>>> Well, I will just have to say that if I wanted to post I would ride a >>> trotting horse.
I don't think I understand...? No one is proposing that a person post to a soft gait, only to a trot. If Icelandic's trot, and many do, why not give them the same courtesy we give any horse? >>> so having said that I will say that of the Icelandics that I have ridden >>> only one of them has a posting trot. I don't think it's up to the horse to have a "posting trot." I think it's up to the rider to post to the horse's trot. If the horse has a true trot, then you should be able to post to it. Some trots are joggy, with little suspension and comfortable enough that you may not need to post, and some so-called trots in Icelandic's may be foxtrotty...but if the horse is really trotting, one should be able to post. If you don't want to, that's another matter - that's between you and your horse. (Was that a pun?) Karen Thomas, NC
