>>>> I believe I can say with confidence that my horse Blessi is 14.1. At one of the local NW Icelandic club events, several experienced trainers and breeders got together and measured him to confirm that he is 14.1.
Several of the horses that I KNOW were not as tall as touted were measured or advertised by Icelander trainers. Apparently, either they are as given to exaggerate as any horse traders, or they measure differently than we have been taught to measure. (And there's only one reliable way - on perfectly flat, level surface, with a stick made for the purpose.) Now, maybe Blessi COULD indeed be one of the few 14.1H Icelandic's, but if you watch the sellers' sites, Dreamhorse, etc., a oddly large percentage of Icelandic's for sale are "14-14.2". Again, inflating height isn't anything unique to Icelandic's, but it DOES happen a lot. Can you measure him yourself? I know that a lot of people have been surprised when they measure their own horses. Karen Thomas, NC No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.13/1246 - Release Date: 1/27/2008 6:39 PM
