A new interactive DVD on the Icelandic Horse has just been released by Profilm in Iceland. The DVD consists of nine chapters on the history, culture, breeding, origin, gaits and more. The DVD is a part of the "Iceland's Favorite" series produced by Profilm. 
The script was written in cooperation with Hulda
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The export of horses from Iceland is scheduled to recommence on September 15th after a four month hiatus due to the recent epidemic of infectious respiratory disease in horses.

Some horses throughout Iceland still exhibit symptoms and the infection has lingered among stallion groups and other groups, especially
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The list of all horse round ups in Iceland this fall is now out. Most of them will take place in September, including the famous Laufskálarétt in Skagafjörður, but some in early October, like Víðidalstungurétt which is probably the biggest one as far as horse numbers are concerned.

Horse round ups in Iceland
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According to news on the web of the National Association of Riding Clubs (Landssamband hestamannafélaga) their board has reviewed the decision to hold Landsmót at Vindheimamelar in 2011. The board agrees to go on with plans for a Landsmót National Horse Show next year as previously decided by their meeting of all their
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The Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority has plans to allow export of horses in mid September after a four month export stop due to the infectious respiratory disease that has been affecting horses in Iceland.
The disease is still around, but there are clear signs that horses have gotten over it in many places
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The Nordic Championships started in Finland today. Unfortunately the weather was bad, thunder and rain in the morning and strong winds in the afternoon. Today the fourgait and pace test competition was on and all results can be seen by clicking on this
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When introducing the Icelandic horse abroad we like to emphasize how easy and natural the tölt is to the breed. Not everyone believes that and some people say that gaits like tölt are "man-made", built into the horse during training etc.
Hearing such statements makes Icelandic breeders think of all the little foals
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Söðulsholt is a horse breeding farm and training facility in Snæfellsnes, West Iceland. They run an interesting webpage under www.sodulsholt.is where they post information about the farm, regular news updates and lots of beautiful photographs, most of them
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Outbreak of an Upper Respiratory Tract Infection in Icelandic Horses
An epidemic of upper respiratory tract infection has now been affecting the Icelandic Horse population in Iceland for three months. It is characterized by nasal discharge, dry coughing and laryngitis (swollen throat). The first
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The infectious cough and cold that has been going around Iceland in the past few months does not seem to affect fertility in horses. We talked to some stallion owners who have been busy with their studs this spring and according to them fertility rates are normal and everything has gone well. This is good news for the
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Iceland´s horse population is slowly but surely recovering from the infectious cough and cold that has been going around the country in the last few months. This week three breeding shows are scheduled so it is safe to say that the horsebusiness is back on track. Yesterday a breeding show started at Hella in South
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