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25.10.2014 10:41

Ísólfsstaðir

As I already told you before, the ridinghorses spending their vacation at Ísólfsstaðir. It's not just our horses there, but those of Magnús and Bjössi, too. Today it was time to move Maggi's horses and we decided to take 2 trips and take Aldís on the second, too.

But as things never turn out the way you expect, we had to do a lot of other things before taking the first trip to Ísólfsstaðir. Driving to Maggi's field we spotted 3 loose horses, to be precise a reddun mare, a bluedun mare and a red foal. Our horses! Fortunately they weren't close to the road, just grazing and not on the run. When Vordís realized, we were on our way to catch her, she decided it would be safer to move slowly away and started walking towards the riding hall, passing it. I sneaked on the other side and was lucky to get in front of them. It looked like she was relieved to see me, came and allowed me to grab her easily. Magnús took Aldís and Fönix just followed. In the meantime, Ingólfur checked the fence and repaired both gates. We have no idea what happened, but I wouldn't be surprised if somebody was hunting nearby and the horses got scared by the gunshot.

With our horses securely in their fence again, we grabbed Þokkadís and Ísak, realizing, that Glói was hurt and bleeding a bit. So we left him in the field and called the vet.

Ísak and Þokkadís were happy to go to the big pasture and meet the others. Glói on the other hand had to go to the stable, where the vet sewed his wound and gave him antibiotics. He'll have to stay inside for a few days until the stichtes get removed.

What a day!

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19.10.2014 09:49

Fönix

Hjördís and me visited Vordís, Aldís and Fönix today. They are on around 2,5 ha with enough grass and a good shelter. Fönix has grown a lot during summer and gets nosier and nosier. Of course, he had to check out Hjördís, but was not keen on being touched himself. Aldís on the other hand, enjoyed a really good clap and scratch.

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18.10.2014 09:09

Autumnwork

Besides training horses, there are a lot of other things to do in autumn.

For instance moving the outsidehorses to safe places fitting their needs. This means: the very well fed ridinghorses go to the huge fields at Ísólfsstaðir, where they can roam around on about 100 ha and find the best straws. This will keep them a bit in shape and they enjoy their freedom and just being horses. Of course they are closely watched and controlled every day by the farmer there.

Vordís and Fönix are going to the big field near the sea, where there is good shelter and where we'll start to feed hay early. They'll be joined later by Fjördís and Prímus, when he's finished his first training. At the moment, Aldís keeps them company.

Sigtýr and "his mares" are staying at Haga at the moment and will stay there as long as there's enough grass and river Laxá doesn't flood the area. There's very good natural shelter and they are closely watched by the farmer there. Þyrnirós and her brother Þokki are still at Hólmavað, but will soon go to Ísólfsstaðir, Þokki taking a small stop-over inside to fresh up his haltertraining.

Needless to say, that all the horses are being dewormed, too.

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07.10.2014 09:09

Trainingseason

As usual we took some trainingshorses inside to start them or continue, where we stopped last autumn.

This year there will be 3 of our own horses and 4 which don't belong to us.

The candidates are:

Embla frá Húsavík (F: Farsæll frá Vatnahjáleigu, M: Perla frá Höskuldsstöðum), born 2010, started last autumn and gets further training now. Smooth and easy.

Nökkvi frá Nesi (F: Straumur frá Enni, M: Kolbrá frá Nesi), born 2010, inside for further training. Nice and easygoing.

Prímus frá Bjarnastöðum (F: Gustur frá Lækjarbakka, M: Hespa frá Bjarnastöðum), born 2010, just started his training. Small horse - big character!

Sæla frá Hellulandi (F: Geisli frá Sælukoti, M: Skömm frá Hellulandi), born 2010, just started her training. Relaxed and nosy. Belongs to Jörg in Austria.

Roði frá Hellulandi (F: Djákni frá Hellulandi, M: Glæta frá Hellulandi), born 2010, just started. Reminds us a bit of his mum. Belongs to Bjössi, who'll train him himself.

Freyja frá Krossanesi (F: Sindri frá Vallanesi, M: Fiðla frá Stóru-Ökrum), born 2007, starts again after her foal. Belongs to Aurelia in Austria.

Kósi frá Fornhaga II (F: Tristan frá Árgerði, M: Ósk frá Ytri-Bakka), born 2011, gets his basics now. Belongs to Elfa Mjöll at Laxamýri.

You can see, there'll be enough to do the next weeks. Keep you informed!

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05.10.2014 19:01

Walk on the beach

Sundaymorning, sunshine and a light breeze - what would you want more to go for a walk.

Ingólfur took Hjördís and me to a beach we haven't been before. After the storm there was a lot of debris on the beach, so lots of stuff to look at and look through - shells, tang and a lot more.

The walk on the beach was refreshing and at the end we had a look at a beautiful waterfall. Whilst Hjördís and Ingólfur had a closer look at it, they were closely watched by a raven. Back home we had delicious pumpkinsoup before we went for further excursions.