Matti came to visit...

Photo by Matthias Ingimarsson/Brooks Institute photography

Photo by Matthias Ingimarsson/Brooks Institute photography

Matti came to visit on Saturday and took some photos of the horses. He sent me these two he took of Gola and of Rak and her baby.

Rak had a colt yesterday...

Rak with her new born colt S. Pegasus fra Skyggni

Rak had a colt yesterday. This is her 5th baby. By the time I showed up he was up, dry and already nursing. He is Black/Brown with no markings. His sire is Pegasus fra Skyggni and Rak was bred A.I. I will post more photos this week.

CIA Open..

CIA Open was held here May 3rd and 4th and it was a great success. For the first time we offered a 2 day judging seminar that riders were offered to participate in to learn what the judge is looking for when we are competing. It was a great seminar and i think we all learned a lot. Everyone had a great time and it was so nice to see everyone here again. We had a BBQ in our barn on Friday Night and it was a lot of fun. Then on Saturday all the preliminaries were held and at the end of the day the track was opened up for the 100 m Speed Pace. There were three of us participating and we had a lot of fun. Will and Thor had the fastest time and Dynur and I had the second fastest time. Sunday we had all the finals. Thor fra Litlu-Sandvik and I won both T1 and V1. I rode Hrafn also in the preliminary round V1 and I had the highest and the second hightest scores in the preliminariy. Will rode Tjaldur in T1 and they had the second highest score in the preliminary and Jasmine and Bjarki tied them in the final. Thor fra Prestsbakka and I won five-gait. I rode Framtid in green horse tolt and we scores 6.3 and Kani and I entered green horse four-gait and scored 6.5 for trot and walk and 6.0 for Tolt and canter and a total of 6.3.

Click here for the full results from the show - PDF

Riders from Northern California and from LA area showed up. We had 35 horse/rider combinations signed up in 14 different classes. We had a silent auction to raise money for the Youth Riders going to this years Youth Cup in Switzerland and we raised a total of $951 that we will split between the 3 girls going.

Heather Skopik a member of the LAIHA took a lot of photos also that I'm planning to post on the CIA Website and Willy Ma also a member of the LAIHA took photos and has posted some of them on his website www.freehorsepicture.com. Heidi Benson took a lot of photos and will post some of them on her website GoldminePhotography.smugmug.com.

In the below image of a horse back, increased body temperature is indicated by the red tones. The below ”after” image depicts the successful reduction of inflammation. Degrees and rates of pain relief will obviously vary on an individual basis, due largely to the differing nature and duration of existing aliments.
Before using the horse blanket, the red area can be seen as a sign of inflammation.	After 30 minutes of using the blanket, the blood supply to the area is increased dramatically.	The desired result, after 10 days - 3 weeks of use, where the inflammation has subside.

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In the below image of an elbow, increased body temperature is indicated by the red tones. The below ”after” image depicts the successful reduction of inflammation. Degrees and rates of pain relief will obviously vary on an individual basis, due largely to the differing nature and duration of existing aliments.
Before using the elbow brace, the red area can be seen as a sign of inflammation.	After 30 minutes of using the elbow brace, the blood supply to the area is increased dramatically.	The desired result, after 10 days - 3 weeks of use, where the inflammation has subsided.

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Back from Iceland...

Fjöður and Víðir frá Prestsbakka daughter born 2006
and Gola and Aron frá Strandarhöfði daughter born 2005 - photo by Anne-Marie

We went to Iceland for few days last week. Will went to Hvanneyri to the FEIF International Judges meeting and Anne-Marie and I went and looked at the young horses as well as Dynjandi and Fjaðrandi at Olil and Bergur's place. We are very happy with the horses and Fjaðrandi is coming along very nicely. Fjadrandi is a son of Fjöður fra Ási 1 and Markús frá Langholtsparti and is born 2003.

Olil riding Dynjandi in the snow storm in Iceland - photo by Anne-Marie

The young horses are at my parents land Melbakki in Þykkvabær area. There are 4 of our horses there. Fjöður is there and she is in foal by Eldjárn frá Tjaldhólum, Óskin frá Feti (S. Orri frá Þúfu D. Gola frá Höfðabrekku), then there is another Gola daughter by Aron frá Strandarhöfði born 2005 and a Fjöður daughter by Víðir frá Prestsbakka (S. Keilir frá Miðsitju D. Gleði frá Prestsbakka) she is born 2006. The 2007 babies are in town at my parents barn.

Óskin frá Feti (S. Orri frá Þúfu D. Gola frá Höfðabrekku) - photo by Anne-Marie

I have added Fjöður and Óskin to our Mare page. Click here to check it out.

Also we have a date for our Fall show. Mark you calendar for November 1st and 2nd.

