I has been way to long ago that I updated the homepage. So now I try and start to tell more here about the horses and life at our farm! I thought for a start I will tell you about the foals we got last spring. There were some really lovely and interesting ones! Orrahríð got a chestnut stallion with a star after Gammur frá Steinnesi. Gammur is a first prize stallion with 9 for tölt. He is from our area and we have seen many off spring after him, and they are good-looking, very nice tempered and with good gaits. The name of this little stallion is Oddi. Orrahríð is now pregnant with Stáli frá Kjarri for 2014.

Klóra got a yellow dun stallion with a blaze after Stáli frá Kjarri. Stáli is one of the more populair stallions in Iceland. He is judged with 9,09 for riding! And his off spring are participating today in many shows and competition. The name of this foal is Kraki, he is good-looking, big and shows lots of tölt! Klóra is now pregnant with Spuni frá Vesturkoti for 2014.

Kantata got a black stallion foal after WorldChampion Spuni frá Vesturkoti. Gorgeous foal, everything you could wish for. Kantata is pregnant with Aríon frá Eystri-Fróðholti for 2014.

Þekla got a chestnut foal after Konsert frá Korpu. Goodlooking stallion with lots of tölt. Konsert is judged with 8,61 and is one of the horses who has done very well in competition even though he is still very young. Þekla is pregnant with Óskasteinn frá Íbishóli.

Brekka got a mare foal, chestnut with two stars, after Toppur frá Auðsholtshjáleigu. Toppur is a young stallion that is judged with 8,49. He is gorgeous and promising a lot for the future. This little mare is named Barátta. Brekka got a terrible accident where she broke her leg, after months of recovery and hard work, she has totally healed and is looking happy again. Barátta is her first foal. Brekka is pregnant with Kinskær frá Selfossi for 2014.

Varpa got a chestnut stallion after Álfur frá Selfossi. Very good-looking foal, totally a son of Varpa, as her off spring are look alikes! Varpa is pregnant with Kinskær frá Selfossi for 2014

Ísold got a black mare foal after Blær frá Torfunesi. Blær is shown with 8,55 as an overal score.

Then we bred my two princesses…..  I already miss them in the stable, but I guess I will be very happy next spring when their foals arrive. Eyvör was bred to Hersir frá Lambanesi. Hersir is the highest judged 4y old stallion this year with 8,38 as an overal score and 8,63 for riding! And Snerpa is bred to the four year old, yellow dun buckskin son of Þristur frá Feti, named Steggur frá Hrísdal. He was shown at Fjórðungsmót and looked superb, so smooth and high action, lovely! Steggur is a first prize stallion.

We have started to speculate more about the stallions we will use. Kantata will go to Arion frá Eystri Fróðholti. That is a very exciting combination I believe. Aríon is an amazing horse, everybody who saw him last summer will remember him. And that Klóra has already had her foal will change everything, now she can keep Kantata company in the trailer to the south, and we can pick something interesting for her.

Further is lambinseason coming to an end, there are only 21 sheep left, who will give birth over the next week orso. Most sheep are outside. The grass is growing slowly, so we are still feeding them hay, but the pressure is a lot less, so that is nice. Today it is a bit colder, but still dry here and it seems that the weather is getting better in the overal, so that is really nice!

17. May 2013

Finally it looks like spring is arriving! Little bit more sun and it seems that there is a green shine to our fields. The sheep who are finished lambing and already outside love it. It is a special time of the year, to see the lambs running around, jumping up and down, the mothers happy laying in the grass or eating it. Soon there will be more than 1000 lambs!  From the sheepstable I can see the pregnant mares, and the ones who already got their foals. Very often I peak in their direction, hoping Þekla is seperate from the group and maybe giving birth. But so far nothing more than a big belly. Yesterday evening she was seperate from the group, but when we went to take a look she was just eating left overs…..

Today there was a breedingshow in Akureyri. We were there with two mares. Þyrla got amazing notes, we were so happy with her, she deserves those notes, definetely. But it is not the same weather she deserves them, or really got them on paper. Because that was more the case with Snerpa, she deserves them, but everything went against her. She had to be shoed again just before she was shown and there was blowing a very strong wind. And on such a powerful horse that all together gave to much stress. Hopefully better next time!

Their notes were:

IS2006235678 Snerpa frá Eyri

F.: IS1995165864 Kraftur frá Bringu
Ff.: IS1988165895 Gustur frá Hóli
Fm.: IS1987265016 Salka frá Kvíabekk
M.: IS1998288212 Storð frá Hrafnkelsstöðum 1
Mf.: IS1991158626 Kormákur frá Flugumýri II
Mm.: IS1981287009 Viðja frá Hrafnkelsstöðum 1

Sköpulag: 7,0 – 8,0 – 7,5 – 8,5 – 8,5 – 7,5 – 8,5 – 7,5 = 8,08
Hæfileikar: 8,0 – 8,0 – 8,0 – 7,5 – 8,0 – 8,0 – 6,5 = 7,86
Aðaleinkunn: 7,95
Hægt tölt: 8,0      Hægt stökk: 7,5

IS2007235678 Þyrla frá Eyri

F.: IS2001135613 Glymur frá Innri-Skeljabrekku
Ff.: IS1998135614 Gaukur frá Innri-Skeljabrekku
Fm.: IS1991236230 Þyrla frá Norðtungu
M.: IS1995258626 Kolbrá frá Flugumýri II
Mf.: IS1988176100 Svartur frá Unalæk
Mm.: IS1986286300 Kolskör frá Gunnarsholti

Sköpulag: 7,0 – 8,0 – 8,0 – 8,0 – 7,5 – 7,5 – 8,0 – 7,0 = 7,78
Hæfileikar: 8,5 – 8,0 – 8,5 – 8,0 – 8,5 – 8,0 – 6,5 = 8,18
Aðaleinkunn: 8,02
Hægt tölt: 7,5      Hægt stökk: 7,0