LoneStar Icelandic's Mares (parents of & breeding stallions used), of the site
http://icelandichorse.us/
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Rut frá Litlagarði
Rut frá Litlagarði is the daughter of Markús frá Langholtsparti (son of
Orri frá Þúfu) and Dalvik frá Litlagarði, a first prize competition mare.
In addition Rut traces her lineage to the following stallions/mares: Þáttur frá Kirkjubæ,
Hlynur frá Báreksstöðum, Otur frá Sauðárkróki, Ofeigur frá Flugumyri,
Hrafn frá Holtsmúla, Sörli frá Sauðárkróki and the honor prize mare
Siða frá Sauðárkróki and her daughters Hrafnkatla frá Sauðárkróki
and Hervör frá Sauðárkróki.
Rut was bred to Asi frá Kálfholti and their foal has arrived (2007): Stássa.
Rut is the granddaughter of Orri frá Þúfu, the most famous breeding stallion in Iceland.
Click here to see Rut's BLUP
Rut is confirmed pregnant to our stallion, Stefnir, for a 2009 foal. As Rut has a snip,
a pinto is possible. Rut will be one of the best mare that Stefnir has ever been bred to.
We are really looking forward to seeing this foal. Rut's pinto filly (mostly white, named
Cheyenne) has arrived. Cheyenne is both beautiful & she can really move.
Cheyenne is five gaited, like both of her parents.
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Rut is quite overweight in this picture and very little trained, though the talent shows through.
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Markús frá Langholtsparti
father of Rut, with an 8.61 for talent (tolt=9.0, 9.5=spirit), 8.36 overall. (© unknown)
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Markús in fast tolt! (© unknown)
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Otur frá Sauðárkróki
Rut's great grandfather, my all time favorite Icelandic stallion (© unknown)
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Dalvik frá Litlagarði, mother of Rut, 1st prize competition mare.
Dalvik was sired by Hlynur frá Báreksstöðum, a son of Þáttur frá Kirkjubæ
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Asi frá Kálfholti
Rut has had her foal (Stássa) by Asi frá Kálfholti, talent=8.38, 8.5-tolt, 9.5-trot.
Asi is known for producing horses with very good movements.
Asi has produced about nine first prize offspring out of about 116 foals, along with about
another 19 with scores of 7.5 or above. I suspect many of these offspring have not yet been
evaluated. He has produced one first prize horse with a 9.5 for tolt, 10 for trot,
9 for gallop, spirit & general impressions, an over all 8.6 for talent.
Asi is a very strong breeding stallion. Asi is the grandson of Rauður frá Kolkuósi.
He also traces his lineage to the Sauðárkróki and Kirkjubæ breeding lines.
Our Stássa, Asi and Rut's daughter, looks a lot like Rauður (pic below).
Click here to see Asi's BLUP
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Rauður frá Kolkuósi
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Both Þrá and Rut come from very strong genetic linages that we hope to utilize in our breeding
program. Our plan is to use the best stallions in the country (or out) with both Rut and Þra,
so as to produce the best possible offspring with top quality competition potential.
Tígull frá Gygjarhóli
Tígull is a four gaited stallion, with an overall score of 8.6. He is sired by Stígandi frá Sauðárkróki.
Tígull is the highest evaluated four gaited Icelandic stallion in the world.
Our mare Þrá frá Akureyri was bred to Tigull in 2006. See Sjóli under "Young Ones".
Thordur and Tígull
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Tigull is very strong and very well built! Sjóli, his son, is showing the same characteristics.
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Conformation: 8,65
Head: 9,0
Neck/Shoulder: 8,5 (slight ewe neck)
Back/Croup: 9,0
Proportions: 9,0
Leg Quality: 9,0
Correctness of joints: 7,0 (cow hocked & toed out-rear)
Hooves: 8,5
Talent: 8,56
Tolt: 9,5
Trot: 9,5
Pace: 5,0 (four gaited)
Gallop: 9,0
Temperament: 9,0
Appearance under rider: 9,0
Walk: 8,0
Slow tolt: 8,5
Canter: 7.5
Total score: 8.60
Click here to see Tígull's BLUP
[ Gyðja (our mare below) is also sired by Stígandi frá Sauðárkróki.
