--- Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> >I think we have to do some clean up on the image of the Icelandic
> Horse.
> >
> > Here's a post from another list:
>
>
> And another:
>
> >>>At the Equine Affair in Pomona last February, I visited all the
> pony
> booths. The reason was to get information out to them regarding
> the
> Mountain & Moorland events planed for the year and to find out if
> the
> southland pony groups would be interested in a future West Coast
> All Pony
> Show. I was told, by the representative at the Icelandic booth,
> that they
> would not attend such an event as they were classified as Horses
> and NOT
> Ponies! I was surprised by her reaction and made my conclusion
> that I
> wouldn't want them there because of that attitude. (Remember, this
> is why
> it is so important at these events like EA, that we represent our
> ponies
> in a positive way, because that would be enough to make me not want
> to
> even consider an Icelandic) I know, not every Icelandic owner and
> breeder
> is like that but that was the message from their booth in
> Pomona.<<<<
>
>
> Judy
Thats too bad. All that attitude. Really, I do not care if someone
wants to call them ponies or horses, we call them horses, and we call
them ponies, they are Equines that can carry adults well. Thats the
message I want to get across. But I seen attitude the other way
about calling them horses, really it does not matter much to me.
When we do dna testing, the abreviation is IP, Icelandic
Pony....whatever. I call the horses most of the time because they
can carry me well, most ponies can not....
Skye
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