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News summer 2007

0.08.07: Daniel Jonsson showed Gasella yesterday and she received 1 prize! Overview is later today with room for some
improvements (hopefully tölt and galopp), so I will have to come back with the final score-confirmation 8.03 stands.
Gasella is 7 but lacks quite a bit mussles still to follow up on her strong will and great talent and we will probably train her
for another year with the goal to qualify and do well on Landsmot.

Gnipa will be shown by Siggi Matt coming Monday and she is our last horse to be shown this year.
 

The two stallion prospects Hugur and Ljomi will be started by Vignir and Johanna in Sweden
the coming month and the 3 yrs old mares Garun, Platina and Thula will be started by Elli and Vidja at
Langholt next month. I do look forward to follow  their progress and visit when the horses are under rider.

27.08.07: Some pictures of my Isar daugther Visa från Sundsberg back after her "summer vaccation". She has become a
beautiful young lady reminding me a lot of her mother, Birgittas superb 1 pr breeding mare Vaka fra Österåker. Her pedigree
is excellent and we do look forward to start her in a years time.

Photo: Birgitta and Rune Ibert

14.08.07: Gnipa in translation....

Gnipa, November 06                              Gnipa, May 07                                            Gnipa, July 07
 

13.08.07. Two three yrs old Orri daugthers and the daugther of the Orri son Gari are going to
Langholt to be started by Elli and Vidja in the nearest future. Hannes will follow them closely
as well and hopefull I will be able to visit Iceland in October to see how they are doing.
NO 1.

Garun fra Saudakroki owned together with Hannes and Gudmundur, photo: Audur

NO 2.

Pula fra Nedre Seli, photo: Svanhildur

NO 3.


Platina fra Holtsmula

10.08.07. Glod got a  handsome son after Krakur fra Blesastadum. Congratulations to
the prowd owners Anna Pers and Birgitta Ibert.


Photo: Birgitta Ibert

08.08.07. A few pictures of my newborn son under Alaborg fra Feti, after the young stallion prospect Frakki fra Feti.
 
Alvar fra Hamarsey under Alaborg fra Feti after Frakki fra Feti. Photo: Hallveig

06.08.07. Brana fra Blesastadum under the Odur daugther Röst fra Hrafnkelsstöðum after Keilir is taken very well care of by Kristin and Brandur.
She has developed into a beautiful 1 yrs old and she moves like a princess....The proud owners are Birgitta Ibert and myself. 

Brana 1 yr. Photo: Birgitta Ibert

01.08.07. 10 days of swimming combined with intensive training by Siggi Matt has done Gnipa well. She has lost her extra pounds
and become more willing, endurant and positive. Gnipa will be shown late August.

Gnipa, end of July after swimming and intensive training. Photo: Hannes

18.07.07. Vaka fra Osteraker qualified for the world championship in Holland and Vignir will show her. Vaka is Birgitta Iberts
beautiful breeding mare after Mokkur and Von and mother of my Visa fra Sundsberg (after Isar). The best of luck for Vaka at VC!

Vaka and Vignir qualifying for VC 07, Photo: Rune Ibert

01.07.07. Gnipa is pregnant with Stali fra Kjarri and Fasta is pregnant with Sær fra Bakkeroti! Gnipa will join Hannes and Inga on
a couple of longer riding trips during the summer and then further trained to be shown in August. Fasta is going back up north to Hofi
one of the first days.
 

23.06.07. Some photos of Garun (3) and Hartid fra Saudakroki (2), our two very promising young mares.Garun will be started by Elli
and Vidja this autumn and then put into training again in January next year.
 
Garun under Gnott after Gari                                                          Hatid under Hvita Sunna after Hrodur     Photo: Audur

21.06.07. Vakning is taking a well deserved rest out in the green field after a period of intensive training.

19.06.07. Hrund's stallionfoal after Vilmundur fra Feti died suddenly and unexpectedly, only a few days old. The veterinary found no
obvious reason for his tragic death, and he seeemed healthy and in good spirit until he suddenly were found dead. Holmfridur and
Magnus at Blesastadir followed both mother and foal closely so this is just one of these few tragic early deaths-that we also se among
people. I had great expectations for this little boy with a very strong pedigree but Hrund is now with Krakur and hopefully she will get
a foal after him next year -a most intersting combination!

Foto: Holmfridur

  18.06.07. Our Vakning fra Asi qualified to Fjórdungsmót on Saturday's competition, A-flokk with Raggi in the sadle! Congratulations!
Thus the first goal towards qualifying for A-flokk at Landsmot next year is reached. Vakining is a 1 pr. mare after Galsi  fra Saudakroki
under the honours award winning mare Vaka fra Asi (also mother of many famous competition horses on Iceland).
 

Raggi and Vakning number 4 from the right, Foto: Sandra Marin

16.06.07. Hrund got a yellow dun stallion foal yesterday, 15.06.07. Both mother and child are fine and "father" is very proud. Both mother and father
(Vilmundur) are very talented 5-gaiters, with a very positive and strong willingness and the pedigree on both sides is also very strong (BLUP 125), so
it will be particularely interesting to follow this youngster in the future. Picture of him will follow shortly.

