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The gorgeous Hjör has shown immense potential during her basic training so that we hope to present her for overall evaluation in spring 2018 to find out if other people think she’s as great as we do.

Hjör was judged with 8.35 for confirmation and 8.02 in total in 2018.

She is a first-class mare of our breeding. Since we think she has even more potential with the training during this winter, she will be judged again in spring 2019.

Vallarsól, the sun of the valley or of our farm Vellir, held some surprises for us. When we picked her up from the field to take her in for training, we had to lift her into the trailer, as she had made up her mind not to go. We half expected her to be a stubborn and slightly annoying horse that we would have to struggle with for every little step forward. However, as of her second training session, she was there, all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, ready to work. Vallarsól has lots of power and uses her short legs to make big steps. She is going to be a very forward-going horse that shows great promise for breeding shows and competitions. As we hope to keep the old bloodline of Hvoll farm alive through her and her offsprings, she has a future in breeding.

Vallarsól was presented at the breeding show in Hella in summer 2017 and got an excellent score with 7.93 for ridden abilities with four gaits shown, and total evaluation of 7.89. Perhaps not surprisingly, she received 9 for a spirit. It will be exciting to see how this young mare improves even more!

Vallarsól was judged again in 2018, with 8.16 for rideability and 8.03 in total.

She is a first-class mare of our breeding.

This is Hilmir’s little brother Erpur. We hope that he will develop in the same direction. In spring 2016, a few months before he was supposed to come in for his first training, Erpur caught his leg in a wire and sustained quite a nasty injury. We had to take him into the stable for several months to take care of his injury and present him to the vet at regular intervals. Away from his friends and herd and without anyone to play with, Erpur became quite attached to people during this period as well as used to people doing strange things to him. As a consequence, when we took him in for training a few months later, he was unusually accepting and lacked a bit of energy. The strongest reaction we received while breaking him in was a little hop when we first asked him to trott under the rider. He has a nice big trott and we believe him to be a five-gaiter. If he does find his energy in the future, he will have the potential to do well in competitions.

With further training this winter (2018/2019) he developed very good with lots of motivation and energy. Therefore we believe that this horse has a bright future ahead of him as a competition horse.

With his long legs, long neck and light built, Hvammur is destined to be the ideal sports horse. He is a five-gaiter with big movements and lots of leg action, a feature that, in combination with his physical appearance practically guarantees him a future in five-gaiter competitions. Hvammur has unusual eyes, one of them has a dark iris and the area around it is dark as well, whereas the dark iris on the other side is surrounded by white, one of the many colour surprises in pinto horses.

Surprisingly Sinfónia is nothing like her sister Sónata. She showed good gaits from the start and carried herself nicely without being taught to. She has a sensitive and careful personality and is quite irritable when approached from the left side. Sinfonía requires a good reason to trust her trainer and needs a bit more time than the others to ease into things. Therefore, after being on vacation for a few months following her basic training, she will come back to the farm for a few weeks of training in January, to catch her up with her age group.

Another year in the meadows has served her well and as a five-year-old, she is now ready to follow in Sónata’s footsteps and we hope to be able to present her for evaluation in spring 2018.

Sinfónía was judged with 8.28 for conformation and 8.02 in total in 2018.

She is a first-class mare of our breeding.

Sýr is a playful young mare and a bit of a slow learner. In her first year, she paid attention to everything but her trainer and always found something more exciting than the lesson at hand. It was fun to watch her goof around while being longed and doing silly little jumps. She didn’t appreciate the girth at all, when we first put a saddle on her. Like Sónata. we gave her a short break after her first weeks of training and then took her back in to see if she had grown up a bit in the meantime. And she had. After a few additional weeks of training, she suddenly started thinking and processing her lessons and focused more on the rider and her trainer. These days, she is well on her way to becoming a lovely horse with big gaits. Sýr is pretty, friendly and trusting; last time we went to the field to pick up some horses, she jumped on the trailer by herself. Sýr is a five-gaiter and chooses tölt.

Sýr was judged with 8.14 for conformation in 2017.

This strong guy has a gorgeous build and promises to become a very nice riding horse. He shows soft, big gaits with elastic movements and his tölt, in particular, is very smooth. He is the full brother of Hrist and like her and his other siblings, he is a little insecure. He matures faster than the others, though, and we are looking forward to introducing him to our tour guests in a a couple of years.

Muninn developed into a good and reliable riding horse and you can meet him on our riding tours.

This handsome guy is Léttfeti, our stable dog. Like a loyal puppy, he follows his trainer everywhere, is friendly and easy to  handle and practically wags his tail whenever he sees a person. He is always eager to please, almost tripping over himself in excitement. In order to do an extra good job, he tends to collect himself more than his hind legs can carry, which sometimes results in funny jumps when he loses balance. Léttfeti has a tendency to gain weight easily, so we watch his diet and exercise to keep him in shape. He is not easily scared, but pays attention to his surroundings and reacts to his environment. His rider has to know how to use the seat, so that Léttfeti can show his big movements and speed off in into the distance in his preferred gait tölt.

Eykur is a big and strong guy with lots of potential. His tölt in particular shows lots of promise and he is a great overall riding horse. Eykur is full of power and willingness and always happy to comply.  He needs some time to build a relationship of trust with his rider and approaches new situations with skepticism, but is usually fast to accept them.

Hlökk is a cute little mare with a wonderful personality and a good mind. Not only is she a fast learner and eager to try new things, she also combines this with a happy, positive nature and an amazing work ethic. Outdoors, she is a bit shy and needs to look at her surroundings very closely. Hlökk is four-gaited and needs a bit of support to hold herself in tölt. Once she has found her step, she shows big movements and high lift. Hlökk found a new owner and left Iceland. We hope she likes the grass in Denmark just as much.

This girl is all set up for a bright future. Originally an oddly shaped foal, too tall for her own good with long limbs and huge ears, she grew to be a stunning beauty and was judged 7.98 for the building. To this day, she is very tall, which is not without challenges in surroundings built for smaller horses. We expect her to be a five-gaiter, however, she is not trained in flying pace. Hrist is great fun to work with and shows very promising gaits. She is sceptical by nature and really needs to trust her trainer to learn and perform well. Once the trust is established, she learns and follows well.

Hrist was judged with 8.28 for conformation in 2018.

Vaskur is a big strong gelding with a medium-forward personality. He tends to be insecure and looks to his rider for reassurance. Initially a bit of a late bloomer, he has developed into a really nice riding horse in the past few years. In summer 2016, he was ready to join us for the first long tours and received very positive feedback. Our guests enjoyed both his character as well as his soft tölt. For now, he still needs a skilled rider to support him in the tölt, but he is showing great promise on his way to becoming a wonderful companion to a leisure rider of medium experience. Vaskur is for sale, please contact us if you are interested.

Vaskur developed into a good and reliable riding horse and you can meet him on our riding tours.

Elna is a small and energetic mare with a few opinions of her own. She carries herself in a proud and self-confident manner and joined her first Eldhestar tours in summer 2016, some longer as well as some shorter ones. She made a good impression on our guests and they enjoyed riding her. Elna has great potential when it comes to gaits, but needs her rider to help her balance. She can’t go past a bale of hay without having a little snack, so she enjoys regular exercise to keep in shape. She and her younger friend Hrist were hard to separate and would always hang out with each other. Elna found her person and followed her to Germany in autumn 2017.