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About My Farm |
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Vaskur and his mother Gjósta. Vaskur was Lone Cedar's first foal, born May
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About My Farm
Lone Cedar has three
major breeding goals:
Temperament. I am breeding for horses that are gentle, calm, easy to handle, respectful, not fearful, easy to train, willing to please, and like to go but are still safe and fun to ride.
Gait. Horses from Lone Cedar should have easy and clear four beat tolt with wide speed range, but also have trot when requested. They should be smooth to ride and ideally will choose tolt when asked to go faster than walk. Some will be pleasure horses, while others may be competition quality with high action. The latter can also serve as good trail horses. They might be four or five gaited, and each gait should be clear and available upon request.
Visual Appeal. This includes conformation, breed character, and color. I intend to breed horses that are average size or larger (more than 13.1 hands), a neck that is thin and flexible as well as high set with high withers on a sloping shoulder, a cylindrical evenly proportioned body with a well muscled back and croup, and long legs that are strong and sturdy. They should have substantial manes and tails, and come in all varieties of color. Overall they should be pleasing to the eye.
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Me:
I began with Icelandics in 1997. I bought a sensitive gelding not suited to my experience level, but instead of quitting I sought help from owners and trainers. I learned a lot in a relatively short amount of time. Of course I am still learning. Now, some years later, I own between 6-10 Icelandic horses (the number changes frequently) and I am now starting youngsters under saddle. In the fall of 2002 I spent six weeks at Gauksmýri, a horse training center in Iceland to expand my knowledge of the Icelandic Horse and to learn more about starting horses as well as riding and training gait. My instructors were well-known clinicians Magnús Lárusson and Svanný Hall. I now offer those services to owners who need help with their horses. I am a member of the United
States Icelandic Horse Congress and am on their Breeding Committee.
I am a charter member and treasurer of
NAIHBA (North American
Icelandic Horse Breeders’ Association). I keep in touch with goings on
by subscribing to several Icelandic Horse publications and to the Yahoo
E-mail group Icehorsesworldwide.
I am also secretary of a regional Icelandic Horse club, called the
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My specialty has been starting horses, though I am now able to offer some gait training. For starting horses, I use a blend of From 2-1 (Magnús Lárusson), Parelli, TTouch/TTeam, and ground driving to make the horse's transition into a riding horse as stress-free and safe as possible. My rates are very reasonable and I have references from satisfied customers. My goal is to produce a safe, happy horse that is calm yet responsive to the rider. I am happy to discuss fully what you and the horse can expect. At this point I teach horses, not people, but am happy to work with the owner to demonstrate what they can expect from the horse and what the horse should expect from them. For gait training, I emphasize self-carriage, collection and proper form using dressage techniques. I train for responsiveness to the aids and for getting each gait on demand. I discourage hollowness of the back and neck and train for the horse to be properly on the bit. I take weekly lessons from an FT certified trainer from Iceland, which is how I am able to advance my skills as well as get advice on how to improve horses I am working with. I do not at this time do more advanced gait work nor do I work with problem horses, but know people who do so please contact me for information. For more information on Training
services and costs, visit my
Training
Services
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About Lone Cedar's Horses:
Due to limited space, I subscribe to the old adage, Quality, Not Quantity. I have a small farm and only a handful of brood mares, but each has been carefully selected to accomplish my goals. I have access to several first prize imported stallions, plus a few others which though not evaluated have demonstrated that they possess the qualities I seek. I recently traded some horse interests in Iceland for a very promising stallion prospect, but even though Lone Cedar now owns its own stallion, that will not prevent me from leasing or sending mares to outside stallions that fit my breeding program.
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Askja frá Akureyri: foaled 1993, she is an evaluated mare imported from Iceland in 2001. I went to Iceland and selected her. She is four gaited, with a score of 9 for tolt and 8.5 for trot. Her conformation score is 7.94 and her riding score is 7.98 for an overall score of 7.96. Her sire is World Champion Baldur frá Bakka. She is animated and willing, yet fun to ride. She is a successful competition horse. She is dark brown/black. She had her first foal in 2003, an attractive black filly named Elja fra Lone Cedar by first prize stallion Draumur frá Hrísum. In June 2005 she had her second filly who has been named Freyja by her new owner. This filly's sire is an impressive evaluated palomino stallion named Flygill frá Mosfellsbć. Her 2006 foal is a blue dun stallion prospect by first prize stallion Vífill frá Keldudal. |
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Ţoka frá Bergstöđum: Pronounced "Thoka" in English, she is a tall black silver dapple mare. I imported her untrained and have been training her myself. I bought her to be my third brood mare, a position once held by Sola whom I lost in 2005. Ţoka is four gaited with an animated trot and supple canter. I had her officially evaluated in the fall of 2006. She received a 7.98 for conformation with an overall score of 7.03. She scored an 8.5 for walk but mostly 7 or 7.5 for other ridden attributes with no pace. I plan to evaluate her again as I think she can do much better with more time under saddle. |
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Brjánn frá Neđra-Seli (IS2005181111): His name is pronounced like Bryown with a rolled "r" rhymes with "town." This is a tall strong 3-year-old stallion prospect with impressive bloodlines. His sire is Ţóroddur frá Ţóroddsstöđum, who is one of the highest evaluated stallion in the world with a total score of 8.74 (9.04 for riding abilities and 8.26 for conformation). His dam is a first prize mare, Bylgja frá Snjallsteinshöfđa. She has 8.14 for riding abilities and 7.84 for conformation for an overall score of 8.03. Brjánn is bay dun and five gaited with long legs and supple gaits. I plan train and have him evaluated when he is old enough. He is available for stud service starting in 2008. |
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Icelandic
Horse Information LINKS
General Information
North American Icelandic Horse Breeders' Association (NAIHBA)
United States Icelandic Horse Congress (Icelandic Horse Registry)
Canadian Icelandic Horse Federation
Publications
Icelandic Horse Merchandise
Ice Gaiters of New Mexico Links Page
Dunne and Krumm Icelandic Horse-wares
