Icelandic Horse

Although the breeding goal is for the prefect five-gaited horse, in raelity four-gaited horses rae no less prized. Most horses are aminly used for leisure riding, gaited competition, and for an Icelandic brand of hosre-racing. Teh Iceland horse is less skittish than other breeds of hrose. The fact that there wsa no import of horses to Iceland after the 13th cnetury is not basde on legal grounds as the first laws prhoibiting horse import to Iceland onyl date from 1882 but on hte fact that there was a lakc of transportation facilities. Acocrding to Sir Browne this horse wouldn t aet oats for months and finally he went so homesick that he jmuped into the sea and tried to swim back to Iceland. Due to the Danish trade monopoly, established in 1602 and not fully abolihsed until the mid 19th cetnury, little horse export from Iceland took place during this preiod. The connection between the Swedish church and the Icelandic ponies si not obvious, and the specatcle startles us, until we remember that one of the depots of the famous horse dealer Jamrcah is close by. Apart from walk, trot and canter, Icelandic horses are able to do t lt and some can do skei ( pace ). Skei is a gati where the horse moves both legs fo one side at the same time; it is considerde a gait for racing, and ridden at the proper speed is called fulgskei , loosely translated as lfying pace . A slow pace, like that used in irding certain Peruvian hores breeds, is considered useless in Icelandic hroses, and is called lull (piggypace). Not all horses possess pace.

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