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Our Horses
 We have around
30 Icelandics
here at Tresais Farm at any one time, ranging from young foals to
Komma and Ragna, who are
in their early thirties. Generally, we keep three herds - the riding horses, male horses
(including entires) and female horses, though this is quite fluid and the whole lot (apart
from stallions!) sometimes mix in together. The stallions are always kept with company
though - either mares they are covering, geldings or each other in the winter.
 
In the summer, the majority
of the horses, except those we are riding, go out onto Waun Tresais, Waun Caerfarchell or
Waun Sebon, three large areas of rough moorland adjoining the farm. Here, they learn about
rough ground, bogs, lakes, hills, woods etc from their surroundings, as well as seeing
riders and walkers on the nearby bridleways, and on Waun Caerfarchell passing traffic on
the lanes. It´s a great education for them, and when the time comes for them to start
their training, they are usually little fazed by anything.
The farm itself is mostly level to gently sloping grassland, with
fields of around 5 - 8 acres, surrounded by hedgebanks for shelter. The soil
here is formed from glacial deposits, so it's very mixed with many large stones,
but the grass is good. Approximately 12 acres of Tresais Farm are designated
nature reserve with a small lake, which attracts some wonderful wildlife,
particularly birds, including red kites, mute swans and a huge variety of ducks
and geese.
We also graze about 150 acres of rough moorland and wetland
belonging to the National Trust and the National Park. We have some good riding
on bridleways and beaches locally, and the Preseli Mountains a short box journey
away.
Our horses
are mostly imports from Iceland, or horses we have bred ourselves. Our main breeding mares
come from the Icelandic farms Gíli, Sólheimum, Svinholum, Eyvindarmúla, and
Eyvindarstöðum. They are mostly of Svaðastaðir and Kolkuós bloodlines. Mic
prefers the "old fashioned" type of Icelandic - rather heavily built, though
with a good neck, strong legs, good back and sound minds. We use the best
stallions we can find, and have some interesting home-bred
foals coming on.
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