#Tölt

[dharmaart]

This year has been quite trying, but I'm happy that I discovered a love of making these horse animations in 2023.

[upkeeptolters]

S-SHOW FEBRUARY 2024

Hofna frá Upkeep ridden by Nikolette Anderson at Gæðingakeppni doing Pace

BOE Solvei ridden by Nikolette Anderson at Gæðingakeppni doing Tölt

[equinesandeducation]

Some stills from our rainy ride in the arena 🙌🏻 so happy with our progress lately, really finding the tölt now and getting to work in it. Proud of my baby!!!

[blackonyxequestrian]

YES I CAN TÖLT!

Ares isn't riding much these days. Actually he is not riding at all, which means that someone has to take his horse out for rides. Not that it has to be training as such, but a hack would do Bear (BOE Barmur) good. That's why I took Feline and I's youngest daugther Athena with me, when I gave Bear a workout.

Even if she loves the shetlandsponies, she is slowly getting too big for them, and it's rare that a hack at BOE is purely Icelandic, so she took her own horse Faxe (BOE Hrímfaxi) with her for this hack. As she hasn't learned to tölt on Faxe yet she just trotted beside me and Bear as we tölted.

Living in Denmark you learn to tölt before you trot. At least if you are riding Icelandic Horses. And I did that a lot when I was younger. Both as a child and as a teen. Actually before taking over BOE I dreamt of breeding these beautiful gaited horses. Maybe I will take myself up on that dream at some point. Though not right now, I have just bought some Cleveland Bays with the thoughts of trying to start up breeding those.

So we were out at this hack, and the weather was beautiful. The snow was lovely and not too deep, and the furry horses seemed to enjoy the hack a lot. I did too, and I'm sure Athena did as well. It's rare, with so many kids and horses, that I get much one on one time with the kids, so being with only Athena and the icelandics was a pleasure!

Later on the hack the sky got darker and darker, and the snow only heavier. I regretted not to have insisted on Athena wearing gloves, and I was freezing in my own. That girl is a walking heater though, and claimed she wasn't freezing at all. Silly girl.

We stopped and got a bypassing neighbor to take a few pictures of us. It's a lovely picture and I already treasure it. I'll probably hang up some of them at some point, if I can find a good place to get them printed.

It was such a fun hack, and it's a wonder that no one fell off their horses. Least of all me, as it has been years since I tölted last. Apparently the body never forgets!

[islenskihesturinn]

Started messing around with AI generated images, did the prompt: “Icelandic horse mountains snow tölt.” Nice and vague.

The images that were generated are awesome, but I’m CRYING at the horses it made:

They’re truly shaggy beasts asdfghjkl

[versinator]

Hökkenünk tölts

Kásás félszázadot karavánjának állványról Virradunk töltenének lángból űrnél Megolvad terraszokról gépházában terraszokról Iszapot csökönyös csirkéinek tieteknél

Lengene szennyezi elbeszéli álmokról Ugatta kiirthatatlan sziklapartja öröklétnél Lógjon ilion meredélyek tavunkról Tengnek hagyván érezvén vérénél

Tüz ólomlemezekkel kenekedik szegezve Apostola oszlopba hangoktól szövetje Űrnél szövétnekül böjti elfeledkezve

Birod gyepét memóriáját neveltje Beledobsz forgása vágyunkat csipkézve Kivilágítva bújkáló bíz szirtje

[konyvekkozt]

búcsúztató - S. halálára

S. ma délben elhunyt

ő nem emlékezett rám, én viszont emlékeztem rá, mikor még utcásként látogattam. egy társasházban húzta meg magát, ahonnan kilakoltatták. egy lakó hívott minket, mert aggódott érte, már december volt, jött a hideg

