>well yes, it would to me, because personally I believe if you prefer
a
>trot you should buy a trotting breed horse and not a gaited horse.
>Janice--
>yipie tie yie yo
While I was out shopping for Icelandics, I rode a horse at a large
farm (lots of imports). In order to get him to tolt, I was told to
pull back and up on the reins - hard. After some time doing that I
told the owner that if it took that much effort to get a horse to tolt,
then I wasn't ever going to ask it to tolt. She got very, very angry
and said that if I wan't going to tolt, then I should not be allowed to
buy an Icelandic. Just seems weird to me that anyone would think that
the Icelandic's only good attribute would be that one gait.
I also watched the horses tolting on their own in the field and
thought that if they can do it without their heads cranked up out
there, then they probably didn't need to have their heads cranked up
under saddle, either. (But I kept my mouth shut).
I bought Drifa, who is five gaited, and who tolts nicely on a loose
rein, bit or no bit. I actually don't care that she tolts (I know that
is sacriligious, no need to flame) because she is such a lovely horse
in so many other ways.
Penny
