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
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Viking Reenactment Humor
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
Do Icelandic Horses Like Belly Dancying
Agnieszka & Fabiana perform their Shimmy By Fire dance to a herd of Icelandic horses in Iceland. As the dancers note, the horses don't look too impressed. I wonder if they had performed facing the horses, rather than the camera, if the results would be different.
It is such a shame that the camera tipped over and their heads were not recorded. The dance is brilliant. Here's a link to a video of them dancing at Gunnhuver Hot Springs. The cold does limit costuming choices.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFaEeXyDzoo
Sunday, May 27, 2018
Horses of Iceland Marketing Plan
Various stakeholders in Icelandic horse breeding, showing, and training in Icelandic have pulled together a marketing plan for the Icelandic horse. Not only has the group been producing some great videos, they have set up a website called "The Horses of Iceland" which provides a wonderful overview of the horse and its heritage.
"In Iceland, the horses are actually the only domesticated animal that is kept outdoors all year around still today, and if they have good land to graze on with natural shelter, they might not need any extra feeding at all and still be fat and healthy by spring. The Icelandic terrain is vast and rugged and the horses learn from early on how to move easily on the uneven ground, cope with mountains and crags, and crossing rivers. This makes the horses both couragous and powerful, and many continental riders find that horses raised in Iceland have something a bit special, due to their natural upbringing with minimum human interference. Courage, curiosity, self-reliance and calm – these are the shaping factors of nature."
You can go to this site to find out more about the branding of Icelandic horses and upcoming world wide events.
You can go to this site to find out more about the branding of Icelandic horses and upcoming world wide events.
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