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30.05.2015 16:40

Open day

at the local riding hall. Both clubs, Grani and Þjálfi, invited the people living in and around Húsavík, to meet in the riding hall, watch horsefootball, take a short ride in the horsecarriage or be led a few rings on horseback inside. Of course you could buy coffee, hot chocolate and different cakes for a very low price. 
There were definitely a lot more visitors than anybody had hoped for and we had a very, very nice day there. Hope we'll get a few new riders soon. 
Afterwards we checked out our foals and both of them were really eager to inspect us and get a good scratch on the belly.











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25.05.2015 09:38

A quick visit

at Hólmavað and guess, who crossed my way? Or should I better say "who came running to beg for treats"?

Snilld and her twinboys, which were rather sceptically and stayed in a distance, had a look at us and of course she got some treats. Soon they'll go to a different place and hopefully not long after that up to the mountains.


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22.05.2015 23:07

Foals

We moved Ögn, List and their foals to the big seasidemeadow yesterday evening. There they get richer hay and fresh growing grass inbetween. Another advantage is the fact that Fönix can't get into their nerves and the foals have peace to play together without the big guy always interrupting.
Instead of these four we put Farsæll in the fence with Fönix and the mares. So maybe they'll play a bit.
Looks like the mares really enjoy the big field as they're just wandering around, trying the grass here and there. The foals are playing, running, sleeping and drinking. In fact we have a little milkthief. Ögn's son fetches himself a drink at both mares. 
Snerpa discovered that humans aren't that dangerous at all and explored me, my camera and my clothes today.














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20.05.2015 23:39

News from Fönix

Now the foals are born, Fönix is not the number one anymore and has to share the attention.
He's not always happy about it and especially not happy about not being allowed to play with the foals. So he had to find another sparring partner and was lucky that Þrá was ready to take that place. Funny to watch a lady in her best years playing like crazy with an adolescent.





List is definitely not keen on playing



Þrá on the other hand is ready to play along










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19.05.2015 15:48

A name

After one week of reading through books, checking namelists online, writing down a lot of interesting names with even more interesting meanings and watching List's daughter a lot, we finally got a name for her.
First I was thinking about a name fitting to her colour and Eldlilja (Firelily) was one of my favourites, but soon I had to think about that again, as she didn't behave at all like a flower, too much power, running, jumping, bucking. So it had to be something more powerful.
In the end we chose the name Snerpa, which means "sharpness, briskness" and think it fits very well for this little bundle of power.







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17.05.2015 13:01

And number 2

Yesterday morning when we checked our foalmares, there still was no second foal, but we could see wax on Ögn's udder, which is a sign that it won't take too long (mostly between 24 and 48 hours) until the foal will be born. Most mares give birth during the night, so we decided to stay awake and try to watch.
Around 6.30, when we went home from the stable, she was still eating, just the way she was around 2 hours later, when we drove by on our way to put the ridinghorses into the stable. Still no signs of an oncoming birth 30 minutes later, so we stopped by our vet's stable, had a chat and some coffee. At about 22.30 we went back to our stable to feed the horses and could see, that Ögn had herself separated from the group. We already got ourselves comfortable with checking on her a few times during night, but in the end, there was no need to do that as she had started to be in labour. Our vet and his wife stopped on their way home, when they saw what was going on and so it was the four of us watching her. Hjördís and Ingólfur's father arrived shortly after she started and observed what was going on.
As the foal was rather big Ingólfur had to help a bit and dragged the foal out and in front of Ögn, so she could start cleaning it. She was rather tired, but after a moment she started to lick her little black colt.
He was, just like his dad, a bit clumsy in the beginning and didn't manage to get up straight away (I wouldn't either with all these long legs being tied together), but when we left he stood.
If you'd like to see the whole birth, have a look here.













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14.05.2015 12:17

Íbishóll

Today we decided to change our daily routine and took a drive to Skagafjörður, where we visited Magnús Bragi Magnússon and Elisabeth Jansen at Íbishóll.
After a nice chat about different breedinglines, old and new stallions and a lot more, Magnús showed us their herd or better to say herds as they have their horses split up in a few groups according to age, gender and how much they are supposed to eat.
There's a special stallionfence with a colourful group of young stallions belonging to them or friends. The yearlings are in a seperate fence, just like the 2 and 3 year olds, the grown ups and last but not least the foalmares.
Last stop was the stable, where we had a look at Snillingur, who is Fönix father.
Ingólfur and Magnús were busy discussing the horses while I used the chance to take a lot of pics without being interrupted.










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13.05.2015 08:45

Still just one foal

...but that one running crazy!
List has enough to do to follow her energetic daughter. Just a question of time when she'll give up on that.










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12.05.2015 22:10

One landed - one to go

This morning a little something on long legs greeted us, when we checked our horses. List had given birth during the night.
Remember my guess? I was guessing for a yellow dun mare with a star. Well, I got one out of three, I was right with the gender. List's first foal is a little red mare with no markings (not even a few white hairs on the forehead, nothing).
When we checked her in the morning, she hadn't found out completely how to get a meal, but didn't give up and had mastered it later today, when we checked on them again. Think she's just drinking, sleeping and playing a bit, but mostly drinking and sleeping.
As far as I can see, she has a lot of tölt, so probably pace, too. 
Now she only needs a fitting name...

There's an album with pics of her on our picturepage, just have a look.










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08.05.2015 00:11

Snilld & her lambs

I got a message in the morning, that Snilld had gotten her twinlambs. Of course I was rather nosy and eager to see them, but that had to wait until after dinner as we had to take care of our horses. 
When I came into the stable, I was greeted happily and someone was waiting for treats. Luckily I had some, but they didn't last very long. It wasn't easy to get a glimpse or take pics of the lambs as Snilld was always trying to eat the camera or get a clap/scratch. At least she's not defending her lambs like some other ewes do and so it wasn't difficult to have a closer look at them, even lift them up.

By the way: I was right about the gender and colour! I got 2 white rams. Hope I'll be right with my foal, too. There I'd like to get a dun filly with a big star.











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03.05.2015 00:04

The flower weatherforecast

wasn't right at all! Still no spring, but a lot of snow :(
At least the days are getting longer and it's not really dark anymore.

If you'd like to have a look at the actual weather, just check out the Húsavík webcam.
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01.05.2015 20:05

Moving the horses

It was time to move the foalmares to another fence, where it will be easier for us to keep an eye on them. 
We decided to walk them in two groups, first 4 on a halter and then 2 on a halter and 2 running free. Came a bit different, but worked well.
First we caught Þyrnirós, Prímus, Ögn and List. Fjördís was so nosy, that she followed the group, which was just fine.
Prímus moved into the fence with Farsæll, Ösp and the others, where he got a bit rough welcome, but was integrated after a few minutes.
While Ingólfur took care of this I kept walking with the 3 mares on the rope and Fjördís following loose. It was very nice to see how well behaved Þyrnirós is. Just walking like the other ladies and when she was irritated by something, just stopping, taking a look and then following me again. Never pulling on the rope or anything like that.
Then it was just Þrá, Vordís and Fönix left. He of course had to have a look at a lot of things around, but was rather well behaved, not at all trying to take off and explore the area.
Now we just have to wait for the foals to be born. Hope they take their time as it is rather cold at the moment.








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