Tag Archives: Icelandic
Amusing a bored horse
The intelligent Maari, an Icelandic mare, can get a bit bored when her friendly human can’t come out to play. A large cardboard box taped closed with a few hay cubes inside makes a great puzzle for a bored horse. The … Continue reading
Train a parade horse
Have you wanted to take your horses in a parade, but you aren’t sure if they are ready? Will your reliable trail horse freak out by the commotion of a parade? How does a horse prepare for being ridden in … Continue reading
Filed under Citizenship, Pets, Training
Clipping Icelandic horses in Spring
Icelandics in Texas ==> Clipping Icelandic horses My Icelandic horses in early March started shedding their long winter coats amidst the singing birds and blooming flowers heralding the coming of Spring in north Texas. Icelandic horses winter coats were not … Continue reading
Filed under Health, Horse health
Riding Icelandic Horses on coast of Denmark
Nine ladies riding Icelandic horses along the west coast of Denmark on a lovely day. Video length: 5 minutes 41 seconds Music: “Like Sunflowers” from the album “Crow” by Eivör Pálsdóttir. She is singing in Icelandic. The title of the … Continue reading
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Icelandic horses relaxing in herd
The horses paw and prance and neigh, Fillies and colts like kittens play, And dance and toss their rippled manes Shining and soft as silken skeins;… ~Oliver Wendell Holmes Icelandic horses in Iceland are kept in herds in open pasture … Continue reading
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