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News spring 2007

30.05.07. GNIPA is back from Stali fra Kjarri and we will know if she is pregnant taking a sonograph June 7'th. She is in training again, Hannes is riding her 5-6 times a
week. She still lacks a bit willingness and is a bit fat. Elli will show her later this summer. SELMA is in training by Siggi Matt to be shown June 11'th. She is only 4 and
 still strougles with an old knee injury and thus she is taken to swimming a few laps every day while in intensive training. SARA has not been ridden the last 2-3
weeks because of a bite on her back that needed healing. She is also taken swimming while Elli is buisy with showing horses at Helle. Hopefully, Elli will show her
June 12'th. She is a very talented youngster that we expect a lot from in the future! GASELLA that Hannes bought last summer has been in training at Langholt and
will be shown by Elli next week, she is a five gaiter and has developed well. FASTA is still by Sær fra Bakkeroti and will be collected by Hannes one of the first
days-then we have to wait 14 days to see if she is pregnant, meanwhile staying in Hannes Stable in Reykjavik, then returning to Hofi up north.  HRUND and GLOD
are solemates...and both very pregnant -expecting foals after resp.Vilmundur and Krakur. They are both taken to Blesastadir to Krakur when the first foal arrive. We
saw a number of very nice looking, great moving, offspring after Krakur when we were visiting Magnus and Holmfridur in early May! ALABORG looked great when I
visited her at Fet in May and was pregnant with Frakki fra Feti. Her latest  foal was very good looking! so I have no dought that she  is a supreme breeding mare in
addition to being a very strong individual. Isafold (mother) and Orri (father) have produced a number of famous offspring and there is a lot to look forward to in the near
future! My two other orri daugthers (PLATINA and THULA)  are taken to Langholt to be started in September/October and my two stallion prospects (LJOMI and
HUGUR) will be started by Vignir (in Sweden) also this coming autumn so a lot is happening in the mid term perspective as well. A special thanks to Hannes and Inga
that do such an excellent job with our horses on Iceland and Märtha, Birgitta and Rune that do the same in Sweden! And Gunnar, Siggi, Elli and Vidja have done a great
job in training our horses in order to be able to bring forward their true potential. It is a long way from researching pedigrees, spotting youngsters, looking at family members
 until they are ready to be shown and subsequently being put into breeding, involving a lot of people with various skills and expertice and every person and every detail is
as important, as also Brynjar demonstrated to me at Fet. That is why we are also putting a lot of emphasis into finding and developing a core of really good breeding mares
with extreme qualities to have the best possible starting point for our breeding.

18.05.07. May 17'th, our National day in Norway is celebrated and all two- and four legged are happy. Fasta is at Armot to be served by Sær fra Bakkeroti
and Hannes just brought Gnipa to Kjarr to be served by Stali fra Kjarri after having been sonographed. Hopefully both will become pregnant. Fasta will then
be brought back to Eline and Jon at Hofi and Gnipa continue her training to be presented by Elli in August. Sara is still in training by Elli and Vidja.

Gnipa May07                                                                           Fasta with previous foal-how we would like to see her spring 08

07.05.07. Back from a very interesting week at Iceland where i visited my horses and met with a lot of horse people. Thank you for intersting discussions
and great hospitality. The first part I spent with some breeding friends from Sweden (Birgitta and Rune Ibert and Anna Pers). We arrived Friday April 27
and drove straight up north to visit Jon and Eline at Hofi. I share their beautiful 1 prize mare Fasta fra Hofi with them and she looked great. We had a very
nice time at Hofi.Fasta is taking an ultrasound and when she in heat she will be transported to Sær fra Bakkeroti in beginning of May.

Eline with the farm in the background                                                        Fasta in the front
 

Saturday April 28 we spent the morning at Hofi, and thereafter drove to Holar and subsquently visited Mette Manseth and Gisli. They had a lot of very

Mette riding a beautiful Hrodur daugther

good horses, many of which was after their stallion Hrodur. He obviously is a strong breeder because the offspring all looked great!

In the afternoon we drove to Aukreri to visit Sandra Marin and Raggi and my 1 prize mare Vakning fra Asi which they have in training in order to compete
on her and hopefully qualify for Landsmot next year (A-flokk). This is a strong pace horse (after Galsi fra Saudakroki and legendary Vaka fra Asi) which

Raggi riding Vakning                                                                                     Raggi and Vakning, May 07

also have a very good tölt and she did look softer and had better under rider-than after to many straight forward pacing...

