A 7 year old 5 gaited Icelandic gelding with 1st prize for conformation. .
Son of Gydja frá Víðimel & Hilmir fra Sauðárkróki (9.5 for flying pace)
Grandsires: Ófeigur frá Flugumyri & Stígandi frá Sauðárkróki
Both of which have an honor prize for their offspring. He also traces his lineage to the following
stallions/mare: Þáttur frá Kirkjubæ, Hrafn frá Holtsmúla, Hörður frá Kolkuósi,
Blakkur frá Kolkuósi, and the honor prize mare, Siða frá Sauðárkróki.
Tappi is both tolting and pacing very nicely now after over a year of professional gait & competition
gait training. He has gotten a lot stronger and more energetic with even better gaits.
He has more personality than any horse should be allowed to have. He loves human interaction.
Tappi received an 8.04 (first prize) for conformation at an official evaluation in 2008.
He out ran every horse on the largest breeding farm in the country. What Tappi really
likes doing these days is flying pace. He comes out of a gallop and he wants to pace!
His gaits are rather smooth after his mother, who's tolt was smooth as glass. Tappi is now
back in Texas. He is for sale to a good home.
Tappi's lineage

Twelve foals arrived in 2007-2010, sired by six different stallions (3 in Iceland):

- Tígull frá Gygjarhóli - 8.60, one of the highest evaluated four gaited stallions in the world, 9.5 for tolt & trot,...
- Asi frá Kálfholti - strong first prize breeding stallion, known to give very good movement.
- Moli frá Skriðu - with a 9.5 for trot, 9 for tolt, spirit, etc, with very high movements.
      Pictured to the right ... in tolt!!! ------------> (more pics under "Cute/Cool pics")
- Óskar frá Litla-Dal - a very powerful & well balanced 5 gaited stallion; 8.54 talent & conformation
- Stefnir frá Staðartungu-our 2nd prize stallion, w/great temperament, good conformation & clean tolt
- Tangó frá Strandarhöfði - 8.55 for talent, a strong five gaited 1st prize stallion
<[[ So far, I'm very pleased with Stefnir's first offspring here at our farm. Blíða, Ljúfa
and Tjaldari are all looking very good, in regard to conformation, temperament
and movements. Tjaldari has demonstrated a clean tolt since his first day, inherited from Stefnir.
Stefnir's 2009 crop is even more impressive with Cheyenne, Ræna and Esja. ]]>
"j"s are pronounced like "y"s.    So it's "Esya" & "Tyaldari" & and "Syoli"

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Eleven new foals (see "Young Ones") born in 2007 - 2009.
All four fillies have either stars or moons on their forehead !
Two of the four (now mares) are for sale: Blíða and Ljúfa, see "Sales List".
Sjóli was born May, 2007 & Tjaldari was born in June, 2008 (both colts)
We expect to have five more foals in the summer of 2009. All have now arrived.

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LoneStar  I celanðic H orse B reeðers: L ocateð near Georgetown, Texas, USA

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Among all else, don't forget to follow your Passions ... life is short !!!

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At LoneStar (USA Icelandic Horse Breeders), we breed quality Icelandic horses for the American market that attempt to achieve the best conformation, temperament and talent that is possible with the breeding stallions available to us. Quality gaits must be supported by quality conformation. Our breeding lines are predominately Sauðárkróki, Kolkuos and Kirkjubæ. Stefnir, Osk and several others trace their linage to Hrafn frá Holtsmúla (stallion 802), a very famous Icelandic breeding stallion. Most of our horses (including all of our pintos) trace thier linage back to Siða frá Sauðárkróki, the first Icelandic first prize mare to have received honor prize for her offspring. The second mare to have received honor prize for her offspring was Siða's daughter (Hrafnhetta frá Sauðárkróki), to give some idea of the strength of her genetics. Siða was a black & white pinto, predominately black with white side panels. Siða means "side". Siða was the foundation mare that helped establish the Sauðárkróki breeding dynasty, which ultimately helped produce Orri frá Þúfu, the most famous breeding stallion in Iceland. We are attempting to be one of the premier Icelandic horse breeding farms in the south central United States of America. We currently have seven quality brood mares. We intend to add 4-5 more mares from the best of our 2007 & 2009 foals once they are trained and mature: Mánadís, Stássa, possibly Miska, Cheyenne, Esja and/or Ræna. All of these are quite impressive. Longer term, we may have roughly a dozen quality brood mares. We are a small breeding/sales operation and we have no intention of getting any larger. We have choosen quality over quantity. This is best for both us and our horses, given our resources. As someone once said, the best offspring come from the best breeding stock, "it's all in the genes." Most of our mares have been sired by first prize stallions, like:      - Stígandi frá Sauðárkróki      - Stígur frá Kjartanstöðum      - Hilmir frá Sauðárkróki      - Markús frá Langholtsparti      - Galdur frá Sauðárkróki      - the Kolkuos stallion - Rodull fra Akureyri Stígandi frá Sauðárkróki is also the father of Tígull frá Gygjarhóli, one of the highest evaluated    four gaited stallions in the world and the father of our stallion Sjóli frá LoneStar Future mares will be sired by the first prize stallions like:      - Moli frá Skriðu      - Asi frá Kálfholti We have two registered Icelandic stallions that will be capable of breeding as of the spring of 2010: Stefnir and Sjóli. Both are sired from highly evaluated 1st prize stallions. Stefnir's father (Fengur frá Ibisholi) is a World Tolt Champion, known for the quality of his beat in tolt. Stefnir has just enough pace to have a very good clean tolt, even barefooted. Stefnir and his father were much more strong tolters, instead of being 4 or 5 gaited horses. Tolt is just Stefnir's gait. Stefnir predominately throws 5 gaited offspring regardless of the mare being 4 or 5 gaited, with well above average conformation. Sjóli is the son of one of the highest evaluated four gaited stallions in the world, i.e. Tígull. Sjóli has become a beautiful large and powerful stallion. He has a lot of suspension in his trot, and he can cover a lot of ground in this gait as he is already very large and powerful for such a early age. What's more, this boy can literally dance! Sjóli appears to be four gaited, as are both of his parents. With Sjóli's very good conformation and refined build, we think he would go with just about any mare, either four or five gaited. We have a number of well bred Icelandic horses for sale: two 3 year old mares (1 quite stout dark dun and 1 chestnut dun getting tall) and a two year old RED 5 gaited gelding and one really beautiful & talented well trained fast gelding (age 7). We may have several young horses for sale from the 2009 crop: Lakota (tall 5 gaited pinto colt). Please keep an eye on our Sales List or better yet just call and ask. Give us a call at 512-930-7070 (central Texas)... best time is 1pm-8pm CT.

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