>>> Ooops - have I missed still another Icelandic tradition? Do riders not >>> normally post >>> the trot?
Not the traditional show type riders - it was one of the hardest things for me to watch when I first started paying attention to this breed. Many do this horrible, jarring bounce where they absolutely pound the horse's back. I used to call it the pogo-stick trot - boing, boing, boing... I used to have a link of Diddi, an Icelandic rider with tons of championships to his credit, bouncing so horribly on the back of his horse that I swear you could read the newspaper between him and his saddle. Karen Thomas, NC
