was the first Icelandic I heard linked > to > steroid use. I'm not sure that he's a prime example to include > here, since > that brings up still another show/training problem. > > > Karen Thomas > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I am not sure why you are equating the steroid abuse with Baldur's training in Iceland, as the steroid use would have happened long after he was exported from Iceland.....after his injury..... his being in retirement now has nothing to do with his traditional training in Iceland as I understand it. Do you really want to talk about a horse that I ride, who I took care of daily for years, that you have never seen or ridden? Karen, please,......we can talk about show issues, those are really issues for all horses that show and compete...but that is a different subject isn't it.....that does not have anything to do specifically with traditional Icelandic training. We might actually agree in our disapproval of some show traditions and practices, though I have to point out that abuse of show horses is an international issue, and we Americans are far, far from innocent in this regard. I can imagine a scenario wherein a European (for example) condemns those Americans for all that soring and chains and pads on their gaited horses! I for one would hate to be labeled in such a manner. You failed to mention the other wonderful horses I have experienced and written about who were trained in Iceland. The gelding Drefandi, for example, who was trained at Gunnersholt.....a wonderful horse, just a delight to ride..... This is why the all or nothing mentality just does not work, and you seem to be a very intelligent woman, so I just do not understand why you keep using it.....it comes across to me as bigoted, frankly. I find it offensive when people take little snippets out of a dialogue and to try interpret them negatively and out of context. I am feeling as if you are attacking me personally, Karen. If you would like to say something to me, email me me privately if you just plain do not like me, but please keep the badgering off the list. Perhaps I could be a little more understanding if I understood why your seem to be increasing in belligerence in your postings lately, especially in response to mine. Perhaps my writing style rubs you the wrong way, but to my knowledge I have never attacked you or done anything to harm you. I've never even met you! I would like to feel free to share thoughts and feelings about my passion- these horses- without looking over my shoulder for a verbal missile from you. Maybe we can just agree to disagree-cordially- with each other. BTW~~~~~Storme was my name since birth, my mother named me that..... ~~~~Fire Island Farms~~~~ Breeding Quality Icelandic Trail Horses Certified Farrier Services 'Natural Balance' Shoeing and Trimming. Founder, Navicular options for your horse. 808-640-6080
