Many Icelandics have a smooth canter--it may not always be the ideal, 3-beat desired in dressage but it is smooth. And the Icelandic horse character tends to be very steady which makes an ideal combination for mounted archery. Anders O Jönsson, 2012 Swedish mounted archery champion, and several of his teammates ride Icelandic horses.
http://www.horsebackarchery.info/#!sweden/caub
At the 2014 Grand Prix in Sweden shown in the video below, members of the team from Great Britain borrowed Icelandic horses from Anders. Claire Sawyer (GB) wrote the following about riding her borrowed Icelandic mount "I did feel a little bit of a fraud since the arrow was in a stand on a step and my horse (not pony!) was only 12h2, there was only reaching out involved no requirement to hang off the horse Nevertheless I was chuffed to pick the arrow each time and especially the time I hit the qabaq target too."
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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