Just sending this it the list. <;] I think Nancy meant for it to land there as well. Raven ~:]
Hi Rachel. I. too. am new to the group. I have an off-track Standardbred that I drive, a 14.3 Tennessee Walker gelding that I use for endurance and two Icelandicss that we just purchased in January. I've been riding since 1963, usually Thoroughbreds in those days. I was a hunter/jumper/dressage person who relaxed the horses by riding in the same mountains I now use to condition my endurance horse. I also owned some Welsh ponies and a Welsh cob in my "too old to ride" period. I did not particularly like the temperments of the Welsh ponies we had, although they were very fancy. The Icelandics are the most amazing horses we've ever owned. They were purchased from the dispersal sale of a 90+ year old breeder who concentrated on breeding sensible useful animals. From our experience, he was a huge success. They are calm intelligent, willing and absolutely "tuned" to anything I might ask for. These two , at least, are the most trainable horses/ponies I've handled in 44 years. Nancy Sturm, not too old to ride after all Raven Lucy & Molly, the Girl Doggies Huginn, the American Ice Pony Dixie Chic, the Barn Goddess
