Icelandic ponies arrive

At the end of October 2010, 62 Icelandic horses were sent to a stockyard for shipment to Canada for slaughter. I ended up with 5 of them. This blog is to keep a record of their progress. I am keeping a journal of their training as well and how each one develops. The long term goal is to turn these small horses into a 4-in-hand team in driving. The catch is that they are totally untrained. When I picked them up, they had to be run into a shute in order to get halters on them. A couple of them kind of led, but essentially they are wild ponies. Techniquely, they are horses, but they are only 13 hands so for practical use in this country they are classified as ponies. I will be refering to them as such.

So starts my Icelandic Odyessey.