We then went to Keldudal for dinner and stayed the night there. Very nice people and great hospitality. This is the farm where Birgitta and Rune
bought their now famous stallion Isar fra Keldudal a few years ago. From Keldudal we drove all the way back to Reykjavik again  and then further
past Selfoss and Vik to Kirkjubærkloster far east to Kristin and Brandur where we keep our precious breeding mares
Glod and Hrund and numerous Isar offspring. Hrund and Glod looked pregnant and beautiful-best friends! We expect foals after Vilmundur fra Feti (Hrund) and
Krakur fra Blesastadum (Glod) this spring. They have also started building a big riding hall -that will improve their starting and training young horses and become
more independant of the weather.

Brandur with Vaka fra Asi after Isar, age 3                                                My Hrund fra Arbæ pregnant with Vilmundur fra Feti

Next day, Sunday, we went to Blesastadir and looked at some very nice offspring of among others Krakur. He looks great and
seems like a strong breeder with many very good offspring. We also visited our beautiful young filly Brana-long legged and with great movements. Of coarse we
are not objective but this little lady after Keilir and the Odur daugther Hröst do look very promising.

Krakur fra Blesstadum, The stallion og choice for both Hrund and Glod       Rune with newborn foal at Blesastadir

In the afternoon we went to Elli and Vidja to take a look at my two young mares in training; Sara fra Saudakroki (that I own together with Hannes Sigurdjonsson)
and Gnipa fra Holum. Both looked good, with impressive tölt and pace. Gnipa still a little fat (unbelievable because she is in such hard training) and we decided to
 breed her to Stali and show her in August -to give her some more time. Sara will be shown in June and then most likely kept in further training towards Landsmot
next year. She is after Hrodur and Sunna fra Saudakroki and showed great gaits already after so little training. My Swedish breeding friends returned home the next
day while I spent another three days looking at horses.

May1 together with Hannes and we visited Gunnar ans the Odur daugther Selma fra Saudakroki. She is young but seems like a very beautiful and talented Odur daugther.
The plan is to train her during the summer and have Siggi Matt show her in august -if she is ready.
 
Hannes and Gunnar with Selma

We then spent half a day by Elli and Vidja following their training of a lot of really great (and famous ) horses-both stallions and mares. In the late afternoon we went to
Kjartanstadir to look at some Terna offspring, and one Odur daugther in particular. Very intersting visit and good horses. May 2 Hannes and I spent the morning together
 and then I went up south again alone, visiting Fet-spent the first half of the day with Brynjar.Very interesting indeed and
the mare that I share with him Alaborg fra Feti looked just great! and here foals likewise-a very special mare that I expect a lot from. I am expecting the foal after Frakki
fra Feti this spring. I then visited Siggi and Lisbeth at Holtsmula; looked at their huge and amazing new facilities
(riding hall 70 m long...) and my Orri daugther there-the silver dapple Platina fra Holtsmula. She will be started by Elli in sept/oct this year. lasdt visit was to Nedra Seli
where I have  my other Orri daugther. I looked at their breeding mares, offspring and discussed breeding strategy-very rewarding. Thula will be started by Elli together
with Platina-they are both three yrs old. The evening was spent with Hannes and Inga (and their 1 yrs old  Hekla); they invited me to a delicious dinner and some more
"horsetalk". May 3'th I returned home (to Norway) in the afternoon after some shopping.All in all a very rewarding visit to Iceland and now back to students and work.

Brana fra Blesstadum April 07                                                                       Vidja with Gnipa at Langholt                                                                                                                                       

10.04.07. Selma in training by Gunnar to prepare for presentation by Siggi Matt  in June this year,  if she is ready...

09.04.07. Gnipa and Sara in training by Elli-looks better ,but still a bit to fat. They develop according to plan.

   Gnipa April 07 , she looks much better now!                                        Sara April 07  

23.03.07. New horse, the three year old Orri daugther Þula fra Neðra-Seli, blup 118. She is started but not yet ridden and
out of the beautiful silver dapple 1. prize mare  Þruma fra Sælukoti. Thanks to Magnus and Svanhildur for letting me buy her.
She will be put into training together with my silver dapple Orri offspring Platina in October this year.

