>>> The rules aren't that complicated are they? That was my thought when I read that. I swear sometimes, it's seems like it's all part of the smoke-and-mirrors that some of the importers and trainers put up around this breed. If they make it seem complicated enough, it aids in keeping the monopoly on their clinics, their training, their shoeing/trimming.... After all, NO ONE else understands all these COMPLICATED rules. Maybe that's not the ONLY motivation, but it's the main one I can see.
There's an old saying that I paraphrase to keep appropriate for a family-friendly list: " If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, then baffle them with 'baloney'..." That mentality is used in lots of fields, not only within the equestrian world - but I certainly think it's alive and well within the Icelandic breed! Not that I'm a cynic... ;) Karen Thomas, NC -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.9/623 - Release Date: 1/11/2007 3:33 PM
