Iceland review - 2016, Page 132

The Icelandic
Horse
130 ICELAND REVIEW
SPECIAL PROMOTION
Let Hest.is
Find Your Ideal Horse
Hestvit
Experts in Exporting & Breeding
Hest.is, a website and company that sells horses, uses its
experience and close connections to the best breeding farms in
Iceland to help clients locate the perfect horse. There are usu-
ally 70-100 horses on the list for sale, including young horses,
breeding mares, stallions and competition horses. People travel
from around the world for the Hest.is network of breeders and its
personal service. The company arranges visits where clients can
ride the horses they find most interesting, or Hest.is can collect
the details and videos of horses for potential customers who
don’t have the opportunity to visit.
hest.is
Located near Hella, Hestvit specializes in the breeding and
export of Icelandic horses. The company has exported more
than 7,000 horses since 1989 and has customers in Europe and
the United States. The owners, Hulda Gústafsdóttir and Hinrik
Bragason, are passionate about horses and are professional
riders. They take great care in breeding, raising and finding the
right homes for their horses. Hestvit breeds stallions and mares
for family farms, leisure riding and for competitions. The owners
provide personal service to ensure that buyers get the right horse
for their needs.
hestvit.is
At Herríðarhóll, we have been breeding horses for decades,
with an emphasis on quality tölt and beautiful forehand. Our
breeding has turned out many award-winning mares, in addi-
tion to the stallion Stormur from Herríðarhóll—a triple Icelandic
master in tölt and the winner of tölt at the 2014 Landsmót, the
National Icelandic Horse Festival. Stormur’s daughter, Spes
from Herríðarhóll, has earned a perfect 10 for slow tölt, some-
thing only six horses in the world have accomplished. Stormur
carries the pace gene and has produced both five-gaited and
four-gaited offspring.
Export Hestar, the family business of Eysteinn Leifsson, sells
and exports Icelandic horses to domestic and international
buyers. Based in Mosfellsbær since 1995, Eysteinn makes the
process of buying the right horse easy. He works with custom-
ers throughout the entire process and helps buyers select the
perfect horse for their needs. He also oversees the medical and
transport details, as well as taking care of all the paperwork
involved in exporting a horse from Iceland. The company has
horses available for sale that are good for casual riding, breed-
ing, as well as competition-level horses.
exporthestar.is · exporthestar@gmail.com
Location: : Herríðarhóll, 851 Hella
Tel: : +354 899-1759 and +354 487-5252
Website: herridarholl.is
Email: herridarholl@herridarholl.is
Herríðarhóll
Horse Breeding
PHOTO BY AXEL JÓN FJELDSTED.
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