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As I drive Iceland’s Ring Road to the country’s western end, I snap photos of these pony-sized horses frolicking in ...
The National Icelandic Horse Competition, the country’s largest outdoor sporting event showcasing its premier horses and riders, dates back to 1950.
An Icelandic horse walks across a keyboard the size of a car, the message “wFwhxsqjnzgmsrqaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa“ populates in the reply section of a nearby tester’s email.
Reykjavík is the perfect home base for adventurous parents visiting Iceland with a baby. It’s easy to take kid-friendly day ...
I nudged the horse into the bitterly cold gale force wind, turning my head to keep the blowing snow out of my eyes. A wind greater than 39 mph qualifies ECOVIEWS: Icelandic horses have evolved ...
The oldest known Icelandic horse lived to 56. Colors: All coat colors except Appaloosa; Global Population: ~300,000 worldwide (~250,000 in Iceland, ~5,000 in North America) ...
Icelandic horses may be the purest horse breed in the world. The horses of the Vikings; they have been isolated in this ancient Nordic country for a thousand years.
Icelandic Horseworld, which is operated by Katrín Ólína Sigurðardóttir and her husband, Davíð Jónsson, is home to around 100 horses and draws thousands of far-flung visitors each year.
I nudged the horse into the bitterly cold gale force wind, turning my head to keep the blowing snow out of my eyes. A wind greater than 39 mph qualifies as a gale, and this wind clearly made the cut.
OREGON, USA — Caeli Cavanagh and her horse Þeyr are about to go on the trip of a lifetime, all the way to the Netherlands to compete for Team USA at the World Championships for Icelandic horses.
My husband and I, along with my mother, run an Icelandic horse and pastured poultry farm in the Catskills mountains in Upstate New York. On top of that, we have a fairly massive garden with vegetables ...