--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, "Karen Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Since Jasmin wrote it as an answer to my post complaining about the > ever-increasing claims we hear for the breed, from speed, to weight > carrying, yes, in that context, I DO think it was another example of "breed > inflation." I'm not saying there's not one, or two..or maybe even a dozen > or two that are 14.2H+, and a few more in the 14-14.2H range...but when so > many people claim their horses are that height? I thought she was just saying that there are some Icelandics who are bigger. > And we've seen what has happened to Haflingers, RMH and a few other > breeds... > You would have no trouble finding RMH's around here in the 14hh range. I think the breed standard tops them out at 16hh. I thought my filly's parents looked pretty big, and in reality they are 14.2 and 14.3 hh. They look big because they are bigger than a lot of horses out there, they aren't that tall, but I also think they are using older breeding stock, nice well built horses. I am guessing she will be 14.2, she is 13.2 now. I have no idea what they have out of state, I was surprised when I first came here that the horses were not that big, in California they have big horses, in Montana they have big horses, here they aren't so big, not your average trail horse. Kim
