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| Flaxi Frá Extreme Icelandics. Thank You Lise Yervasi for the pictures! |
I found THE Icelandic
Horse that I believe is going to be the perfect equine partner! Or maybe he
found me?
I have been looking
around at nearly a hundred Icelandic horses in California, Nevada and Oregon. I
know exactly what I want and that is not just a cute horse. He/She had to have the
right conformation and excellent health to be able to enjoy the thing that I
want to do, which is endurance riding. To find that horse was a lot more
difficult than I thought when I began my search. I almost gave up hope of
finding one. Even started to look at some other more common breeds. My heart
wasn´t satisfied because I really wanted a good Icelandic horse.
My husband has eight
rescue horses for the moment, I have one. They all had troublesome pasts and
most of them are retired. This time I looked for something else. Most of the endurance
prospects I looked at had a completely different price tag. Still it seemed
impossible to find an Icelandic Horse within reasonable distance that would
match the criteria, (I think three states are a pretty reasonable limit..)
I decided to take a
break in my search until after our daughter is born. Of course that´s when I
see him. A rescue horse! His name is Flaxi frá Extreme Icelandics. A
little bit of a challenge and a project, just the way I like it. He´s six years
old, excellent conformation, wonderful natural tolt and he spent most of his
life in a herd on a big pasture which I clearly prefer compared to being raised
in a stable as most horses here. He´s
not started under saddle yet. I get to do everything exactly as I want! This is
THE Horse.
Unfortunately I
wasn´t the only one thinking this is THE
horse but I´m convinced that if something is meant to be it will be. There are no coincidences. Therefore
I didn´t sweat it too much.
It was meant to be! All
that is left to do now is to arrange the transportation and my Dream Horse will
be here at our ranch in a near future. I am so grateful and excited!
Love Maria
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