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Lisa, Freya, Mieke, Tom, Cora, Rúna win in Raamsdonk
It was an exciting competition day at the oval track in Raamsdonk in the Netherlands. Despite the at times rather heavy rain, the competi…
Hafnarfjörður shooter is in police custody
This morning, an armed man fired shots at around 7 o’clock in the morning in a building in Hafnarfjörður. The Icelandic special task forc…
Guðmundur; the first man with transplanted arms
Seventeen months ago the Icelander Guðmundur Felix Grétarsson went to Lyon for a 15-hour surgery. He walked into the hospital with no arm…
Watch & learn: the hoof GP
Maybe you wouldn’t have thought you would be looking at videos of cow’s hooves, but I frankly have found it very educative. I always saw …
Patting horses on the neck, reward or cause of stress?
We all know those riders who finish a great test and then pat a horse on the neck with enthusiasm. But does this ”patting” mean a rewar…
Riders, be mindful of how you use ‘your’ photos
Lately, competition photos have become a hot item. They are everywhere. On Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, personal websites, isibless, Eiðf…
AT: Salzburger & Tiroler championships
This weekend, the Salzburger and Tiroler championships took place at Islandpferde Burghauser, which is half an hour from the city of Salz…
Exloo day 3: Anne-Jet 2x, Bram, Lisa & Chris win
The third and last day of IJRN international ended yesterday. It was a day filled with finals, preliminaries and sports! Luckily the weat…
IJRN International day 1&2: Tom in the T1&F1 lead
Yesterday the annual IJRN (IJslandrijders noord) international tournament took off. Sadly, the WR competition has always had the tendency…
“Outhorse” your emails to the Horses of Iceland
According to the initiative “visit Iceland”, nothing ruins a holiday in Iceland more than those constant incoming work emails. When you a…
Icelandic politics: sheep farms and local elections
This week the prime minister of Iceland, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, left her workplace in Reykjavík for a day to help out at a sheep farm in Sk…
WR Hermkus Hof: Marianne & Prinsessa rule T1 & V1
Today was the first edition of the WR ranking competitions at Hippisch centrum Hermkus Hof in Merselo in the dutch province of Limburg, w…