Re: [IceHorses] Show Video/Dagur/Janice

2007-02-25 Thread Janice McDonald
> Rope walking is an built fault up in the > shoulders elbows as I understand it my foal > Myrkvi was (lost him in an accident is my stable > 2 weeks ago) ropewalking and has i take my > farrier out now and then to prevent any > abnormaltie´s in hoof´s and leg angels in the > foals I ask him if

RE: [IceHorses] Show Video/Karen

2007-02-25 Thread Ingvar Ragnarsson
> >Malin, you may think it funny, but I have a SERIOUS problem with a horse who >is front legs are interfering being used as a breeding horse. That's enough >right there. There's simply no way I would breed a horse with legs like >that. > >Karen Thomas, NC yes of course it´s is a problem when i

Re: [IceHorses] Show Video/Dagur/Janice

2007-02-25 Thread Ingvar Ragnarsson
>I wonder why he walks that way, one foot in >front of the other, yet paces so well... he is an awesome >horse. Can you think of a reason he walks that way at a slow walk? >It is a wonderful story of a dream come true for horse and owner tho! Rope walking is an built fault up in the shoulders

RE: [IceHorses] Show Video and more

2007-02-20 Thread Karen Thomas
>>> a 11 yo stallion that have had a very good training for past 6 years in building him up I guess that surprises me too, that the horse is 11 years old. I guess I assumed one that narrow must be no more than four, and still growing. Narrow AND bad legs - that's not what I'd want in a breedin

RE: [IceHorses] Show Video and more

2007-02-20 Thread Karen Thomas
to heavy rider ect,ect then may I asked how many of you that ride your Icelandics is under 80 kg? Hmmm, 80 kg is about 176 pounds...? I can't speak for the list, but I'm nowhere close to 80 kg...and I get a smaller person than me to sit on my horses and give them their first rides. Actua

RE: [IceHorses] Show Video and more

2007-02-20 Thread Karen Thomas
>>> ha ha ha let me laf ! staggers oh my good! really? a 11 yo stallion that have had a very good training for past 6 years in building him up as a competion & riding horse would staggers under an 80-85 kg rider oh gosh then why don´t we all quit riding and put the Icelandic horse in a ice cage th

Re: [IceHorses] Show Video

2007-02-20 Thread Janice McDonald
> Stan is concerned that the video is being taken out of context. For the > story, please see: http://hestakaup.com I went and looked at the rest of the story :) i see it is a nice example of the underdog going home with the ribbon, and I understand now why the focus on the old man it is

Re: [IceHorses] Show Video and more

2007-02-20 Thread Janice McDonald
On 2/20/07, Ingvar Ragnarsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > a horse staggering beneath a too heavy rider wants to move. > >they cannot hardly stand still cause it helps > >them to balance when they take steps. > > to heavy rider ect,ect then may I asked how > many of you that ride your Icelan

RE: [IceHorses] Show Video

2007-02-20 Thread Karen Thomas
One thing I see from my unique perspective... a horse staggering beneath a too heavy rider wants to move. they cannot hardly stand still cause it helps them to balance when they take steps. Thats why a horse that stands still for mounting will take a step when a too heavy person mounts, to

RE: [IceHorses] Show Video

2007-02-20 Thread Karen Thomas
>>> Stan is concerned that the video is being taken out of context. For the story, please see: http://hestakaup.com Specifically, here is the series: http://www.hestakaup.com/content/view/36/52/ Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [IceHorses] Show Video

2007-02-20 Thread Judy Ryder
> i know, i know, i always see something weird... but why do they keep > focusing, so much focus, on an elderly man, even zooming in on his > hearing aid haha that just perplexed me. maybe he is the owner?? Stan is concerned that the video is being taken out of context. For the story, please

Re: [IceHorses] Show Video

2007-02-20 Thread Janice McDonald
i know, i know, i always see something weird... but why do they keep focusing, so much focus, on an elderly man, even zooming in on his hearing aid haha that just perplexed me. maybe he is the owner?? One thing I see from my unique perspective... a horse staggering beneath a too heavy rider

Re: [IceHorses] Show Video

2007-02-20 Thread Janice McDonald
what makes a horse "rope walk"? I have heard the term but dont know why or anything about it... janice -- yipie tie yie yo

RE: [IceHorses] Show Video

2007-02-20 Thread Ingvar Ragnarsson
At 00:57 20.2.2007, you wrote: > > http://shirson.com/Video/Dagur/Dagur_tolttrot_player.swf Hi all somehow I can´t see this video! I open the site and it loads in but all I se is a grey box where the movie should be ? But I can mak

RE: [IceHorses] Show Video

2007-02-19 Thread Karen Thomas
http://shirson.com/Video/Dagur/Dagur_tolttrot_player.swf Wow, that broke my heart. Those horses are so tiny, especially that palomino - he is so narrow that he looks frail. [] Check out the front legs of the palomino as he's walking forwards the camera... what do you see? That's a pr

Re: [IceHorses] Show Video

2007-02-19 Thread Wanda Lauscher
On 19/02/07, Robyn Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Judy, > I didn't watch all of it but the horse is being ridden on a steady contact > with an Icelandic bit which is even worse than if it were a snaffle. Sigh...I'm glad I didnt' watch it. I just don't have the heart for it. Wanda

RE: [IceHorses] Show Video

2007-02-19 Thread Robyn Hood
Hi Judy, I didn't watch all of it but the horse is being ridden on a steady contact with an Icelandic bit which is even worse than if it were a snaffle. I don't understand why any disciplines want to ride their horses behind the vertical. Horses ridden like that cannot see what is in front of the