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01.03.2008 12:15

Mývatn Open

What a beautiful day! Sunshine, light wind, not so cold, perfect weather for a competition on ice!
We went to lake Mývatn, where the annual icecompetition called Mývatn Open was going to take place. We were lucky and got a good place with our car just next to the competitiontrack. So no need to be outside in the cold!
First was Tölt B competition, which is for non-professional riders or people with not so experienced horses. They have to show slow tölt, slow-fast-slow and then fast tölt. Some horses were a bit unsecure on the ice, but most of them showed themselves well. Winner in Tölt B was Kristján (Kiddi) who is farmer and horsebreeder in Hellunland.
After lunchbreak was first part of the stallionshow (3 stallions) and then Tölt A, which was the same as Tölt B, but more experienced riders and horses. Gísli was showing 2 of his horses, but unfortunately especially Kamban was not at his best. Mette Manseth was starting too but really unlucky as her horse lost a shoe in the competition. She was allowed to reshoe and start again and was in the lead before the finals. There her horse lost another shoe and so she could not complete her show. Winner in Tölt A was Magnús B. Magnússon.
Then the second part of the stallionshow took place and after that was the Pace competition.
Gísli and his mare Bjarklind frá Húsavík started there too, but he lost a scalper in the first run and she was not so fast in the second one. Bjarni participated on his Pacer Djarfur and the mare Ör frá Saltvík and became 3rd on Djarfur for the 3rd year in a row.
In the evening (after getting ourselves in a proper state) we went out to concert with Ljótu Hálfvítarnir (Ugly Idiots), which was really great and good fun! They know how to entertain and have some really good songs!
Have a look at the pics from Mývatn in the folder "Horses" - "Mývatn Open 2008"
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