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Gentlemen’s Ride for Half a Century
09 April 2019

The colours of autumn have started to show. Horses and riders appear on a path in the forest. They break into a gallop on the wide, open field, and then climb the next hill – the men walk their horses up the steepest slopes. From the top they take in...

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Healthy horses in a quality field
22 March 2019

In 2017, the Soil Conservation Service of Icelandic and Horse Breeders Association of Iceland founded a land-harnessing project called Hagagæði, or “Field Quality”, so that horse farmers and others who keep horses can have it formally certified that ...

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Coming Home for Christmas
21 December 2018

Ólafur Aðalgeirsson from Skjaldarvík, a horse farm and guesthouse in North Iceland, tells us the story behind this amazing shot:

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Gully Gawk Tastes Mare Milk
12 December 2018

Gully Gawk is used to drinking the creamy froth off the top of buckets of cow's milk but now he can ...

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The Complete Guide for Icelandic Horse Lovers
13 November 2018

Lex van Keulen and Vanda Oosterhuis have written the most comprehensive book about the Icelandic hor...

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“Star ride” across Iceland
16 October 2018

Hermann spent most of the summer on horseback, riding across Iceland with 42 horses and a party of r...

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“The Horses’ Gift to Me”
26 September 2018

Horses of Iceland recently invited German photographer Christiane Slawik and her husband and assista...

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The “will-to-win” gene and other factors of pacing
14 September 2018

A breakthrough discovery concerning the genome of the Icelandic horse was made in 2012 when two Swed...

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Life at Landsmót - Highlights
10 August 2018

The National Icelandic Horse Competition, Landsmót, was held in Víðidalur during the first week of J...

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