tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152826429049460534.post7134778447856682450..comments2023-10-31T06:31:15.796-04:00Comments on Shame in the Horse Show Ring: Ponies on Ice!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger178125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152826429049460534.post-44099463111583302442022-04-03T01:54:20.874-04:002022-04-03T01:54:20.874-04:00Regardless of location, a pony is 14.2 hands or le...Regardless of location, a pony is 14.2 hands or less.A horse is 15h or taller. Bits should be fitted to the intended animal,w its comfort paramount. Cruelty is unacceptable.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14810411737387727831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152826429049460534.post-89788644969601734312021-10-26T07:16:01.077-04:002021-10-26T07:16:01.077-04:00Really interesting and informative blog. Do check ...Really interesting and informative blog. Do check out this page as well <a href="https://chisellabs.com/blog/how-to-estimate-in-kanban-agile-kanban-metrics" rel="nofollow">kanban metrics</a>.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09949261274898247386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152826429049460534.post-41816626618242770942021-10-02T10:28:45.463-04:002021-10-02T10:28:45.463-04:00Superbly written article, if only all bloggers off...Superbly written article, if only all bloggers offered the same content as you, the internet would be a far better place..<br /><a href="https://completelyequine.com.au/products/jump-saddle-pad-for-sale" rel="nofollow">jump saddle pad</a><br />Johnny Bravohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457877962937325617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152826429049460534.post-90451095582684998522020-03-02T13:42:06.892-05:002020-03-02T13:42:06.892-05:00Listen you have no idea what you're talking ab...<br /><br />Listen you have no idea what you're talking about! I ride Icelandic horses and that is NOT AT ALL how you ride them! Heres a thought: research first! the Icelandic horses are hearty animals and more durable than those prancy delicate horses.<br />please more new visit this website.<br />https://horse-riderwear.com/category/for-horse-bits/3-ring-bits/<br />SINECURE INSTRUMENTShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17527713659908600189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152826429049460534.post-69006198269975299972018-06-11T12:43:27.119-04:002018-06-11T12:43:27.119-04:00hello reade the FEIF reglement that last bit is pr...hello reade the FEIF reglement that last bit is prohibited since 2002 ... I agree for the rest but this abuse is not only in our world just look what jupping horses have in theyr mouth . Actually since a few years now more and more icelandic amazones are riding with a simple bit (like i do) or with no bit at all . So it's guetting better step by step . We have a strict rules if the horse mouth is bleeding after a competition ( all the horses are checked ) wel you get disqualified .mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11289926088692619408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152826429049460534.post-37254712460357098132017-11-14T07:42:25.696-05:002017-11-14T07:42:25.696-05:00They wear special shoes with traction studs in the...They wear special shoes with traction studs in them. I really wish people would do their research before condemning.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14901959221104552024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152826429049460534.post-55413326072214272762017-08-01T09:38:15.017-04:002017-08-01T09:38:15.017-04:00It's worth mentioning, Diva - yes, the horse m...It's worth mentioning, Diva - yes, the horse my account is named after - is 15.0hh and about 500 kg, though she's fat right now; this means she could carry a rider + gear totalling 90 kg (going off what she SHOULD weigh, not what she does right now!) <br />So I am well within her weight limit just in case you were thinking I make a habit of riding ponies I'm too big for - I don't! x Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13048349923073277641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152826429049460534.post-38621653250153365912017-08-01T09:35:57.040-04:002017-08-01T09:35:57.040-04:00Wow! Those people are too big and heavy - it shoul...Wow! Those people are too big and heavy - it should be done on weight. I was always taught that rider + tack + gear on a FIT horse should equal no more than 20% of the horse's weight. Some people say up to 25%, maybe even 33%, depending on who you ask, but personally I much prefer the more conservative estimates. So my New Forest who is 12 hands weighs about 250 - 300 kilos; this means she can carry, when fit, a load of NO MORE THAN 60 kilos. I'm 56kg, so I cannot (and do not) ride her with a saddle. Maybe with some saddles I could do it but I don't ride her often enough to merit purchasing another saddle, maybe 3-4 times per year walk/trot around the paddock. <br /><br /> Your average six foot guy weighs, what? 180lbs? That's EIGHTY KILOS. <br /><br />EIGHTY. <br /><br />I mean actually most icelandics are actually about 13 hands, so maybe 350 kilos. So they could carry a rider and gear that totalled 70 kilos. Yet these men alone are 80 kilos - that's 10kg over. 