---- Mic Rushen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You have to remember that quite > often, the best competition horses do not have the best conformation > (ie not all of them have done well at breeding assessments). It seems, > with Icelandics, that form does not always follow function.
You know, I've heard that last statement before about Icelandics and it always seems odd to me to have form be at odds with function. Why would Icelandics be any different from any other equine? Unless the "function" being graded has been helped along. . . Could it be because horses with less than stellar conformation are "fixed" up to gait via mechanical means and that manufactured, showy gait is then graded highly? In my mind, it seems this could be one possible reason horses who don't receive good conformation scores go on to get high marks under saddle. -- Renee M.
