>From the Icelandic Trainers Association website: "The Lippizzaner is bred with great collection in mind and the breeding goal takes note of that when it comes to it's conformation. The Standardbred in America is bred to race in front of a sulky and its conformation is molded to fit that role. The Icelandic horse should be able to master both, great collection as well as much extension."
Are they kidding?!?!?!? The Lipizzaner has very different conformation than Icelandics and that conformation lends itself to collection, and the conformation of Icelandics does not make collection something that is easy for them to do. This is the stuff that lets us know that they are way far away from understanding horsemanship, biomechanics, conformation, and how they all intermix with training. Judy http://icehorses.net http://clickryder.com
