2017 Icelandic Pony Stallion

This is Farbauti

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Ze front

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Ze back

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I wanted to show off those cute tiny ears

Love this little boy his on my wishlist

bun2013 wrote:

Love this little boy his on my wishlist

I can sure recommend him

Interesting that you point these small ears, they're incredible small! I reduced drastically my collection of horses but there is still an Icenlandic on it. It is a Schleich but the 13274 instead. Still my favorite among Schleich's. I also love the Safari's in my niece's collection, both from Susanne, our expert in Icelandic horses. ... and notice that I said horses... not ponies... if Susanne sees it you'll be punished... yes, notice that I haven't said ponished.

It is surely a nice model, - at last we are not in doubt of the breed !!!
He has a nice masculine look, - the heavy neck shows us that he is a grown-up stallion, at least 5- 6 years old.

In real I am not sure if he would be permitted to be a whole stallion for long.
The proportions, - well, he is a toy,  and the later years Schleich seem to insist on giving small horses a cute pony-look. Not as bad as the terrible fell-ponies though
But the face has a sort of "fleshy" look, which is not acceptable in breeding content.

About the ears.
I think Schleich has exaggerated a typical Icey-trait, where the ears are almost  half covered by the mane and forelock

I like him very much  but his head and neck is a bit big I think

Thank you all for your opinions and featback

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]: It is a pony, bc he is smol

Gwaine wrote:

Thank you all for your opinions and featback

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]: It is a pony, bc he is smol

I am also small and I am not a pony croc.
Even the pony Wikipedia article describe them as horses and not ponies. I don't think there is a pejorative meaning in the word pony but it is eveident that those who contributed to the development of the breed feel more confortable with the word horse.

Roger wrote:

Gwaine wrote:

Thank you all for your opinions and featback

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]: It is a pony, bc he is smol

I am also small and I am not a pony croc.  
Even the pony Wikipedia article describe them as horses and not ponies. I don't think there is a pejorative meaning in the word pony but it is eveident that those who contributed to the development of the breed feel more confortable with the word horse.

At Horse-Management School I have been taught ponies become horses at a certain height.

Gwaine wrote:

At Horse-Management School I have been taught ponies become horses at a certain height.

Yes, that is a British thing, which was adopted to make children's pony competitions more fair.
But horses like Iceys, Fjord, Przewalski, Mongolian, Desert Arabians and such were around thousand(s) (of) years before that, and they are still horses, no matter some modern, British created competition rules

SUSANNE wrote:

Gwaine wrote:

At Horse-Management School I have been taught ponies become horses at a certain height.

Yes, that is a British thing, which was adopted to make children's pony competitions more fair.
But horses like Iceys, Fjord, Przewalski, Mongolian, Desert Arabians and such were around thousand(s) (of) years before that, and they are still horses, no matter some modern, British created competition rules

I never knew this and I have learned the same 'rule' as Gwaine XD (At my animal-care study.)
Learned a new thing today, thanks Susanne

Btw Roger: I have the same thing if someone calls a rabbit a rodent or an orca a whale

NightLioness wrote:

SUSANNE wrote:

Gwaine wrote:

At Horse-Management School I have been taught ponies become horses at a certain height.

Yes, that is a British thing, which was adopted to make children's pony competitions more fair.
But horses like Iceys, Fjord, Przewalski, Mongolian, Desert Arabians and such were around thousand(s) (of) years before that, and they are still horses, no matter some modern, British created competition rules

I never knew this and I have learned the same 'rule' as Gwaine XD (At my animal-care study.)
Learned a new thing today, thanks Susanne

Btw Roger: I have the same thing if someone calls a rabbit a rodent or an orca a whale

We were taugth that at animal care as well, Rabbits are their own family and Orca's are very biiig dolphins

It's quite nice model, perhaps the nicest from the 2017 Schleich horses range. Thank you for the walk around

Gwaine wrote:

Roger wrote:

Gwaine wrote:

Thank you all for your opinions and featback

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]: It is a pony, bc he is smol

I am also small and I am not a pony croc.  
Even the pony Wikipedia article describe them as horses and not ponies. I don't think there is a pejorative meaning in the word pony but it is eveident that those who contributed to the development of the breed feel more confortable with the word horse.

At Horse-Management School I have been taught ponies become horses at a certain height.

The height rule is very simplified and mainly useful at the competition as Susanne said. Would you call a 1,45cm high Arab a pony (because according to that rule all horses below 1,48cm are called ponies)? It may compete in the pony classes but calling it a pony would just not fit, would it?

I would say an Arab is always a horse. And if Icelandic horse specialists say the Icelandic must be considered a horse, not a pony, then I believe that too.

I would say, school and books learn us some things but the world isn't exactly as in books, the reality is much more complicated and we keep on learning new things every day, even when it's different than what the school said, isn't it?

Would Sam approve that thought?
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Very nice model! He's definitely cute and looks worth getting. They did an excellent job with this one.

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The height rule is very simplified and mainly useful at the competition as Susanne said. Would you call a 1,45cm high Arab a pony (because according to that rule all horses below 1,48cm are called ponies)? It may compete in the pony classes but calling it a pony would just not fit, would it?

I've actually heard of a Quarter Horse at 13hh being referred to as a Quarter Pony or pony, but at the same time, it's very true that the official height is not a hard or fast rule. Icelandic horses are one of the main exceptions.

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Camping trips are Farbauti's favorite

This is what Icelandic horses are so great at

SUSANNE wrote:

This is what Icelandic horses are so great at

It does suit him well, don't it