S. szóba sem akart állni velünk, aztán csak beszélgettünk. nem érdekelte a hideg, ő volt katona, mindent túlél

mire lakóm lett, már könyökmankóval járt, elütötte egy kamion, úgy rakták össze a lábait

némileg makacs ember volt, de jó humorú. sokat dolgoztunk azért, hogy megértsük egymást. idős volt már, férfi, nem fogadta jól az intézményi szabályozást. aztán összeszoktunk

két nappal a kórházba szállítása előtt beszéltem vele utoljára. fájlalta a lábát, de a frontot panaszolta

két nap múlva kezdődött a kálvária, mikor napokig próbáltam megtalálni az egészségügyben. mire ötödnap megtaláltam és bementem hozzá, már nem volt magánál. utána még kétszer voltam nála, akkor már az intenzív osztályon

sok volt ez a két alkalom. de egyszer kellett mennem a meghatalmazásommal, hogy megtudjam, hogy van. két nap múlva pedig tusfürdőt, borotvát vittem neki, mert azt kértek a nővérek. mondtam is neki, hogy biztos morcos lenne az eper illatú tusfürdőért

sokat dolgoztam az intenzív osztályos élményeimmel. és a határokkal is. S. akkor már nem volt magánál, nem reagált, de szerettem volna, ha tudja, ott van mellette valaki, ezért miközben beszéltem hozzá, megsimogattam az arcát

ma a halálhír után sírtam. utána elintéztem a legszükségesebb adminisztratív teendőket vele kapcsolatban. holnap pedig majd szétszálazom a bevonódás kérdését. azt gondolom, szociális munkásként jogom van gyászolni egy ügyfél halálakor, közben meg nagyon rendezetlen viszony ez, hiszen nem rokonom. nem az, mégis én voltam az egyetlen, aki kereste, látogatta. (a lányát értesítettem, beszélt egyszer a kórházzal, de nem ment be hozzá - ami egyébként szerintem teljesen érthető, sok ez így ennyi év távolság után) először és utoljára akkor voltam halál közelében lévő ember mellett, mikor nagyi haldoklott. az ember jellemzően nincs idegenek halálos ágya mellett. de S. vajon idegennek számított?

ha nagyon jól haladok a belső munkámmal, szeretném megírni a dilemmáimat egy tanulmányban

S. ma 12:09-kor elhunyt. az örök világosság fényeskedjék neki!

sok vele kapcsolatos élmény miatt örökre emlékezni fogok rá. és örömmel tölt el, hogy ha felszínesen is, de most már ti is ismeritek, esetleg gondoltok is rá néha

[takemetochurch13]

Ha meghalok nem akarok könnyeket, nem akarok virágokat és nem akarom azt, hogy emberek a fél világot átutazzák azért, hogy búcsút mondjanak. Mire vársz? Ha annyira szeretsz küldj virágokat most, látogass meg most és tölts velem időt most. Kérlek ne várj amíg elmegyek

[dharmaart]

An Icelandic horse tölting

This is only my second attempt with animation and first attempt using a video as reference so that's why it looks pretty rough. It's also tricky to get looking right because tölt is a fast four-beat lateral gait.

[upkeeptolters]

NEW RIDER

Upkeep has just gotten a new rider. Please welcome Frederic Hanson aka. Freddy. He is from Norway, where this stable is located, and 22 years old. He is an experienced rider for his age, and Icelandic horses (and gaited horses in general) isn't new to him.

Actually when he arrived and I wanted him to show what he could do, he picked our newest horse Floki fra Ísdalur (by Samantha Strasser), and rode him to perfection!

"Let me see a tölt then!" I requested of the newest rider. I wanted to see what he could do on a horse, especially one who was new to the area too.

"Sure thing!" he replied, his tone light as he indeed showed off.

"Was that okay?" he asked, seeming a little unsure of himself, which he had no reason to be.

"It was very good!" I replied, and smiled at him, "Looking forward to see you and Floki in an actual show in the near future!"

At that he just laughed and smiled back proudly.

[equinesandeducation]

Some Frelsi photos from the past week! Tölt has definitely arrived and I’m so so happy and proud! Frelsi really got the idea so now we’re slowly building it out, step by step.

