Re: [IceHorses] Re: Stiffness and gaits...?

2007-07-02 Thread Janice McDonald
On 7/2/07, Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --PLEASE, PLEASE tell this to Osp :-). She's got one of the > longest backs I've seen on an Icelandic, but she is no where near pacey. > She's very loose moving and very trotty. I'd love for her to swing over to > the pacey side

RE: [IceHorses] Re: Stiffness and gaits...?

2007-07-02 Thread Karen Thomas
--PLEASE, PLEASE tell this to Osp :-). She's got one of the longest backs I've seen on an Icelandic, but she is no where near pacey. She's very loose moving and very trotty. I'd love for her to swing over to the pacey side of things just a bit. As I said, it's a major contributin

RE: [IceHorses] Re: Stiffness and gaits...?

2007-07-02 Thread Karen Thomas
>>> I'm not sure of the "why", but thinking back, I can think of quite a few stiff Icelandics. I was told that horses who tend towards pace can get stiff, I'm not totally sure if it happens this way, or the other way around, maybe from riding style, tight saddles, etc. Maybe it depends on the situa