On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:46:44 -0600, you wrote: >always on the ground and therefore the danger of sinking deeply (into >marshy wet ground) is lessened, that is why a horse tolts." So his >knowledge of soft gaits is limited. And he claims that "another >survival technique has developed in marshy regions: fighting instead >of fleeing."
I think if his theories about that were true, all Welsh, New Forest, Exmoor, Shetland and Dartmoor ponies would be 5-gaited little murderers... Mic Mic (Michelle) Rushen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Solva Icelandic Horses and DeMeulenkamp Sweet Itch Rugs: www.solva-icelandics.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes"
