--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, "Janice McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > well, another thing about extremes, now that we are on the subject... > When dogs are shown for example, they are scored on which one at the > show best meets the criteria of the BREED STANDARD. So what IS the > icelandic breed standard?? If you use evaluation scores, then the > breed STANDARD for mane is mane hanging down a foot past the muzzle. > whereas 99.5% of icelandics have a nice bushy thick pony type mane. > Thats just one example of breed standard that comes to mind. > its interesting i think. > Janice -- > yipie tie yie yo > Hi janice
here you have to differentiate between stallions and mares. And breed standard does not mean, that all horses comply. and the mark for mane and tail is only a very small percentage of the overall mark for conformation so does not really influence the overall score. You can not ride the mane and tale btw ;-) Jasmin
