I keep noticing this now. Look at this article about the World Championship title, the class where the horse lost the huge hunk of hoof. http://en.eidfaxi.is/English/News/Read/1276
Note that the name of the winning horse isn't mentioned anywhere. Stian is the name of the rider and BTW, the chestnut horse's name is Jarl; too bad that Eidfaxi didn't bother to name him. This is the same horse that the rider didn't bother to thank when he was interviewed after his victory. Poor horse. I believe Jarl might be the same chestnut whose tongue showed evidence of bleeding in one of the pictures Mic submitted. Mic will tell me if I'm wrong, I'm sure. When Emily was showing Thunder and they were doing so well, sometimes we'd be somewhere - a clinic or a trail ride maybe - and people would come up and say, "Is that Thunder Bay?" They typically couldn't remember Emily's name, but they would remember Thunder. The same thing happened to us, where we'd be somewhere and recognize a horse, but we couldn't remember the name of the rider. I think that tells us a lot about the different values in the USA, versus in Iceland. You can clearly see how badly Jarl wings in this picture. Nonetheless, I'll say it: Congratulations, Jarl. Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.22/1015 - Release Date: 9/18/2007 11:53 AM
