are you new at riding icelandics like me Nancy?? I keep expecting the trotting breed gaits to be the same and they arent! Tivar's canter is almost scarey, it feels like a powerful thundering gallop on a walking horse, definitely not a "rocking chair" canter. But I see nasi in the pasture and he has a sorta rocking chair canter. I would hate to be on tivar in a full blown gallop, which i rarely see him do, but he can do it :) He has a little prissy trot in the field and then a big floaty trot. I have no idea which one is the one I like to ride best. But I think it is the prissy one :) Yesterday he cracked me up. We came in very late from a long LONG ride, too long, but we stopped a lot and rested...he was very tired and probably sore. I know I was! and my husband was working on the tractor and got between Tivar and the hay roll and tivar just stood there, daring my husband to run him over I guess haha. My husband got down to move something, walked over to tivar and whispered in his ear (he told me later he said "will you MOVE teev?") and turned to get back on the tractor and tivar suddenly whirled and took off bucking and kicking. It was hilarious. Janice
-- courage is being scared to death...and saddling up anyway--John Wayne