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My icie puts my quarterhorse and foxtrotter to shame in the mountain goat category! LOL! <br />My granddaughter now has a second icey temporarily....his owner is older and has to have a couple surgeries so Sierra has been training her youngster. They are doing amazing liberty work together...icies love to play!:)ndeewoodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504952775211893769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152826429049460534.post-22395723733424192052016-02-22T21:31:19.483-05:002016-02-22T21:31:19.483-05:00Well said!!!! It's sad this blog is trashing o...Well said!!!! It's sad this blog is trashing on the Icelandic riding world. It's actually a very great horse industry, despite some random not so great people. Icelandics also have the most beautiful conformation! This blog is literal shitposting and ignorance. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08599723190947888611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152826429049460534.post-44151296942416364902016-02-22T21:28:40.589-05:002016-02-22T21:28:40.589-05:00Actually, icelandics tolt which is their gait- spe...Actually, icelandics tolt which is their gait- specifically for ice. It developed over thousands of years specifically because of the icey terrain they live in. This is why icelandics are often ridden on ice, its showing off nature's beautiful job on these horses. Having an Icelandic horse, I can tell you that I've seen him tolt for hours on ice- both in the field and under saddle- and never once has he slipped. It's actually amazing. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08599723190947888611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152826429049460534.post-50704624182893451722015-08-23T14:32:26.134-04:002015-08-23T14:32:26.134-04:00Dear Sir/Madam
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The bits.
You seem ...Oh and then my favourite part!<br />The bits.<br />You seem to know nothing about the pictures you added. First one is an icelandic HALF-curb. It's not even as bad as a western curb. Many people use it for "show" on competitions. My friends does ride with it, and her horse looks pretty happy with it. Of course, it is something you have to know how to ride with.<br />Second picture shows a 3 ring curb, which has been forbidden on cometitions to use. It causes a nutcracker effect, thats why it's been banned from Icelandic sports.<br />Third picture. I really had a great laugh about your comment. Never seen it before, eh? It's a special bit for horses who continuously put their tongue over the bit. It's very dangerous for tongue and the whole mouth, so people try to avoid their horses doing it with this kind of bit. It doesn't allow a horse rolling in its tongue to push it over the bit. <br />I see, you know very much about our sport :) As much as I know about the deeper mathematics of timetravelling.<br /><br />To built a little conclusion:<br />Stop writing shit, and do some research before you spread hate and make people laugh about you. I agree that theres rough riding in gaited sports, but hey, let me show you some nice pictures out of normal horse sports:<br /><br />http://www.crays.de/pferdeverhalten01/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/13.jpg<br /><br />http://file1.npage.de/010301/22/bilder/gegen_sporen_1.jpg<br /><br />http://www.yourhorse.co.uk/upload/21273/images/Blue%20tongue%201.jpg<br /><br />http://www.sustainabledressage.net/rollkur/why_not/nijmegen_forward.gif<br /><br />Do you really think this is better?Dobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17204525908611761458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152826429049460534.post-61203205479379478932014-09-06T13:00:08.467-04:002014-09-06T13:00:08.467-04:00Just to make things clear, I'd rather rip your...Just to make things clear, I'd rather rip your head off than make a comment, but since Im not allowed to do what I would like to do, Im choosing the comment.<br /><br />This article is the greatest bullshit I've ever read.