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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 be easy to get into tolt out of the 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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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, but of course I am still learning. Now, some years later, I own between 8-12 Icelandic horses (the number changes frequently) and I am now a professional trainer specializing in 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. In the spring of 2007 I took the FEIF Level 1Trainer Certification course and fell one test short of passing. As a result, I have been taking dressage lessons from a Centered Riding instructor to improve my riding and training skills and will retake the test when I have the opportunity. I offer a variety of training and consulting 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 and Promotion
committees.
I am an active member and sometimes officer of the
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My specialty has been starting horses, though I am becoming more skilled in 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. As a part of my training, I prefer 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 request. I discourage hollowness of the back and neck and train for the horse to be properly on the bit. I take lessons and attend clinics and seminars on a regular basis to continually improve my skills. 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. Several years ago I 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. Since I lost my best brood mare, I am raising and training several promising young mares to see which will better fit my breeding goals.
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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 currently available for stud service. |
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Freyja from Lone Cedar: foaled 2005, her mother is my beloved Askja fra Akureyri whom I lost to colic fall of '09. Freyja is tall with a ground covering walk, reaching trot and easy supple tolt. She has energy like her mother and also is willing to please. Her sire is an impressive evaluated palomino stallion named Flygill frá Mosfellsbć. I am only just getting her started under saddle so have yet to realize her potential. I hope to evaluated her when she is ready. She is genetically verified as smoky black, which is black with a cream gene. |
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Ţoka frá Bergstöđum: "Ţoka" is pronounced "Thoka" in English, and 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 Solskrikja 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. One of her best attributes is her willing and cooperative temperament which makes her a lot of fun to ride. She is homozygous for the silver gene as well as for black so all her foals will be silver dapple. She is pregnant to Brjánn for a 2010 foal. |
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Sola frá Northstar: I call her "Pala," which is short for "Palomino Sola" since I own a bay riding mare named Sola. This is a promising young mare, not tall but with a broad strong back. She has a big reaching trot. I have just started her lightly under saddle and she is energetic but generally calm. She is from old Icelandic bloodlines, and her sire is the late first prize stallion Kolskeggur frá Stćri-bć. I plan to continue her training when she is older and perhaps evaluate her. |
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Askja frá Akureyri: I lost Askja to colic on September 4, 2009 at the age of 16. She was an evaluated mare imported from Iceland in 2001. She was four gaited, with a score of 9 for tolt and 8.5 for trot. Her conformation score was 7.94 and her riding score wass 7.98 for an overall score of 7.96. Her sire is World Champion Baldur frá Bakka. She was animated, willing and fun to ride and I miss her terribly. She had five foals during her lifetime. She had her first foal in 2003, an attractive talented black mare named Elja by first prize stallion Draumur frá Hrísum. In June 2005 she had her second filly, Freyja, whom I have recently bought back. This mare's sire is an impressive evaluated palomino stallion named Flygill frá Mosfellsbć. Her 2006 foal is a blue dun colt named Mjölnir, now living in Georgia, sired by first prize stallion Vífill frá Keldudal. In 2008 she had Brynjar, a bay colt by first prize stallion Máni frá Raufarfelli. Her last filly, whom she orphaned at the age of 2 1/2 months, is Brýja, a bay filly sired by Brjánn. |
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
Flying C Ranch Icelandic Horses