We have a young filly out of Gyðja: Esja, see "Young Ones". ]
Stígur frá Kjartanstöðum,
This is a first prize stallion that has honor prize for his offspring.
Stígur is out of quite famous parents. His father is Náttfari frá Ytra-Dalsgerði,
the son of Sörli frá Sauðárkróki, a son of Siða frá Sauðárkróki.
His mother is Terna frá Kirkjubæ. Both of which had many impressive offspring.
Terna is the daughter of Hlynur frá Kirkjubæ, a brother of Þáttur frá Kirkjubæ.
Terna also foaled the stallion Tofri frá Kjartanstöðum. Stígur is the father of
the very famous and very talented Óður frá Brun.
Stígur is also the father of our Þrá frá Akureyri.
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Þrá frá Akureyri
Þrá is a very high stepping four-gaited mare.
She has a lot of action and flashy gaits. Her sweet temper and easy
nature makes her a safe and reliable trail and show horse.
Further, her quality bloodlines make her an excellent broodmare.
We are very fortunate to have such a mare come to the US for breeding.
Þrá is foundation mare quality. We hope to build upon that linage here in Texas.
Þrá had her foal by Tígull frá Gygjarhóli. See Sjóli under "Young Ones".
Our dearest, Harpa frá Skriðu
Harpa frá Skriðu (14+H), sire: Galdur frá Sauðárkróki
(8.59 for talent)
Galdur was one of the hottest Icelandic horses EVER ... he could breath some fire! ;-)
Harpa is very strong and energetic like her sire, though she also listens to her rider.
Harpa is both quite young and also quite friendly, though she can really move!
Her foal (Mánadís) by Moli frá Skriðu has arrived. (Moli is viewable
immediately below.) Mánadís has inherited some of her grandsire's fire. She is
quite engertic. Mánadís has also inherited Moli's lift and she can really move!!!
Harpa is now confirmed pregnant by Stefnir for a 2009 foal. That foal is Lakota.
We're expecting a black & white pinto! ;-) Harpa's & Stefnir's foal has arriived 6/9/09.
Lakota frá LoneStar is a white & black pinto stallion. He is mostly white with a black
tail, chest, neck/head with a large moon & large snipe! Named after the western most Sioux,
the Lakota.
They're called Ice-land-ic horses for more than just one reason.
That's ICE that Moli is being ridden on, with foot lift to his chest.
Moli is out of the stallion, Glampi frá Vatnsleysu, who has a 8.68 for talent,
and the competition mare Gullinstjarna frá Akureyri, who has 9 for tolt
and general impressions. Moli, like his father Glampi, has huge movements.
Moli has now been evaluated and has recieved an 8.36 for talent, with a 9.5 for
trot, and 9.0 for tolt, spirit and general impressions, with an 8.5 for gallop.
Moli frá Skriðu
[ Thor and Moli frá Skriðu -- Icetolt at Reykjavik. About late March, 2006.]
Click here to see Moli's BLUP
Her sire had a 9 for tolt, gallop & general impressions. She is a power house!
You want to go faster? Just let out a little rein.
You never have need of either leg or crop.
Skrýtla has a lineage much like Stefnir and few of my other horses.
Her paternal grandfather is the descendant of Hrafn frá Holtsmúla (stallion 802), through
Kolfinnur from Kjarnholtum I. Her paternal grandmother is the descendant of Náttfari frá
Ytra-Dalsgerði, the son of Sorli frá Sauðárkróki, a son of Siða frá
Sauðárkróki.
Skrýtla has been bred to Stefnir for a 2011 foal.
Ósk frá Árholti
Ósk frá Árholti, a bay dun Icelandic mare, my first Icelandic mare, arrived in
Texas 2001.
She's 13 hands 2 inches, about 12 years old, 4 gaited.
Ósk is a descendant of the very famous breeding stallion Hrafn frá Holtsmúla.
Ósk's 2nd foal arrived in May 2005, See Krunur under "Young Ones".
Sæta is her first foal out of Hilmir frá Sauðárkróki.