[strangebiology]

Icelandic Horses!

I saw some horses from my window but it looked like they were moving too fast to be walking, yet too smoothly to be trotting or cantering. It turns out--Icelandic horses have a gait called the tölt! And then some are trained to do "flugskeið," or "flying pace." I think more often just "skeið."

These are very smooth and unique in that both left legs move almost (not quite) at the same time, and then both right legs. The only other animals I've seen move in this pattern are giraffes and camels!

Also odd--they are 13-14 hands high on average, but not considered ponies!

Good thing I had learned the word "flugskeið," as I knew to follow the signs for "flugstöð" when I was looking for the airport...

Edit: some of these taken by @zhar-ptitsa!

[rdr2stories]

"Funny little fella" a rdr2 fanfiction.

A short fanfiction about a strange horse that Javier and John brought back to camp.

John pulled at the rope, watching with unease in his chest as he saw the horse at the other end speed up. He looked up at Javier following behind them, they both knew something was wrong, maybe they should have left the horse, but they couldn’t do it now when they had already taken it.

The two of them rode down the small trail to Clemens Point, passing by Arthur who stood guard for once in his life after John had complained to Hosea and Hosea had said Arthur could learn a bit by doing duties. He didn’t seem to enjoy it, but he did enjoy the sight of John and Javier coming back to camp with a pony dragged after them.

“What? Did Old Boy get too big for you Marston?” Arthur joked, letting out a short laughter.

“Very funny,” John replied as he passed by Arthur, walking Old Boy over to a hitching post before jumping off and securing him. He gave Old Boy a scratch as Javier hitched Boaz next to him before he grabbed onto the new pony he had brought back, glancing into camp and finding Hosea playing dominos with Tilly. “Hosea! I need your help!”

Hosea turned around with a startled expression, probably expecting some form of trouble, not John and Javier standing with a funny looking pony. He let out a soft chuckle, excusing himself to Tilly before making his way over to the two men. “What is the problem boys?”

“Me and Javier were out and found this pony, thought it would be good for Jack to start with something small when he learns to ride,” John explained as Hosea patted the sturdy and fluffy pony with even wilder hair than Marston. “So we took it, but I think it is lame and we can’t exactly just let it go now.”

Hosea nodded understandingly. “I see, on what leg?”

Javier snorted slightly as he leaned against the hitching post. “All of them it looks.”

Hosea raised a brow. “Let’s see it then, John do a run please.”

John made a small clicking sound with his tongue, giving a slight yank at the make shift halter and sat into a small run, pulling the pony with him as it sat into a trot, however it looked strange, moving its legs at the wrong time and having a sideways sway in its back.

“Well that does look strange, come back here with it John,” Hosea spoke and waited for John to get back to them before walking over, letting a hand run down the horse’s front left leg, feeling for any bumps or irrecularities. “Well she isn’t warm.” Hosea concluded as he had felt each leg. “Hm, curious.”

“She isn’t lame,” Kieran spoke lowly as he slowly approached the group, the brush he had used on Brawen still in his hand.

“You can’t seriously be thinking that is normal,” Javier replied as he looked at Kieran. “Aren’t you meant to be a horse expert or something O’Driscoll?”

Kieran puffed his chest slightly. “I ain’t no O’Driscoll mister Escuella, but it is because of them that I know she isn’t lame, she is gaited.”

“Gaited?” Hosea asked as he scratched his chin. “I have heard of gaited horses but I expected them to be well… Horses and not ponies.

“She isn’t a pony, she is a horse.” Kieran explained as he walked over and scratched the horse. “Icelandic to be exact, even though they are short they are qualified as horses.”

“Hold on, back to the gaited thing, what does that mean?” John asked, shaking his head slightly.

“You know how your horse has walk, trot and canter? Yeah she has those plus one or two gaits more! One of the O’Driscoll boys had an icelandic because he was part icelandic, I got to ride it ones before Colm killed it after the owner died and we needed food.”

