On Mar 27, 2008, at 8:57 AM, Karen Thomas wrote: >>>>> Florida Cracker horses are pure Spanish (Barb, Jennet) -- they >>>>> were >>>>> brought from the islands by the Spanish settlers in Florida > > > That 100% pure anything ancestry claim doesn't impress me too much, > with any > breed. Icelandic's are 100% pure for 1000 years (approximately) and > gosh, > see the variation we see in the gaits and conformation within this > breed! > They are from a tiny, isolated country too.
Apparently they have the genetic markers to back it up -- and phenotypically they could pass for a Paso Fino or a Peruvian. Lynn Kinsky, Santa Ynez, CA http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky/ http://www.dslextreme.com/~napha/HighPoint/
