Five-Gait Farm

12/08/2024

Saga from Five-Gait Farm enjoying the water in Deschutes National Forest 🐎💦🌲

31/07/2024

This handsome guy is ready to find his own person! Check him out on our website! 🐎❤️💙🤍

20/07/2024

By popular demand, we have moved the club trail ride at Silver Falls State Park to next Sunday, July 28th! Club members please see the email for details about the location and time! If you would like to join our club, please reach out to us at [email protected]!
Picture from one of our spring club rides! 🐎😊

02/07/2024

Some more photos from the NWGHA Spring Show! These ladies had a great time! Thanks for the wonderful photos!

30/06/2024

Our beautiful mare Aradís from Five-Gait Farm is confirmed pregnant with Viðar from Five-Gait Farm, a son of our stallion Vindur from Dalalif. Both Aradís and Viðar are ridden and loved by two of our 13 year old students. We are excited for 2025!

26/06/2024

The two year old girls 😍

26/06/2024

Here comes the hay 🌾🚜

22/06/2024

Rúbín from Five-Gait Farm had fun showing in the Northwest Gaited Horse Association Spring Show. He is available to a suitable home. More info on our website!

22/06/2024

Breeding season is an excited time, not only because of the arrival of new foals but also the excitement and anticipation of what will come next year. We are thrilled that two of our mares, Díva frá Kvistum and Ballerína from Five-Gait Farm are confirmed pregnant with Strokkur frá Syðri-Gegnishólum. Super excited for these future foals 👏🧨😍

14/06/2024

Our FEIF Youth Cup Team Riders are heading to Switzerland in just three weeks! 🇺🇸

We are excited to support these talented USIHC youth riders as they represent the US at the 2024 FEIF Youth World Cup in Münsingen, Switzerland:

Greta Alsauskas
Liesl Kolbe
Brynja Meehan
Miette Jennings

🌟 How You Can Support the US Youth Cup Team 🌟

Donate to the GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/team-usas-icelandic-horse-youth-world-cup-riders
Your donations help cover costs such as leasing a horse, training, trailering, vet checks, and insurance.

Contribute to the USIHC Youth Fund: https://usihc.wildapricot.org/donations
These contributions support participation fees, stipends for our team leader and country leader, and team clothing.

These riders have shown incredible dedication, trying out and earning qualifying scores through hard work and determination. Participating in this international event is a dream come true for each of them, reflecting their passion and commitment to the Icelandic horse.

The FEIF Youth Cup is a bi-annual event focused on uniting people through their love for the Icelandic horse. Riders aged 14-17 from approximately 23 countries will undergo a week of training with international instructors, culminating in a competition featuring a range of youth classes both on and off the oval track.

10/06/2024

12/03/2024

All Rules and Regulations valid for 2024 are now published on the FEIF website. A summary of all changes is available here. In addition, the minutes of the annual meetings (FEIF Conference 2024 in Luxembourg), the sport judges guidelines and the booklet with approved breeding information.

21/02/2024

Don’t forget to join the Annual Meeting on Saturday!

Join us for the 2024 USIHC Annual Meeting on February 24 at 12pm EST!

We hope you attend to hear from our committees, ask questions, and learn about the events and initiatives USIHC has worked on over the last year.

Guest Þorgeir Guðlaugsson will share on the history of the Icelandic horse here in the United States.

RSVP and learn more:
https://icelandics.org/events/usihc-annual-meeting

07/02/2024

Here is a great opportunity to learn more about sport competition for Icelandic horse riders and owners! This course is taught by some fantastic people. Don’t miss it!

https://icelandics.org/blog/introduction-to-icelandic-horse-sport-webinar-series?fbclid=IwAR3Dz5oYyQYqxZXsZnl-IY--EALMaGnk2xI8CLUFLmCTpZ5GF40JXLeX1PY_aem_ATUvWC51w2l-QNwTdYout6XJ9bkCs5_CPCqPAZ9_MGtakTN1qlDmu-bT2bc2NKb6AcE

Join this expert-led webinar series, designed to educate enthusiasts, sport riders, scribes, and aspiring judges about the world of Icelandic Horse Sport. This series is essential for anyone seeking to…

26/01/2024

The NWIHC is excited to bring its members a very full event calendar for 2024! We want to remind everyone to send in their membership renewal form and payment to Laura Harrigan. Address and payment info can be found on the attached membership form! You can also send payment via PayPal to [email protected] if you prefer but please use the friends and family option.

We are excited to offer the following events this year! Several of the events will require volunteers to help make them happen so if you are up for helping please reach out! Don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions!

March 22-24th- Northwest Horse Expo in Albany, OR. NWIHC Drill Team and booth. Volunteers are required to help with set up, tear down and answer questions at the booth! If you are up for helping, please let us know! (Usually there are discount tickets available for volunteers).

April 7th- NWIHC Traill ride at Milo McIver Park. Meet in parking lot at 10am.

May 19th- NWIHC Trail Ride at Willlamette Mission State Park. Meet in parking lot at 10am.

July 21st- NWIHC Trail Ride at Silver Falls State Park. Meet in the horse parking lot at 10am.

August 11th- NWIHC Trail Ride at the beach! Beach location and timing TBD based on tides. Follow our page for more info.