<br />You admitted you weren't knowing anything much about Icelandic <b>horses</b>. Then again you begin raging about exactly the thing you have no clue of. Does that make sense? No. Not really. But let's go on. <br />The worst problem I see with what you wrote is that you've got the common thought in your head "Oh hey, I saw something I don't like. So, everyone in this scene has to be like this!". And whoops, a fatal mistake was born. Of course, the pictures you posted aren't the bright side of gaited sports, but some seem to be split second shots. I promise, I could do some of these too on a "normal" horse competition. Really. At least, we let or horses breathe most of the time. LDR (Low, Deep, Round) isn't a common method in gaited sport, but in jumping, dressage (e.g) competitions, welll... we have seen it.<br />Then, you go on raging about too big riders, and that the horses have to go on ice. Oh well, let's start with a little geography maybe? It's called ICEland. So what do you expect on this island? Ice? Noooo way! What a surprise! It's in those horses genes that they move on rock, sand, grass, ice or whatever they have to cross, searching for food. For the big riders, watch the legs of icelandic horses. Do they look weak and pony-like for you? If they do, maaan then you're blind. Get glasses right away. Plus, riders straight from iceland usually are tall, but not very heavy...<br />Yep. Then I seeee rage, rage and rage about the bits (Oh and actually many people I know ride their Iceys bitless ...) and here we come to the saddles then (or earlier? Who cares, seriously.) I agree, they are wrong saddles to be seen on competitions, but these are the bad riders. More people really care about their horses backs, get them round and relaxed in daily training and put very good fitting (better than much normal horses saddles) saddles on their back. What you clearly also don't know, is that toelt and pace are gaits that can be ridden 'over the back' too! It's a real relaxed gait, and to just mention it, people who rip their horses heads up don't get anything for their riding. Never seen someone winning our championships. Hnokki frá Fellskoti is the world championship winner. He looks great, and not a bit like the horses you've shown. Although images shown on google show his mouth opened too sometimes. This doesn't mean anything by the way, since even my horse pulls on his reins horribly sometimes. No matter how long I hold them. Icelandics can be bitchy. <br /><br />-To be continued ...-Dobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17204525908611761458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152826429049460534.post-18036020428901153392014-07-25T18:08:37.264-04:002014-07-25T18:08:37.264-04:00You're pissing me off so much that I'm abo...You're pissing me off so much that I'm about to rip off your pretty little head, but let's get something straight first: this is BULLSHIT. You come from the outside, knowing nothing, and say all of this of how WE "abuse" OUR HORSES (because yes, as a matter of fact it is a fucking horse, not a pony, and you calling it a pony is just not cool) when you clearly don't know shit.<br /><br />First off, you're putting EVERYONE in the same box for the things that a couple of riders do. Because yes, I agree with you that there is a lot of shitty riding out there, but I know for a fact that no one puts their saddle on the horse's loins anymore unless they literally have no brain - it was done a while back because it was said to make get the horse on it's hindquarters. Then we found out that that was bullshit, and yeah, people fucking stopped doing it, because who wants to damage their horses back?<br /><br />And do you seriously want me to believe that you are so stupid that you think that these horses race on ICE wearing NOTHING to protect them from sliding? Just proves just how ignorant you are. They wear large spikes under their shoes to prevent them from fucking killing themselves while showing off on ice.<br /><br />As for the Icelandic curb bit: it is NOTHING like a regular curb bit because the shanks can be shifted and turned which means that the curb-effect is very little despite the shanks. Have you ever SEEN an Icelandic curb bit in real life? Or do you just assume that, you know, we are abusers and use abusive equipment? It takes NOTHING to make a 45 degree angle with an Icelandic bit because the shanks are loose from the mouth piece - you can pull very lightly and it will make just that angle. So go fuck yourself with that abusive crap.ckmadsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14766457100544998285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152826429049460534.post-63021752692837570062014-07-25T18:07:27.997-04:002014-07-25T18:07:27.997-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.ckmadsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14766457100544998285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152826429049460534.post-68715906620156651402014-07-03T07:20:02.486-04:002014-07-03T07:20:02.486-04:00Newly pattern of stable mats are especially introd...Newly pattern of stable mats are especially introduced by experts for the well being of your pet, horse.please visit: <a href="http://goo.gl/21AeOm" rel="nofollow">http://goo.gl/21AeOm</a><br />Bryan Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15419297282520630115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152826429049460534.post-31101185356772549132014-05-14T18:05:57.268-04:002014-05-14T18:05:57.268-04:00I stopped taking you seriously when I read that:
...I stopped taking you seriously when I read that: <br /><br />">If you really care about this issue, you should go to Iceland to see how they treat their horses. They are certainly no more cruel than American cowboys, or the whole rodeo business.<br /><br />In Iceland they eat their horses. So I'm not really interested in that aspect of horse keeping."<br /><br />You don't want to dialogue, you don't want to understand. You may be right on some points, but you're wrong on many others, but like many riders you THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING (just like the riders you criticize think they know everything and are sure they're doing things right). <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05841125853715569389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152826429049460534.post-48124883932464596732013-06-04T05:51:07.192-04:002013-06-04T05:51:07.192-04:00Hi, your article is too good I also like to see se...Hi, your article is too good I also like to see see exotic horse breeds because i like horses.....<br /><br /><a href="http://www.stablesoft-europe.com/" rel="nofollow">www.stablesoft-europe.com</a>Bryan Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15419297282520630115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152826429049460534.post-31753353558415452652013-05-27T15:04:32.825-04:002013-05-27T15:04:32.825-04:00Not every pony can carry a growing up person.... Not every pony can carry a growing up person.... Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328161122406828312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152826429049460534.post-7378884513430470382013-03-26T11:33:22.643-04:002013-03-26T11:33:22.643-04:00This has been an interesting discussion...want to ...This has been an interesting discussion...want to add a bit more. <br /> <br />1-noone mentioned the fact that iceys have denser bones for heavier loads? Did I miss that fact being mentioned? They also live longer on average.<br /><br />2-my icey tolts like a madman....and I ride him barefoot, bareback and in a halter as I do Parelli with him. That should probably start a whole other discussion now bashing Parelli...laugh!<br /><br />3-There are only 5 icelandic "Master" trainers in the world and we just had one come to our barn for a clinic and he did nothing but natural horsemanship for 3 whole days. He was the headmaster at Holar University for years and has the respect of the whole icelandic community. There are many sickening practices in Iceland as well as the US...but with men like Eyjolfur Isolfsson and his equivalent in the US and Europe...horsemanship is rapidly changing all over the world. <br /><br />II try when I see horsemanship practices I don't like to give helpful suggestions instead that get people thinking instead of bashing them....sometimes people just don't know there are other alternatives.<br /><br />By the way, I call my icelandic a pony. But then I call my quarterhorse and my foxtrotters ponies too...:)ndeewoodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504952775211893769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152826429049460534.post-9721627079774956132013-03-26T11:16:55.449-04:002013-03-26T11:16:55.449-04:00Only you can answer that...is your horse strugglin...Only you can answer that...is your horse struggling on hills? How heavy is your tack? There is an old adage that a horse can carry something like 20 percent of his weight...at 25% they start struggling. Maybe this will help you.<br />Icelandics can carry 200 lbs....but a cross might now have the dense bones that set an icelandic apart from other horses. <br />Deendeewoodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504952775211893769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152826429049460534.post-14182787255683718712013-03-14T08:50:42.602-04:002013-03-14T08:50:42.602-04:00Hi. I just wanted your opinions. I have a 5 year o...Hi. I just wanted your opinions. I have a 5 year old KY Mtn x Icelandic cross horse. He is 14.2 hands tall. I am 5'1", but weight 200 lbs. Do you think he can carry me okay or do you think I am hurting him?<br /><br />wildflower4757https://www.blogger.com/profile/13412878715293574043noreply@blogger.com