How about just "manipulated style"?? Remember, I'm a K.I.S.S. formula girl at heart. : )
I must confess, I tend to think of the riding, tack, etc. we see now in the Icelandic showring and elsewhere as German-influenced riding. I say this because the changes in desireable gait, lift, tack, etc. seemed to coincide with the horses being exported to Germany and becoming very popular there. Of course, I also think our own Southern Biglick barns played a role too in the current trends in Icelandic riding and training. I thought this when ankle rattlers appeared in the Astund catalog one year. (Are they still there?) -- Renee M. in Michigan