August 24-25th- NWIHC Knapamerki Clinic for Kids at Alfadans

September 7-8th- NWIHC Fall Show at Alfadans. Volunteers required to make the show run smoothly! Let us know how we can help!

October 26th- NWIHC Halloween Party/Obstacle Playday with costume contest at Alfadans starting at 11am.

November 16th- NWIHC Indoor Trail Course Day at Oregon Horse Center meeting at 12pm.

December 7th- NWIHC Christmas Party at Alfadans starting at 5pm.

23/11/2023

From a lesson mom… 💗 Inspired by a lesson a few weeks ago.

14/11/2023

The USIHC annual meeting will be held on February 24!

The speaker will be Þorgeir Guðlaugson. Speaking about the history of the Icelandic horse in the US! The meeting will be at 12 pm EST and the lecture at 1 pm EST

If you are not already a member, join the USIHC and connect with fellow Icelandic lovers👉 https://icelandics.org/?fbclid=IwAR3Qzw26dlx7waJXTAAWA2UNPxyZM9FiISrzyg5BbLiLJwPjant5epDSO_I

20/10/2023

Every horse owner needs these three things to properly care for your horses. They're probably not what you were guessing.

20/06/2023

10/06/2023

10/06/2023

What an incredible trip! A total of 82 hours of driving, three days out to Lettleiki Icelandics with 7 horses, 5 dogs and myself. The travels went amazingly smoothly and we are so grateful for Maggie and all her help at Lettleiki Icelandics for making our horses so comfortable upon arrival. We loved our time in Kentucky, we enjoyed visiting the Kentucky Horse Park for a field trip one afternoon. Ljúfa went home to Ohio with her new owner where she will make an excellent riding partner. The Triple Ice Championships were incredible. All our horses saw huge improvements each day. Emmy achieved over 6.0 in intermediate four gait all three days with Hrói, making her the youngest rider to ever score out of Intermediate. Lulu borrowed a sweet mare from Lettleiki Icelandics who she rode in T8.
We all cried as we left Kentucky, wishing it would never end. We travelled with 6 horses, 5 dogs, 2 kids and 2 adults to Iowa where we spent another amazing week at Harmony Icelandics. Virginia was an amazing host, allowing us to stay in her lodge and enjoy her brand new swimming pool. There we celebrated Lulu and Lucy’s birthdays! We couldn’t think of a better way to spend them than enjoying this lovely farm and showing horses! The horses continued to improve further through this show but unfortunately Stáli had to scratch from some breathing problems in the humidity. Emmy and Lulu were generously loaned horses to compete in the fun classes and had SO much fun with these two wonderful horses.
After the two day drive home, I find myself exhausted and so sad that it is over. It was an experience I will never forget.
I am so grateful to everyone who helped make this trip happen and achieve our goals! Thanks to Elin, Sigvaldi and Asta for your help this spring preparing me and the horses. Thank you to the crew at home for keeping the farm running while I was gone with puppies and foals. Thank you to Maggie Brandt and Lettleiki Icelandics for hosting us in Kentucky and to Virginia Lauridsen and Harmony Icelandics for hosting us in Iowa. To Sara for being the best team mom EVER and Heidi for making the big journey with us. And to our many friends who we saw along the way and enjoying spending time with! I am so so grateful from the bottom of my heart for this amazing Icelandic horse community 💖

29/04/2023

We spent an AMAZING week at Flying C Ranch in Santa Ynez, CA. It’s taken me a few weeks to collect all the photos and I am so grateful for the group effort to capture just how much fun we had! I can honestly say this was one of the most fun weeks/competitions of my life! We took 14 horses and 8 riders, five of those being kids. All the horses did really well and so did our riders! I couldn’t have made this happen without such an amazing team! Thank you to Will and Asta of Flying C Ranch for hosting all of us for the week, to my amazing crew at home for holding down the fort, to my hardworking interns Amelie and Karli, and an amazing group of moms who made this all possible! 💖
Photo credit to Sara Stewart, Erin Royce, Zondie Zinke, Moonrock Photography, Asta and Will Covert, myself and I’m sure a few others!

21/03/2023

‼️IMPORTANT N.A.Y.C UPDATE!‼️

As we draw closer to the due date, we have some changes and reminders we would like to share with you all!

❗️UPDATE❗️

The submission deadline has been moved to April 7th for VIDEO SUBMISSIONS ONLY.
All paperwork is still DUE APRIL 1ST.
You will need to receive special approval from the Youth Cup Team for this extension such as:
Extreme weather conditions
(snow/ice)
Injury that occurred during the time of applying. (February-April)

The video time has been lengthened to 10 MINUTES. We reviewed some of the higher level knapamerki tests and found that they exceed our allotted time of 7 minute. Due to this we have increased the video time to 10 minutes.

❗️REMINDERS❗️

There is no instructions allowed during filming. We want a raw and true video of your riding, without the instructions of your coach/trainer. However, having someone read out the ridden program is allowed.

Video must be labeled correctly and submitted through:
Vimeo, YouTube, or Google Drive (If it is through Google Drive it must be set to be accessible to anyone with the link).
This video is a large part of your application, be sure you send in a video that our judge can clearly view all of your riding abilities. We are receiving a large amount of applicants this year and we want everyone to have a fair shot at applying! This makes it as pressing as ever to have your video/paperwork completed and accessible.

Please send all your applications to [email protected]

We are so excited to see everyone in July!
Your Youth Cup Team!