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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- Postings
- 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
Friday, October 16, 2015
An Amazing Video--Icelandics inspired by Xenophon
Kathy Sierra made this video about her Icelandic horses. She was inspired by quotes from Xenophon, a Greek soldier and historian from around 350 BC. Magical, mystical, inspiring, beautiful...there are not enough adjectives to describe this video.
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Icelandic Quarter Horse Cross
Once again--not advocating crossing the Icelandic horse with other breeds but here is what an Icelandic crossed with a Quarter Horse looks like. Interestingly I had an email conversation with somebody about an item on Craigslist. He mentioned that a ranch (I don't know the name of it) in Idaho was deliberately crossing Icelandics with Quarter horses because the visitors at the dude ranch liked riding the cross so much. Makes you wonder why they just don't get a few purebred Icelandic. :-)
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