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16.02.2014 23:27

Húsavík - Sauðárkrókur and back again

That was the plan for our weekend.
Friday afternoon Venus' owner came to check her out and was happy about what he saw. It was in fact better than he hoped, so we were rather proud.

After feeding the outsidehorses Saturday morning, we packed our stuff, grabbed Hjördís and off we went to Akureyri. Hjördís stayed there with her cousin and we kept going further west to Skagafjörður to have a look at Sigtýr, our young stallion. Tóti and his daughters were waiting for us and ready to show us our horse under the saddle. He made good progress since we saw him last time, but trott isn't his favourite and best gait. Sigtýr offers clear fourbeat tölt with good movements and it wouldn't be a surprise if there'd be pace somewhere around. We are going to take him home now and give him a break from riding. The plan is to take him as a handhorse and build up muscels. Think he'll like very much to go outside with the boys and play a bit.

Tóti showed us 2 stallions he has in training right now, Þórálfur and Narri. Both show impressing movements and gaits, but I liked Narri a bit better.

On our way back to Akureyri we made a short stop in Miðsitja and said "Hi" to our friends there. Always nice to meet them!

When we arrived at Akureyri, we had quick dinner and then off we went to Hof, the cultural center, as we had tickets for a concert with Eivör and the Northicelandic Symphony Orchestra. Lára Sóley, Ingólfur's nice, played 1st Violin there. The program should last for 75 minutes, but it seemed like just 5 minutes overall, as time was flying and it was so interesting to listen, watch and enjoy. So if you have the opportunity to hear Eivör live, take it!

This morning we slept in and then left Akureyri in the late morning. We went straight to Hólmavað, where we were supposed to help Bensi moving the horses. Farsæll, List, Vordís, Vaka, Katla and Amór went home to Hólmavað, Vigri and Mánahringur had different destinations. Vigri went to Bergstaðir for further training, but Mánahringur is going to stay with his brother and sisters at our place. Enough to eat, a warm drink and free vitamins. Think it'll be good for him to be with other horses his age and hope the boys are going to play a lot.

On the way back we took Venus home and hope she'll do well in her future.

Back at Hólmavað we got delicious waffers with cream. I had a quick look in the sheepstable and while I still was wondering how to find my sheep, it already came hopping and running through the crowd. So nice to be greeted like that.

It has already been a busy day, but there was even more to come. The stable was already clean when we came, the haynets prepared and Bjössi's mare Glæta had joined the group. I took Kátína for a very nice ride (had been waiting the whole weekend) and then we waited for 2 more horses to arrive. They are going to stay with us for more training and we are looking forward to work with them.

I attach a few pics.