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Ryan's Icelandic Horse Link

This page is dedicated to my horse Gringo

Page last updated on 01/15/97


Introduction

Dear reader,

Thank you for taking the time to have a look a my homepage. In the page I have done my best to include the most information possible.

I think I should mention that this page was done as a school assingment. And at the end of this page I have enlisted the address of one other student who also completed a homepage.

Before I go any futher I think I should tell you a bit about myself.My name is Ryan Daigle, I live in a small Canadian town called Rexton. I am 14 years of age and attend Bonar Law Memorial School.

Although I have not been involved with Icelandic horses for a long time, I have soon come to love them.

As a final note I hope you enjoy what you see.


Fast facts about the Icelandic horse

The Icelandic horse has five gaits they are.

1.Walk, an even four-beat cadence, moving each foot independently.

2.Trot, a two-beat gait, with the front and back legs on opposite sides moving together.

3.Canter, a three-beat gait, also called gallop.

4.Tolt, an amazingly smooth four-beat travelling gait, where all four feet move in the same pattern as in the walk, with higher action and more speed.

5.The flying Pace, a two-beat gait where front and hind legs on the same side move forward and back at the same time.

I should also mention that the Icelandic horse was strongly associated with the vikings


A Bit About Vikings


General Information about the horse

The Icelandic Horse is a 5-gaited horse, and is one of the most versatile Horses in the World. Icelandic Horses are renowned for their good disposition and wonderful temperament. They are some of the best riding horses available and their popularity has spread with incredible speed around the world. Export of Icelandic Horses to Germany and other European countires began in the 1950īs, and there are over 100,000 Icelandic horses in Europe. Some horses have been exported to the United States and Canada in recent years, and there are close to 1000 Icelandic Horses in the United States and Canada.


Other Links

A great Icelandic Info. site

A great Icelandic site for children.

For all those interested in the icelandic horse.

My Colleague's Homepage.

Look for more Icelandic sites on the web by clicking on the webcrawler button



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