News Updated January 3, 2012
◊ Vindsdalur Icelandic horse Farm is going to relocate in the spring of 2012 - we are moving to Falkland, BC in the North Okanagan!
After living and working for 18 years in this area, it sure feels like a big step and a big good bye. We want to thank all our local clients in this area - we could not have done it without you, and we very much hope to be able to help you in the future with training and/or lessons. While Jelena is not available all this time at Vindsdalur, she is training at www.einhamar.is, she will make an effort to be "home " for evaluations and such, offering clinics and lessons while she is in Canada. Please get in touch with us if you would like to organize a clinic.
As much as this move is exciting, it also brings us to sell some of our cherrished broodmares, since we are motivated to bring our numbers down. If you are in the market for a great riding horse, which is also an evaluated and proven producer, check out Osk and Snaeja or look at one of the up and coming young mares like Von. Now is a good time to make us an offer for those mares.
We wish all of our old and new Icelandic horse friends a good start in 2012 and a great time with your horses !
Happy New Year !
Lisi and Jelena
◊ Vindsdalur got featured as one of six leading breeding farms in North America in this year's "Icelandic Horse Studbook of North America" (Page 27-39 , www.theicelandicstudbook.com)
We feel very honored!
◊ Kindergarten at Vindsdalur
Our foals from last spring are growing! Check out our foal page to see updated pictures of the five foals, all offspring of Blaer fra Sand Meadow's. His foals (his first) make looking at the pasture a great Kindergarden like experience! They are all looking promising, with tons of tolt, great carriage and lightness in their frontend - just what we hoped to get from Blaer.
We got 3 colts from Ugla, Osk and Rothadis (Osk and Rothadis are first time moms and adapting perfectly) and 2 adorble fillies out of Hrima and Snaeja. The boys look stunning in all shades of red, the girls glitter in the colour department - Dukka (means "doll" out of Hrima ) will turn grey and little Raudhetta ("little red riding hood" out of Snaeja ) explains her name - she is a red/white pinto with a beautiful red head.
Some of the foals will be for sale, contact us if you are interested and already familiar with raising Icelandics. Sold foals can also stay at Vindsdalur and get raised in our herd. View all foals.
◊ Lisi Ohm interviewed for the September 2010 feature article on HorseJournals.com
The September 2010 feature article on HorseJournals.com was all about Icelandic horses. Lisi Ohm, owner and trainer of Vindsdalur Icelandic Horse Farms was interviewed for the article and provided insight into Icelandics, both in Iceland and Canada. Here is an exert of the article. "... The Icelandic horse was extremely important to the new Viking settlers and remained key to their survival for hundreds of years. "They were used for everything, from transportation, to rounding up sheep and horses in the rough highlands, packing hay and other goods, and also providing meat," explains Lisi Ohm, who breeds Icelandics at her Vinsdalur Icelandic Horse Farm in Vanderhoof, BC. ..." Click here for the entire article.
◊ The International Breeding Evaluation in Vanderhoof, BC went well! Thanks to judges John Siiger Hansen and Herdis Reynisdottir for taking such a long trip!
Several breeders from all over BC took the chance to show their horses - sometimes for the second time, and it paid off, since all already shown horses improved! From 11 presented horses 6 got first prize for conformation! No wonder everybody was in a good mood! Jelena did a great job presenting all Vindsdalur mares - thank, it would have not worked without you!
Bjoert fra Vindsdalur really improved herself on the second day and her owner Chanel Jones rode her into first prize! Bjoert is the first Canadian bred horse, who got first prize for conformation AND for rideability!
Congratulations to owner and breeder! (Bjoert was born, raised and trained at Vindsdalur, yet in the paperwork her breeder is Arnold Faber).
Ugla fra Stekkjardal - our prized broodmare - can be proud of her offsprings! Three of her daughters were shown in this show - Bjoert, getting first prize, Osk fra Vindsdalur receiving a good second prize, and the young Elding fra Vindsdalur got high praise as a young promising mare in the Young Horse Evaluation!
The same goes for Von fra Vindsdalur, a 2 year old Snaeja fra Asi daughter - she impressed with an excellent flying pace and a rather sassy additude - which resulted in promising judge comments.
Our youngster stallion Blaer fra Sand Meadow sure loved to show off for the judges and spectators and his light movements earned him very good judge comments!
Our new broodmare Rothadis fra Sand Meadow presented herself fantastically - getting 8.13 for conformation and a great 7.84 overall score! Her wilingness and enthusiasmus got her the comment "eager" and the score 8.5 for willingness! She could have easily done the program 5 times over!
As the only 6 year old mare Elly fra Vindsdalur also got first prize for conformation and a second prize overall result - congratulations to her owner Jerusha Turgeon!