Her 1st foal by Stefnir arrived April 2007, see Blíða frá LoneStar under "Young Ones".
Ósk second foal by Stefnir arrived June, 2008. See Tjaldari under "Young Ones".
Ósk is producing some very nice offspring. I'm quite impressed with them.
Ósk was bred in 2009 but tried to have twins. So she will be rebred in 2010 to Sjóli.
Gyðja frá Víðimel
Gyðja frá Víðimel arrive in the US in 2002. Sho also has
a foal sired by Hilmir frá Sauðárkróki.
She's 13 hands 2 inches, about 16 years old, 5 gaited, and has received a 7.8
for conformation at evaluations, age 4. Pure Kolkuos/Austanvatna bloodlines.
Gyðja is sired by Stígandi frá Sauðárkróki (honorary 1st prize stallion).
Until 2009, She has had only stallion prospects, one of which was by Fengur frá Ibisholi.
Gyðja has been bred to Stefnir (the son of Fengur frá Ibisholi) for a 2009 foal,
which has now been born. She had her first filly ever, Esja frá LoneStar, a beautiful
pinto filly, born 8/30/09.
Our most beloved Gyðja
Stígandi frá Sauðárkróki
Tigull's and Gyðja's sire.
Stígandi was sired by Þáttur frá Kirkjubæ, a very famous breeding stallion.
Sæta frá LoneStar
Sæta, 8 years old, daughter of Ósk & Hilmir frá Sauðárkróki.
She has very good conformation, disposition and a lot of personality and good
suspension in her gaits. She is rather energetic. Yes, she can untie herself and
then any other horses around. :-) She is smart and strong willed.
With people, she is quite personable & the sweetest. (Hilmir is pictured below.)
The color of all my bay duns are like buckskin, which is somewhat rare in Icelandics.
Sæta's lineage
Click here to see Sæta's BLUP
Sæta has completed her gait training. So far, she is soft in the mouth,
bends well, has long strides and is rather forward going. She is extremely light
to the point that the rider feels nothing in their hands. She hold herself almost
vertically naturally.
These two pictures were taken when she was only 13 months old.
These were taken June, 2005, at almost three years of age.
Totally Airborne. This girl can fly! :-) She can drive from the rear end quite well ...
June, 2005
Sæta at almost five years of age, June 2007.
Currently Sæta completed her initial training and is now in her gait training.
This is Sæta's (and our Tappi's) father: Hilmir frá Sauðárkróki [IS1992157001],
a first prize bay dun pinto Icelandic stallion with a 9.5 for flying pace.
These two pictures were take by Lukka (2001), when she delivered Ósk to Hilmir for
the breeding, that resulted in Sæta.
Elja frá Arbakka
Rodull's father, Kristall fra Kolkuosi, was a 4 gaited competition stallion, that had a 9.5 for tolt.
Elja is almost pure Kolkuos, with some Svadastadir mixed in, a rather rare and diminishing breeding
line within the Icelandic breeding culture. She deserves special consideration for her old
ancentry and distingued breeding line. I'm doing all that I can to keep this sub-strain alive
by trying to breed her to a related Kolkuos stallion to preserve this special old line.
She traces her lineage to the following stallions: Hörður frá Kolkuósi,
Lettir frá Kolkuósi, Stigandi frá Kolkuósi, Rauður frá Kolkuósi
and Kristall frá Kolkuósi.
Elja demonstrating her smooth pace, no water spilled. :-)
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Rodull was well over 14 hands 2 inches, very tall.
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Don't cry for the horses that life has set free-
A million white horses forever to be.-
Don't cry for the horses now in God's hand-
As they dance and they prance in a heavenly band.-
They were ours as a gift, but never to keep-
As they close their eyes forever to sleep.-
Their spirits unbound. On silver wings they fly-
A million white horses against the blue sky.-
Look up into heaven, you'll see them above--
The horses we lost, the horses we loved.-
Manes and tails flowing they gallop through time.-
They were never yours-they were never mine.-
Don't cry for the horses. They'll be back someday.-
When our Time is gone, they will show us the way.-
Do you hear that soft nicker? Close to your ear?-
Don't cry for the horses. Love the ones that are here.-
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