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We had a great time at Night of the Horse. The Southern California Icelandic Riders performed a demo in front of a sold out crowd in Del Mar in 2008. 10 of us rode in the demo in costume and we had several assistants on the ground. Click here to watch the Video

A BIG THANK YOU to Katie and Gregg Brown, Judy Fiedler, Barry and Elisabeth Haug for their tremendous help/support/photos. We looked professional and were a hit!!!

This is Tristan and Grandma in Holland watching the 2007 WC! His mom was busy riding Bragi to 3rd place in tolt!

Our 6th Annual Gymkhana on May 23rd was attended by more people than ever. We had Cassie, Ellie, Kailey, Cameron, Teagan, Sabrina, Sarah, Savannah, Brianna, Sofie, Halle, Safari, SarahJean, Cole and Jackson competing in 18 and under, WOOHOOOOOO!!! What a group! Then, we had Susanne, Anke, Sarahbell, Sandie, Cindy, Dana, Julie and Tanya in the Adult group!!! We all had a ball and I"m getting emails daily with more photos and requests to do another in the FALL..... hmmmmmmmmmmmmm, we'll see if my feet are still sore... Thank you all for your time and donations. Special thanks to our volunteers without whom this event could not exist... Katie, Gregg, Cindy, Donna, Sylvia, Julie and Sarahbell.

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Landsmot was as exciting as ever. The fast tolt finals were breathtaking as Rokkvi passed everyone, he is owned by my son's wife's family... Katie said it was worth her entire trip to witness that... Alexandra and Filippa Montan will hopefully be showing him in Sweden soon...look out Europe!!

My grandbaby did distract me from some of the festivities. He and Kristofer allowed me to soak up hugs and warmth. It's not easy being a long distance mom/grandma. Good thing our mutual interest in Icelandics takes us to such fun events together.

July! Back from Iceland. Debbie, Katie and I trekked for days with my friends in the North across a river valley, crossed lakes and rode at the North Atlantic ocean! We became so infatuated with these horses that Debbie bought FOUR of them... Her first Icelandics will join her herd of Friesians here in San Diego County.
We herded 38+ horses about 15 miles a day. Each day was exciting and different with stops to change horses and refresh ourselves with hot cocoa and lamb sandwiches! It was an experience of a lifetime... I hope you can join me on my next adventure!