The
Icelandic horse should have a soft and supple back, with a sertain elasticity,
the dorsal line should be superb. It should be of a good length,
broad and muscled. The croup should be long, with a certain slope,
equally developed and filled. The tighs should be long and have deep
and good muscle filling. The tail is set appropriately high.
What
are considered faults are mainly
-A
hunch in the back.
-Swayback.
-A
stiff back, a straight back.
-A
short or a long back.
-A
narrow back, with little muscle.
-Loins
that get too narrow towards the tail.
-Coarse
croup/loin.
-Short
croup.
-Shallow
croup.
-Flat
croup (trotting-horse croup).
-A
sloping back.
History
I Characteristics I Colors
I Breeding goals I Gaits
I Training I
Raising our
horses I Our broodmares I Foals
1999 I Foals 2000 I Onelist
I Location I Weather
I Winter gallery I Summer
gallery I Us at Langhus I Icelandic
cow I Icelandic sheep I Icelandic
sheepdog I Articles from the website IWebrings
I Link-collection I Horses
for sale I
