As a little girl, I always wanted a pony for Christmas. Santa never brought me a pony. So in my late 40s, I started taking horseback riding lessons. When I turned 50, I got my first horse, an Icelandic named Blessi (Veigar frá Búðardal). Little did I know how much fun life with an Icelandic was going to be. Blessi has a unique perspective on life. I hope you enjoy reading about it as much as I enjoy Blessi. And you will probably read about my cats from time to time.
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- Jules Verne & Icelandic Horse
- Icelandic Pony in William Morris' Kitchen
- Icelandic Horse Books
- Icelandic Breeding Standards
- Best of Blessi Stories
- Is this trotty, pacey or clear tolt or rack
- MCOA Hereditary Eye Defect in Silver Dapples
- Bone Spavin in the Icelandic Horse
- Laminitis
- Velkomin, Bienvenu--How to translate Blessiblog
- MtDNA Origins of the Icelandic Horse
- Icelandic Horse Twins--A Wonderful and Cautionary Tale
- Using World Fengur
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Battle of the Breeds--Riding for Speed
These past few days, Blessi and Dannelle have been participating in the All Breed Competition at the Northwest Horse Expo in Albany, OR. I have been doing some research as to what goes into all breed competitions.
You will get a kick out of the following video of Equifest in PA--a bunch of
breeds competing in barrel racing. I love the Gypsy Vanner and drafts doing
their best at this sport. It takes them most of the arena just to get up to
speed and then they need to turn. And the QH is amazing. And the Pasos are quite good but they want to gait. But somebody needs to
talk to the little girl on the Shetland about roughness.
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1 comment:
That's fun to watch! What about that lady riding sidesaddle. Woot!
Meg
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