       Mother  Þruma with  Þula behind her                                              Þula fra Neðra-Seli, two years old, beautiful head and neck

20.03.07. Eline compeeting on Fasta

19.03.07. Greetings from Iceland and Kristin with picture of our Vaka and Bida (fux).

15.03.07 Siggi riding Selma for the first time -started only 2 months ago. Natural  talent!

15.03.07 Selma arrived  Reykjavik yesterday and behaved like a lady, calm and easy to handle. Both Hannes and Siggi Matt
 went for a ride and thought she had potential! She was then brought to Gunnar (Augustsson) for further training. 
 

Siggi Matt taking a look at Selma, then saddle on and out for a ride...Selma is just started and seems to have inherited her father's (Odur)
riding talent and we expect a lot from her. Photos: Hannes

08.03.07 NEW HORSE; IS2003257001 - Selma fra Sauðárkróki,  Odur daugther and full sister of the very talented
young 1. pr stallion Brjánn fra Sauðárkróki. I have been looking for the right Odur offspring (with a good character)
for my breeding for a long time. With good help from Eline, Jon and Hannes I have found her. I will share her with my
breeding partner Hannes, that wanted to buy in on her. Thanks also to Gudmundur for letting us buy and develop this
beautiful and talented young mare.A picture of her comes shortly. Meanwhile a picture of her full brother Brjann
(1. pr., 8.21 as 6 yrs old).

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05.03.07 Eline riding Fasta to keep in shape before she is taken to Sær fra Bakkeroti in early May. Photo: Jon

27.02.07 Winter greetings from Vakning, Sandra and Raggi at Akureayri. After some dental work and  rest she will be
put into training again to perpare for the competition season this coming spring.
Photo: Sandra Marin

15.02.07 Vakning had a visit from the dentist yesterday. Perhaps tooth problems was the reason for her eating so slowly and not gaining weight
-and stiffening up when one tries to ride her in form?... She turned out to have had exceptional long and uneven front teeth compared to the molars
and the horse dentist; Gunnar Örn Ísleifsson,did a great job on her teeth-hopefully that will help for both eating and riding!  Photo: Sandra Marin

08.02.07 Visa with play mates, having a great time by Rune and Birgitta at Sundsberg. She is truely beautiful! Photo: Birgitta Ibert

08.02.07 Visa playing in the sun captured "in the moment" by  Birgitta Ibert.

02.02.07 Vakning in training at Akureri by Sandra og Raggi, preparing for coming competitions in the 07 season. She has extreme pace
talents (9), but needs to work on her form under rider and thus also strengten her tölt. Big thanks to both Sandra and Raggi for all their
dedication and god work. Apart from being a very talented competition horse Vakning has a strong pedigree and 1 prize and will be
bred after Landsmot 2008

Raggi on Vakning, big and allert. Hulda on Elding at the right.Photo: Sandra Marin

30.01.07 Some pictures of my stallion prospects playing at Herresta where they are well taken care of by Märtha and Magnus

29.01.07 Gnipa (fra Holum) and Sara (fra saudakroki) are in training by Erlingur and Vidja. Gnipas is well built and talented but her trot is still weak.
Her tölt and pace are coming along nicely.A lot of Kolfinnur in Gnipa-high action and big steps.Sara is only four yrs, but seems to have particularely
talent for tölt, but according to Erlingur and Vidja also have pace-her mother being the fourgaited Honoury award winning mare Sunna fra Saudakroki but
her father Hrodur "found" his pace during the Landsmot events...

                Sara fra Saudakroki                                                     Gnipa fra Holum

28.01.07 Fasta  is shoed again and will be ridden at Hofi through the winter and spring since she is not pregnant. She will be taken to the stallion:
Sær fra Bakkeroti early in May.

22.01.07 Some pictures taken by Rune Ibert of my two stallion prospects in Sweden.

Ljomi, palmino son of three times World Champion Askur fra Håkansgården and 1 prize Atli daughter Dama fra Örvik; dirty and in
winter fern, but tall and well raised. He will be started by Vignir in October.

