> 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.
> 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. you seem to me a great gaited horse owner :) Janice-- yipie tie yie yo
