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Vindsdalur Icelandic horses is a family business connecting Canada to Iceland

08/29/2025

A family affair!
Granddaughter riding a horse her Mom bred and trained.
Grandmother ( that would be ME! )...
Utterly proud!

08/24/2025

In world full of great Toelt videos...I would like to post a Walk one...
Why?
Because I am a suck for good walk and all our horses get trained in it.
To move forward from the hint legs,
pushing with a lose tail and supple back...
a long deep neck, letting the movement from the hintend going thru the entire body.
Using each joint and stretching all muscles.
Allowing a relaxed yet purposely forwardness...
Why?
Because it is beneficial for all gaits...and especially Toelt..

08/22/2025

While our drought stays on...and the almost appreciated hurricane brings only strong wind but no rain...
we are feeding hay in the mids of the summer....
What else can be done?
But...nice photo ops!

08/18/2025

With the drought and wildfires here in Nova Scotia getting everyone stressed out...
It's soo good to get pictures of our young ones in Iceland...in lush green pasture...

and happy to see our 2 year old Bjoerk looking stunning as usual!

08/10/2025

Our just 5 year old Kafteinn starts to really impress us after less then 2 months training.

His super easy and sweet personality and work ethics meets his wide and promising 4 gaits...

If you are looking for a perfect new project for anything from trail partner to competition...get in touch!

07/26/2025

Spontaneous photoshooting part 2!

We are absolutely stunned by these photos...
Unnur from Vindsdalur is a truly amazing model...so is Blà...

Credit to Lorena Squire...
Some of these will end up on our walls ..

07/24/2025

A spontaneous photoshooting with incredible good hobby photographers created some stunning pictures of our Breeding Queens!

Here are Blà from Vindsdalur and Blàkvisl fra Hrafnkelsstoedum...

Thanks to Susan Hagel for her beautiful photos!

07/06/2025

While most of the spotlight goes to the stallions...and rightly so - they are amazing...
We want to introduce some of our less known Broodmares...who's offspring already impress!

Starting with Gloria from Vindsdalur

She got the Best Young Horse of North America Award just a month old...
And a bit of Primadonna additude...but her fast toelt with wide reaching movements makes it all worth it..

Her daughter Ros from Vindsdalur will stay in our Breeding program and
Oskar from Vindsdalur will soon be a breed ambassador in PEI ..
Both got really favorable scores and judgements in last year's Young Horse Evaluation.

Now Gloria is back in being a riding horse waiting for Valinn from Vindsdalur return from Kentucky and hopefully got another Valinn foal next year...
This should be exciting...

06/29/2025

It's exciting to watch the development of our 5 year old boy Kafteinn.
He is back in training after a long winter and everything from Toelt, basic gaits, balance and speed is impressive now!
He will be a promising Competition horse and can be available by the end of this fall..

06/20/2025

Our talented Intern Madita is accepted to Holar!
We are thrilled! And very happy for her.

And since we consider her part of the family...she is the SECOND one from Vindsdalur!
Jelena being the first and only Canadian.

Madita is here over the summer starting horses with us.
Stay tuned!

06/13/2025

To get a real idea of Valinn's breeding qualities we showed his offspring last summer in a
Young Horse Evaluation here in Nova Scotia and the results were really promising!

This year it was Valinn's turn!
He had been shown in a few Sport Competitions so far, but it was his first full Breeding Evaluation at Harmony Icelandics last weekend.
In short...he did well!

He is now a 1.price for conformation Stallion and probably the only canadian bred Stallion with a 10 for mane and tail...
yes...all his offspring get that mane!..

In Rideability some of our expectations were not met...when are they ever! ? ...
Yet he got 8.5 for Galopp and lots of 8s where his still developing qualities did show!
The judges mentioned how much room to grow there still is for him!
He also impressed with strong workethics even in rather hot temperatures and endlessly offering his best.

His rider and trainer Carrie Lyons Brandt did an amazing job presenting him for Conformation and Rideability and we are soo grateful for the entire Taktur Icelandic Horses, LLC team and their effort!
Could not ask for more...

Valinn is soon on his way home to Vindsdalur in Nova Scotia and will meet his girls.
There should be some very elastic and toelting foals with tons of mane next year!

Valinn from Vindsdalur CA201912742
SIRE Skyr fra Skalakoti IS 2007184162
DAM Eilif fra Blesastaðir 1A IS 2014287806

05/26/2025

Some of our pretty ladies who are in breeding season this summer...
Eilif and Blà...and charming Kjarval

Address

8191 Highway 1
Annapolis Royal, NS
B0S1A0

Telephone

+12502600265

Website

http://www.vindsdalur.com/

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