>>>........I remember that it was Sigrun and her American husband, Jason, who seemed to be sponsoring it, so I assume they were also riding. I assume Gudmar too...?<<<
You got it Karen, Sigrun and Jason organized it and "performed" as well as Gudmar, Laura Benson and Jana Meyer. I believe there was one more person who I didn't recognize. The stallion that fell was Tjaldur, who is based out of NH. Jana was riding him. Tjadur's young offspring performed as well, I believe they were 4-5 year olds. They had kids performing too. I went because it wasn't very far and I was curious. I wish I didn't see it though. One thing I found rediculous was they had some of the kids and non-trainer adults do an example show. They explained that the riders would do a slow tolt on the short end of the ring and a faster tolt on the long sides. But the "fast" tolt wasn't going to be a true example because they would have to keep them slower due to the ice. After this, they had the trainers do their "show"...but did they slow down? Gosh no! They did a normal paced "fast tolt" on the long sides and just barely slowed on the corners to the short side. I've seen Icelandic performances before on regular ground and they rode them just the same on the ice. It was just one more inhumane "notch" to add on my record book under their names as far as I'm concerned. Heather ........I remember that it was Sigrun and her American husband, Jason, who seemed to be sponsoring it, so I assume they were also riding. I assume Gudmar too...?
