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09.11.2011 21:09

Shoes, shoes and more shoes....

... in this case horseshoes!

We have been preparing the young mares for being shoed for quite some time and not so long ago their big time had come. We were well prepared, as it is not always so easy to convince the horse to be shoed for the first time, especially if it has quite some temper...

Well, these mares were A-students, behaving really well while Ingólfur was clipping and rasping their fronthooves. Then he shoed all of them in front (they´ll get their backshoes later) and gave them good time in between to rest their legs. They were happily nibbling their hay and not stressed at all. That´s the way it should be!

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06.11.2011 21:07

Horseholiday

List, Magnús and Ögn are enjoying their well deserved autumnholiday at a huge field at the seaside. They already have put on some weight for the wintertime and are in good mood, always ready to get some visitors, especially if the visitors bring some bread.

We used the good weather and took some pics of them. You find them in the new album "Autumnholiday". As you can see, they are feeling well and it looks like Magnús and List are training to be at the same pace emoticon

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02.11.2011 20:09

Trainingshorses

Now all the young horses that are supposed to start training, are inside and things are going their way. We are getting them used to be handled daily, put a halter on, lift the feet, clap them, touch them allover and of course showing them the ridinghall, leading them there, taking a good look at all the scary things.

They have calmed already quite much and it is always fun to work with such unspoiled horses.

Now, here they are:

Glæta frá Hellulandi, born 2006, chestnut, most likely fivegaited. She is a daughter of Galsi frá Sauðárkróki and Dvöl frá Syðri-Brekkum (Vidarsdaughter) and therefore sister to Kyndill, Garri and Otri and fullsister of Embla and Áli.

Jódís frá Keldulandi, born 2007, yellow dun with lots of natural tölt. She is a daughter of Þrifótur frá Sólheimum (son of Aron) and Orka frá Kýrholti (Kolgrímsdaughter). Jódís is cooperative towards us, but a bit bossy with the other horses. She belongs to our friend Mieke and is sister of her gelding Mímir.

Freyja frá Krossanesi, born 2007, chestnutpinto, probably fivegaited. She is a daugther of Sindri frá Vallanesi and Fiðla frá Stóru-Ökrum (Þengillsdaughter) and we think she´ll have quite some pace with that pedigree. Freyja already had her basictraining last year and is now starting in 2nd grade. She belongs to Aurelia and her family in Austria.

Katla frá Hólmavaði, born 2008, black, most likely fivegaited. She is a daughter of Geisli frá Sælukoti (Doublelandsmótwinner) and Perla frá Höskuldsstöðum (Dagursdaughter) and is therefore the fullsister of Ingólfur's gelding Magnús. She surprised us by being really polite and not pushy at all like we feared a bit. Katla belongs to Ingólfur's cousin Bensi and his family.

Embla frá Hellulandi, born 2008, blue dun, most likely fivegaited. She is the fullsister to Embla (Galsi - Dvöl) and is very interested in people and everything going on around. We are looking forward to see the similarities and differences between the sisters during training. Embla belongs to Kiddi, the breeder in Helluland.

Perla frá Hellulandi, born 2008, chestnut with a star, naturaltölter, probably fivegaited. She is a daughter of the Honoraryprizestallion Hágangur frá Narfastöðum and Lukka frá Hellulandi (Leisturdaughter) and halfsister of List. She is very lively and was a bit shy in the beginning, but she already trusts people and starts to be quite nosy. She too belongs to Kiddi.