>>when the breed's party line was that Icelandic's don't get >>laminitis....Icelandic's don't colic...Icelandic mares never have trouble >>foaling... > > That's one thing I just don't get. Icelandics have NEVER been > advertised in that way over here, or in any of the ads I've seen from > Europe. Why would people promoting the breed in the US do that???? And > come to that, why would prospective buyers believe them?
Maybe they had to try different things to get the horse to compete with other breed sales? And for some reason, the people who came to be attracted to the breed back then were the ones who easily believed those things, probably new to horses. Judy http://iceryder.net http://clickryder.com