15.06.07. Great news from the breeding show at Sörlastöðum! Elli rode Sara to 1 price, 8.08 (8.31, 7.92), and she got 8.5 for tölt and will/character
and still she has a lot more to go on riding wise. I saw that with my own eyes when I visited  Langholt in May-amazing horse! We will keep her in training
by Elli and Vidja for another year aiming at the six years class at Landsmot next year.Thanks to Hannes, Inga, Elli and Bidja for doing such a great job with her!
Our 4 year old Selma fra Saudakroki also did great in this show, receiving 2 price as a 4-gaiter 7.84 (8.02,7.72). She has plenty of pace like her father Odur,
but she is just not ready to show it yet. Selma will also be trained for another year, aiming at the five yrs class at Landsmot 08. Thanks to Hannes and Inga, Gunnar
and Siggi Matt for their very dedicated and skilled work with her, having an old knee injury, made us have to think alternatively and take special care in
training and prepering her. I do think some swimming helped her a lot, enabeling her to absorb the amount of training that is necessary to obtain such high
riding scores. Both Sara and Selma seem to be particularely talented horses that could improve their performance quite a bit with another year of training-if they
both avoid injuries and keep healthy. I do hope to se them both at Landsmot next year.
   
    Elli showing Sara in Tölt at Sörlastöðum, June 14.07

NEW HORSE. Garun fra Saudakroki IS2004257001. When I started breeding Icelandic horses in October last year, I did a thorrow research
on World Fengur and also asking around to find the "ultimate" breeding mare from which I would persue to get an offspring for my own breeding.
I fell in love with Gnott from Saudakroki, an exceptional breeding mare and mother of among others Galsi and Glymur  fra Saudakroki. Obviously
she was a very strong breeder with exceptional genetic stability. She is also one of the very few horses with 9.5 for neck/winters/ shoulders; a quality
that is rare and very important also riding wise...My eyes fell on Garun fra Saudakroki after the yet unproven -but very talented and beautiful Orri son
Gári frá Auðsholtshjáleigu with the highest confirmation score on Iceland ever, 8.87.  But of coarse she was definately not for sale! But thanks to Hannes
we did eventually get the opportunity to buy in on Garun-sharing her with Gudmundur and Sveinn, breeding on her every second year. We will take care
of the further preparation and Elli and Vidja will train her aiming for the 4'th year class at Landsmot next year...Pictures and pedigree will follow shortly.
Pedigrees do not come any stronger in my opinion; Garun is under Gnott that is a honours award winning breeding mare with five 1pr offspring; She is
after Hervar and her mother being the famous Hrefna fra Saudakroki after Sörli and Fluga....Garuns father is the Orri son Gári frá Auðsholtshjáleigu and
his mother is daugther of the famous  Angi frá Laugarvatnison and celebrarted breeding mare Limra frá Laugarvatni with honours award and six 1 pr offspring.
 Thanks to Hannes,Gudmundur and Sveinn for sharing this talented youngster with me. We will se to it that she gets the best possible training at Langhold and
every possibility to prove herself. I do look forward to follow her a lot and it now looks like Saudkrokir will constitute the core of our breeding on Iceland.
 
Mother: Gnótt frá Sauðárkróki Hpr. 8.1                         Father: Gári frá Auðsholtshjáleigu, 1 pr. 8.63

 

12.06.07. Vakning in final preparation before FM on coming Saturday. Raggi in the sadle in respective tölt and pace. Photo: Sandra Marin

12.06.07. Sara was shown by Elli yesterday evening and what a blast! She got stunning 8.31 for conformation with rooms for improvements...
and 8.5 for tölt and form under rider. Hopefully she can improve her pace and trot on the overview and go directly into 1 class....She will be
trained by Elli and Vidja the next year in order for her to participate in next years Landsmot. She has a lovely positive willingness and character
and we will see more of her I am pretty sure. Picture: Elli showing Selma in tölt, taken by Hannes
 

11.06.07. Selma was shown by Siggi Matt on Friday and did great. She got 1 pr (8.02) for conformation with 8.5 for head and hooves
and otherwise good and even scores with room for improvements next year. As to riding she is only four and although truely talented
with a great positive willingness she is not strong enough to carry everything through just yet-so we decided to wait with pace on the overview
-I will come back with her final scores when the last runs are done. We will definately train her for another year and hopefully she will participate
at Landsmot next year and both Siggi and Hannes believe strongly in her.Below, Selma second from the right during final preparation on Thursday
before presentation the next day. Photo: Hannes

09.06.07. Hannes just collected Fasta form Sær fra Bakkeroti-so hopefully she is pregnant. She is beautiful.

 04.06.07.Selma preparing  for next weeks presentasjon at Hafnarfjördur. Because of an old knee injury
and her young age (4 yrs) she has been taken swimming during this last intensive training period. . Photo: Hannes