>>>> Wikipedia can be changed and it looks like changes need to be made. I >>>> believe that DNA has linked Icelandics to other breeds like Arabs, and full sized horse breeds. Also, no one who owns Icelandics calls them ponies so I think we can safely go and edit that one.
>>>> Absolute twaddle. DNA proves links to Exmoor ponies, the so-called >>>> "Celtic Horse" (ancestor of most northern pony breeds), the Shetland >>>> pony, the Dole horse and a few other N. European breed. Arabs????? No >>>> way. Sometimes I just shake my head and wonder if some of these folks have ever seen a non-Icelandic horse or pony. Amazing. I think it was Laree who said not so long ago something about, "if it walks like a duck, sounds like a duck and looks like a duck..." Pony power. :) Karen Thomas, NC
