Here is part two of the documentary of the Icelandic Horse. Icelandic owners and trainers took a team of horses to a big horse 1990 show in Los Angeles to develop a marketing plan for the breed.
This section records many of the rave responses of the audience to their first views of the Icelandic horse. Some of the same barriers occur then as now. One lady comments that the Icelandics racked better than her saddlebred and then asked if somebody could give her one.
Interestingly, this effort must have had an impact on the import of Icelandic horses to the US. By far, the largest number of Icelandic horses and owners in the US are in California.
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.
Pages
- 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
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