2008 Annual Meeting in Georgia

Anne-Marie and I with our National Ranking awards

Last weekend we were in Georgia at Katrin Sheehan's place for the Annual Meeting. At the dinner David Kline presented the National Ranking system for Sanctioned Shows and gave out the awards. Anne-Marie won the T2 for the year and I got T1, T3, V1, V2, F1 and F2.

Click here for the full list of the National Ranking

Happy Easter...

I found this old photo of Aegir fra Byrgisskardi.
This photo was taken before he was sold to Alexandra Venable.

Spring is Here...

Funa left..

Funa with Hrafn

Funa has been here with Hrafn since November and will leave over 3 months pregnant for Australia March 27th.
She left here for Quarantine Saturday and will be there before flying to her new home. We look forward seeing the Hrafn baby grow up in Australia.

More New Photos have been added

Aloha from Sif

Sif from Flying C Ranch (center) enjoying her beautiful view in Hawaii.

New Photos and Sales horses have been added

Ylur frá Akranesi wins fourgait at the Masters competiton

Siggi Sig and Ylur sealing the victory in Fast Tolt - photo by meistaradeildvis.is

Ylur frá Akranesi a Hrafn fra Gardabae son wins four-gait at the first Masters competiton. After placing 8th in the preliminary Siggi Sig riding Ylur won the B-Finals that gave them the right to participate in the A-Finals and they went all the way and left with victory!

There were many of the top fourgaiters signed up such as Kaldalons fra Koldukinn who was second in fourgait Master level at the last years Icelandic Championships, Vaenting fra Ketilsstodum who was the Icelandic Champion last year in fourgait open level, Tonn fra Hala who was third in fourgait master level at last years Icelandic Championships, Rokkvi fra Harlaugsstodum who won Landsmot 2004 B-Class and many other top show horses in Iceland.

Úrslit urðu eftirfarandi:

A-Finals:
1.Sigurður Sigurðarson Ylur frá Akranesi 7,33
2. Svanhvít Kristjánsdóttir Kaldalóns frá Köldukinn 7,17
3. Jakob Sigurðsson Örn frá Grímshúsum 7,00
4. Eyjólfur Þorsteinsson Komma frá Bjarnanesi 6,93
5. Hulda Gústafsdóttir Tónn frá Hala 6,90
6. Viðar Ingólfsson Tumi frá Stóra-Hofi 6,50
7. Hinrik Bragason Lokkur frá Þorláksstöðum 6,37

B-Finals:
7.Sigurður Sigurðarson Ylur frá Akranesi 7,10
8.Sigurður V. Matthíasson Vænting frá Ketilsstöðum 6,47
9.Jón Ólafur Guðmundsson Hrefna frá Dallandi 6,47
10. Ragnar Tómasson Hjörtur frá Holtsmúla 6,33

Preliminary round:
1 Skú Jakob Sigurðsson Örn frá Grímshúsum 6,93
2 Fru Svanhvít Kristjánsdóttir Kaldalóns frá Köldukinn 6,93
3 Ble Hulda Gústafsdóttir Tónn frá Hala 6,90
4 Ble Eyjólfur Þorsteinsson Komma frá Bjarnanesi 6,63
5 Top Hinrik Bragason Lokkur frá Þorláksstöðum 6,43
6 IB Viðar Ingólfsson Tumi frá Stóra-Hofi 6,43
7 Ble Sigurður V. Matthíasson Vænting frá Ketilsstöðum 6,40
8 Skú Sigurður Sigurðarson Ylur frá Akranesi 6,37
9 Top Ragnar Tómasson Hjörtur frá Holtsmúla 6,23
10 Ble Jón Ólafur Guðmundsson Hrefna frá Dallandi 6,20
11 Mál Þorvaldur Árni Þorvaldsson Rökkvi frá Hárlaugsstöðum 6,17
12 Fru Árni Björn Pálsson Líf frá Möðrafelli 6,13
13 Skú Páll Bragi Hólmarsson Baltasar frá Strönd 6,07
14 Mál Valdimar Bergsstað Leiknir frá Vakursstöðum 6,00
15 IB Ísleifur Jónasson Hrannar frá Efri-Gegnishólum 5,97
16 Top Jóhann G. Jóhannesson Ábóti frá Viðey 5,93
17 Fru Þórdís Erla Gunnarsdóttir Hespa frá Eystra- Súlunesi 5,90
18 Mál Sævar Örn Sigurvinsson Þota frá Efra-Seli 5,83
19 Top Sigurbjörn Bárðarson Kaliber frá Lækjarbotnum 5,50
20 IB Haukur Baldvinsson Spuni frá Kálfholti 5,47
21 IB Jón Gíslason Gnýr frá Holtsmúla 5,40
22 Mál Atli Guðmundsson Glymur frá Sauðárkróki 5,30
23 Skú Erlendur Árnason Stormur frá Svalbarðseyri 4,83
24 Fru Daníel Ingi Smárason Þjótandi frá Svignaskarði 0,00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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Fireworks in Iceland