http://www.icelandichorses2007.nl/event/gallery/Aerial.do;jsessionid=9A39E7F22C5E04E0D9A8222AE152737F > > or: http://tinyurl.com/2te5jx > > Towards the lower right, click onto Sunday, 12 August, and go to the sixth > picture, of Laxness and Jolly Schrenk.
that does look like rather a lot, in that picture. that said, i did just see gudmar petursson at equine affaire, riding on a loose rein with a d-ring snaffle. is he less "icelander" than someone riding with more contact? and *that* said, stjarni has recently been informing me (by going into the center of the ring and moving only laterally when asked to go on the rail) that he would *prefer* more contact than i (an on-the-buckle rider by default) give him by default. (i ride in a full-cheek french-link snaffle). i can ride him in a halter and he's okay, but if ridden with too little contact in schooling, he becomes quite resistant until i take up the reins. if i increase contact to, well, actual *contact*, he is fine and happy again. i've never been to iceland. --vicka
