On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 07:39:13AM -0700, Nancy Sturm wrote: > I have to argue with you here - Starni does NOT have a coarse head. He's > lovely! I suspect he has a very petite owner. You want to see coarse, > there's the plain-headed Tosca (our house), but she has such a lovely spirit > that I think of her as beautiful.
:) it's like we were saying about people, inner beauty counts! and of course i think stjarni is the loveliest horse ever. that said, any 14hh equine who requires a "draft-size" throatlatch (the rest of his bridle is merely "full size" :) does not have the daintiest head. (i will allow that he has the sweetest expressions, and i'll bet your tosca does too, and maybe that's where her beauty shines through :) of course, one of the things i love about stjarni's looks overall is his general *lack* of daintiness. he looks very powerful to me, with his deep shoulder, big bones, and, yes, that head :) not that dainty horses aren't adorable too -- there was a little mare named perla at the clinic we attended who looked like stjarni's fairy-princess double! but stjarni's chiro once mistook our barn's belgian, carrying two riders, for my ponykins, and i just had to laugh :) thanks for your kind words, you made my day :) --vicka (also short and fuzzy :)
