Articles Tagged 'Icelandic Horses'

Equestrian Travel Articles

View Fall Colors on Horseback on Ranch and Riding Vacations

As summer winds down, we have another great thing to which we can look forward... fall colors! Check out these great ranches and horseback riding vacations where you can view the changing leaves from on horseback.  by Darley Newman A beautiful rural scene from the Mad River Valley with the ...

Equestrian Travel Articles

A Trip to the Icelandic Horse World Championships

Icelandic horse lover and blogger Catherine Holland takes a trip to the Icelandic Horse World Championships in Berlin and enjoys the Pace Test, Pace Racing, and Icelandic horses hula-hooping! Our first trip to the Icelandic Horse World Championships in the summer of 2013 won’t be our last.&nb...

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10 Great Places to Horse Ride- #5 Iceland

Ride Icelandics in the Land of Fire and Ice, which comes in at #5 in our Top 10 Countdown. by Darley Newman Iceland is located in the North Atlantic Ocean, just South of the Artic Circle. Called the land of fire and ice, Iceland is home to spewing geysers, roaring waterfalls, giant glaciers an...

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Iceland Travel Videos from Equitrekking

Ever wanted to snowmobile in a glacier? What about ride horses in the "Land of Fire and Ice"? See what it's like by watching our Iceland Travel Videos by Darley Newman Iceland is called the "land of fire and ice," where volcanoes, geysers, and nature rule supreme. With summers of almost co...

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YQA - My Favorite Horse Breeds

Learn about one of our favorite parts of Equitrekking... Riding Different Horse Breeds by Darley Newman Traveling the world on horseback, means riding and adjusting to various breeds of horses in their native setting. This is one of the most interesting parts of traveling the world to ride w...

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The Icelandic Horse

By Judie Framan Photography by Elliot Framan The horse is an integral part of the Icelandic nation. They came to Iceland with the Vikings around 900 AD. It is thought that they were descendents of the Mongolian ponies that were imported to Scandinavia. The story of the settling of the islan...