“Two more?” Javier raised a brow.

“Yes,” Kieran answered with a nod. “Tölt and sometimes a flying pace. What you just saw was the tölt, bred to be fast, comfortable and ground covering. It is really nice to sit, and many of the horses were also taught to be able to catch drunk riders who may sway in the saddle.”

John let out a small laugh. “That sounds like a good idea.”

“Men? Isn’t it a bit too small for grown men?” Hosea asked.

“They are bred to be able to carry grown people, they are very strong,” Kieran answered.

“But you said she can trot?”

“Yes.”

“How?”

“Oh, um, some icelandics prefer tölt and others prefers trot, they can do both but if you just ask for something faster than walk they will have a preference.”

“How do you get them to do the other?”

“To get from tölt to trot you need them to lower their heads and get them to relax more… I think, it has been a while.”

“Would you be able to do it?” John asked.

Kieran’s eyes widened. “Uh- I can try, but I haven’t done it for a while and I only rode the other one time.”

“Well, try is all we can ask,” Hosea shrugged slightly. “We can use it to teach Jack anyways, we will just also need to put him on a trotting horse as well at some point.”

“Hop on then cowboy,” John said to Kieran as he handed him the reins.

“Alright…” Kieran replied nervously before jumping onto the horse, nudging it forwards into a tölt and riding in a small circle in front of the camp. He worked wit the horse for a little before it lowered its head and fell down into a trot, holding it for a bit before picking up the tölt.

“Well would you look at that!” Hosea chuckled as Kieran stopped the horse and walked over to give it a few pats on the neck. “Funny little fella.”

[islenskihesturinn]

https://www.horseday.com

I’m hoping this’ll see more development in being able to track steps and being able to somehow track gaits like tölt, but!! A very cool app to track training and health for Icelandic horses! It connects with WorldFengur to import data from your horses, allows you to plan trainings or record what you’ve been doing, tracks when a horse has been shoed, and possibly more that I haven’t found yet.

It’s even got my horse’s BLUP and offspring and chip nr and all. Imported the entire stable in one second!

Hope to see more development and to see it get used!

[madrivervalleyicelandics]

Christmas Eve with my 4-year-old Beta, from our own breeding 🎄

Starting this baby bridleless was an experiment that I now consider to be so successful, I want to start all the babies this way! Her gait separation is really coming together with some nice duration & clarity in tölt on verbal cue. She is barefoot on questionable footing so I am quite excited to see how she will be moving with me by summertime 😍

I guess by now she’s had less than 30 rides (maybe less than 20), each about 10 minutes long, w the exception of a few walking hacks on the dirt roads, which were longer.

I am looking forward to having our saddle fitter out to reflock her half-brother (Bogi)’s saddle for her, as what I have now doesn’t quite fit her as I’d like. Overall I think we are on a very nice track, taking it slow but having fun every step of the way. She’s a good one I will hope to keep forever ❤️

More posts on Instagram @madrivervalleyicelandics I’m having a really hard time keeping up w Tumblr & FB these days 😅

[zeroz2ro]

"Nem vezetheti Hódmezővásárhelyt egy olyan ember, aki abban a hitben éli az életét, hogy két férfi nevelhet egy gyereket és két férfire rá lehet bízni egy csecsemőt. És nagyon szeretném, ha nem lenne szerepe, mert ez aggodalommal tölt el a gyerekek jövőjét illetően, hogy ha olyan ember vezeti Hódmezővásárhelyt, akinek az a személyes meggyőződése, hogy két férfire egészséges dolog egy gyereket rábízni. Szerintem ez egy nagyon veszélyes dolog, és szerintem egy ilyen embernek a hódmezővásárhelyi városvezetésben semmi keresnivalója nincs."

Lázár János MZP-ről. Sokkal jobb helyen van az a gyerek az árvaházban vagy a pap bácsinál, mint két szerető nevelőszülőnél!