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„Red bag“ – Birth with a happy ending
Miniature Shetland Ponies often have a harder time coming into the world than their larger counterparts. Fortunately, it is not always as dramatic as for
Godi – The Rome Horse
ALLES ISI! A Life with Icelandic Horses by Carina Heller In the chapter “Godi, the Rome Horse” Carina describes how her mother, out of pity,
PART 2: THE WONDER HORSE ‘CLEVER HANS’
At the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, people’s attention was increasingly focused on the intelligence of animals. This was certainly
PART 1: THE DISCOVERY OF WILHELM VON OSTEN
Whenever I see horses performing the most incredible things at horse shows, I think about how to teach them such things and where their limits
THE INVENTIVE JARPUR
Skemmtileg lýsing á mjög sérstökum hesti og uppátækjum hans, sem hét nú bara Jarpur.
Arts and culture
Extract from: “A Dangerous Ride” by Jón Sveinsson.
The stories of Nonni and Manni are known to most people today only from the movies. But the books once enchanted an audience of millions all over the Gobus. Therefore HestaSaga would like to introduce you to a small reading sample.
In the following article of our little Nonni series you will learn what effect the reading of Svensson’s books had on a reader.
miscellaneous
Working with problem horses
Hekla already told us a few interesting stories of her life with horses. She was always especially interested in horses that were difficult to handle and the associated question: How did this horse develop into a problem horse and more importantly: How can this be changed? One requirement is particularly
Background Knowledge
Some of our hestasaga stories include information concerning the different subject areas. You can find them here, in the category of background knowledge where they are listed in alphabetical order.
Maybe, you have your own interesting topic from the (Icelandic horse-) world that might also spark another person’s interest? It does not always have to be a complete story. Feel free to send us your input and it will be published in this category.
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TELL US YOUR STORY
Did you experience something special with your horse? Something strange, exciting, moving or even sad? Did you write a fairytale or maybe an adventure story?
Is a story of yours ready to be read and just waiting for someone to pick it up and start reading? Share it with us!
Or does your story only exist in your memories and you struggle to find the right words to write it down? In this case you can just tell us your story and we will write it down for you.
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