Hugur, son of the four gaited 1 prize stallion Freyr fra Holtsmula after legendary Orri and the beautiful 1 prize mare Krafla fra Tornen
(Second in WC); also tall and well raised with lots of mane and tale. He will be started in October together with Ljomi.Photo Rune Ibert

08-01.07 Gnípa fra Hólum is now in training at Langholt by Erlingur (Erlingsson) and I spoke to him on the phone today and Hannes
( Sigurjonsson) visited him this week-end and delivered our other mare Sara fra Saudakroki. Erlingur's said he liked Gnipa, she is much like her mother
(the Kolfinnur daugther and Landsmot winner Þula fra Hólum), with good willingness and big roomy steps. Good tölt, a lot of pace and needs
to work on her trot- so she seems to have inherited some of the great riding qualities of her anchestors. He has not tried Sara yet, but Hannes
is optimistic about her as well. At least Sara has a great mane and tale.... (Sara is fux to the right below....) 

02.01.07 Gnípa fra Hólum is going south to Erlingur for training today and subsequently presentation at breeding show (s) early this spring. She will stay by Erlingur until the end of June;
depending on the result and talent she will be put into breeding already this summer. Thanks to Eline at Hofi who has put down a lot of work to bring her into shape before the more intensive
ahead. Gnipa has a very strong pedigree, combining Orri and Kolfinnur-so it will be very exciting to see how this combination works following Gnipa. 

20.12.06 New horse Vakning fra Asi, a 1 prize mare with 9 for pace. She is daugther of h award winning Vaka fra Asi (9.5 for pace) and h award winning Galsi fra Sauðárkróki (9.8 for pace).
Vakning. Sandra Marin found Vakning and will train and compete with her until Landsmot 2008. She will then be put into breeding.

20.11.06 NEW HORSE: Fasta fra Hofi
 

20.11.06 NEW HORSE  Gnípa fra Hólum

14.11.06 Some pictures from a short visit to Sweden this week-end to check on my horses there. Visa is by Birgitta and Rune at Sudsberg and is pretty as ever  and very well taken care of.
Ljomi and Hugur is at Herresta, a hours drive away and  Marie-Louise and Magnus give them the very best upbringing. Hugur just arrived from Denmark and has adjusted quickly, finding new
 play mates among the group of 5-10 sstallions at Herresta, among them the fux Isarson Balthasar. They are all doing great under excellent conditions (large filds, stoney hills, forest and plenty of space and shelter).
Sandra Marin, taking some additional education in Stockholm, joined us and it was very nice to meet her as well. We also stopped by Vignir and Johanna and visited Isar and Fengur (Annas Isarsson).
Birgitta and Anna had prepared a delicious dinner for the evening at Herresta for all of us. The main subject for our conversation was guess what: horses....It was intersting to learn more about
how Vignir and Johanna start and train their horses-very diligently-success is always a lot of hard work! Thanks for an interesting week-end and great hospitality. Per

03.11.06 NEW HORSE. Our beautiful new commer  Brana fra Blesastöðum 1  combining a  Óður fra Brún daughter Röst fra Hrafnkelsstöðum 1 and  Keilir fra Miðsitju has made the
headlines in Iceland, being presented as the foal of the year.
And she is truely beautiful-isn't she? Thank you Magnús och Hólmfridur for letting us have her...

1.11.06 Ivar and I drew Litla-Mari to Lian Gård (Stein Sorknes), 70+ miles, to spend her next two years in a big heard and enjoying a "true"
Icelandic upbringing with huge mountain areas in summertime. She took the long drive so well and I am confident that she will do great up here.
Enclose a picture of her elder full sister Mona to get an idea about how she will become:  

 30.10.06: NEW HORSE: Hátíð fra Sauðárkróki
 

30.10.06 NEW HORSE:   Sara fra Sauðárkróki

12.10.06 NEW HORSE: Álaborg fra Feti
 

07.08.06 My daugther Camilla and I had a fantastic trip to Iceland 28.07.06-07.08.06. We joined Eldhestar for a 8 days ride south-amazing with 6-9 hrs riding every da

Afterwards we were visiting Lisbeth and Siggi at Holtsmula -I got to see my silver dapple orri daughter Platina-and Camilla seeing her favorite stallion Sudri. Thanks to Lisbeth and
Siggi for their hospitality.