Icelandic Horse Gallery

Icelandic horses with thick manes and coats protecting from cold, Akureyri, North Iceland, Iceland

The Icelandic horse is a breed of horse developed in Iceland. Although the horses are small, at times pony sized, most registries for the Icelandic refer to it as a horse. Icelandic horses are long lived and hardy. The breed is still used for traditional sheepherding work in its native country, as well as for leisure, showing, and racing

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Illustration by Cecil Aldin, The Wild Horses of Iceland

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, The Wild Horses of Iceland. Snardi, a little red dog, barks and jumps up at his enemies, the ravens, on a farm in Iceland. Date: 1933

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Icelandic horse, detail view of the eye, southern Iceland, Iceland, Europe

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