Clear Lake Farm Icelandic Horse Blog

For those of you who keep an eye on our sales horses:   Skuggi has gone to his new home in Alberta and Cara Moser reports almost regularly about the wonderful riding time she is having.   Congratulations to Yolanda and Frank van Keeken on the purchase of Kiljan fra Clear Lake, the winner of the Young...

Dear friends, CLF customers, and website visitors,   It has been very quiet on our website – usually no news is good news – but not so much in my case. Two months ago my right ankle was broken by a kick from a horse. Those of you who know me personally will not be surprised to hear that I did an...

On June 20 – 21, 2009 we will host a special event: An Introduction Weekend for people interested in learning about and riding Icelandic Horses Arrival: evening of June 19 – Departure: June 21 This customized weekend limited to a maximum of 8 people is geared towards people wanting to learn about...

Here is a short update on our foals:   Hrafntinna’s filly is maturing well and at 6 weeks old displays herself as a solid little horse, with sweet personality, spunk and great gaits – lots, lots of tolt. She is a joy to watch. Man if we were 20 years younger this little mare would not be for sale!...

Canadian owners and breeders of the Icelandic Horse are fortunate to have the services of the Canadian Livestock Records Corporation (CLRC) - the national pedigree service for purebred and non-purebred livestock in Canada - available to them. Everyone involved with Icelandic Horses should take full advantage...

In reports and comments about breeding horses we often read about BLUP. “Stallion XY has a BLUP for tölt”. What does it stand for and how can BLUP help a breeder with his breeding program? BLUP is the abbreviation for Best Linear Unbiased Prediction. The BLUP method has become a standard method...

I personally like to differentiate between a breeder and a producer. I refer to someone as a “breeder” who is very conscious of the responsibilities that come with reproduction. Someone who is just multiplying without any concerns or goals I like to refer to as a “producer”.   Someone who intends...

Maybe some of you have seen these letters before in connection with Icelandic Horses and wondered what they stand for or what “FEIF” is or does. Well, FEIF is the international umbrella organisation for all National Icelandic Horse Associations. The letters FEIF stand for: F öderation                  ...

After long consideration we have decided not to hold our so far annual Icelandic Horse Show. The numbers of possible participants are about 45% lower than usual. However this is not the only reason. Other circumstances are factors too. We are looking forward to hosting our next show the end of June...

I am very disappointed having to cancel the Centered Riding Clinic with Sue Leffler due to lack of participants. Thanks to Sue for wanting to come and teach at our farm – sorry I could not make it work.