On 07/12/2007, Mic Rushen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lately (in the past 50 years or so) Icelandic-style trainers have been > cherry picking from lots of different methods, but many are still only > really after training methods which will get better gaits. That said, > there are many, many more "ordinary people" in Iceland who are working > hard at other aspects of horsemanship who also deserve recognition, > and not to be tarred with that negative "Icelandic-style training" > brush.
You know when I look at old pics of people riding Icelandics in Iceland. I saw a simpler form of riding. No nosebands. Fairly simple saddles. Often happy looking horses. I've often thought it was the european influence of riding that may have changed things. Morphed that type of riding into something else entirely. Wanda
