Álfaklettur frá Syðri-Gegnishólum, dam is Álfadís frá Selfossi and sire is Stáli frá Kjarri, a beauti and very talented.

{gallery}Alfaklettur november 2018{/gallery}

This beautiful mare is one of our younger breeding mares, her name is Snekkja frá Ketilsstöðum. She was born in 2009, dam is the Honorary Prize mare Ljónslöpp frá Ketilsstöðum and sire is Alvar frá Syðri-Gegnishólum. Alvar died accidentally only 2 years old, he was the son of Álfadís frá Selfossi and Dalvar frá Ausholtshjáleiga.This autumn we have started to tame her oldest offspring, a 3 years old mare sired by Trymbill frá Stóra-Ási.
Younger offsprings of Snekkja is a two year old mare sired by Frami frá Ketilsstaðir, a yearling sired by Konsert frá Hofi and this summer she gave birth to a colt sired by Aðall frá Nyjabæ.
5 years old, Snekkja was the fourth best 5 years old mare at LM 2014 at Gaddstaðaflatir, the total score was 8.41 and 8.5 for most of the gates in ridden abilities and in her highest judgment she received 8.42 as a total score included 9.0 for tölt . Total score in Blup evaluation is 123.

{gallery}Snekkja fra Ketilsstodum 2018{/gallery}

We are starting the 3 year olds these days.

{gallery}Frumtamningar2018{/gallery}

Saturday night we won two prices for breeding, the Breeder of the Year 2018 and the Breeders of Competition horses 2018. 
We have felt like numb since.
The pictures I publish were taken the other day for another occasion but I want to use them since I think they express how we really feel. 
Thank you very much for all your congratulations, we are fortunate to be able work with our passion.
{gallery}Winners breeding and competition horse breeders 2018{/gallery}

Here are some pictures of horses we have bred, that helped us to be nominated for the Competition horse breeder of the year 2018. Thank you to you all.
{gallery}Competition breeder of the year nomination 2018{/gallery}

Elin is The Rider of the Year in our riding club Sleipnir, here are some pictures from her performances in 2018.
{gallery}Elin knapi arsins Sleipnir 2018{/gallery}

Fifteen horses from our breed were breeding evaluated this year. Thirteen of them received an average score over 8,0 and eight of them qualified for Landsmót which we consider as great results.
Fourteen of these horses were presented in Iceland and one, Aradís fá Ketilsstöðum who we sold as a young horse, was shown in Denmark.
Djörfung receives honorary price for offsprings only fourteen years of age, the award is based on first five of her offsprings.
{gallery}Kynbotasynd hross 2018{/gallery}

Our breed Ketilsstaðir/Syðri-Gegnishólar is once again nominated as Breeders of the year and Competition horse Breeders of The Year. Thank you to riders and owners that took part in it.
We will publish more about this in the coming days.
{gallery}Breeder nominations 2018{/gallery}

This year, Djörfung frá Ketilsstöðum receives 1st. Price of Honour for offsprings, with a total BLUB score of 123. Dam is Framkvæmd frá Ketilsstöðum and sire is Álfasteinn frá Selfossi. Djörfung was breeding evaluated 4 years old and was in fourth place in the group of 4 year old mares at Landsmót in Hella 2008. The total score was 8,23 but for talent she received 8.68, including 9.5 for pace and spirit and 8,5 fyrir tölt,slow tölt and expression.
{gallery}DjorfungHeidursverdlaun2018{/gallery}

Read more: Djörfung frá Ketilsstöðum

It is getting colder here in Iceland, the summer is over and soon the fall will step down for winter. I found this nice picture of Álfarinn frá Syðri-Gegnishólum in the herd. Very nice to watch pictures from summertime as it is getting closer to wintertime.
{gallery}Alfarinn summer 2018{/gallery}

Two great horses from our breed, Sprengja 12 years old, she has been competing successfully in young adults class in Germany for a couple of years. Stefnir 7 years old in his first year of light competitions in Swiss.
{gallery}Sprengja og Stefnir 2018{/gallery}

Two great mares from the Ketilsstaðir breed, Framkvæmd the black one 27 years old with Honorary price for offsprings, she gave birth to 16 foals.
Katla the bay is on this picture pregnant with her first offspring, a red dun stallion with a star, born 1st of August 2018, there is a picture of him on our website from that date.
On this picture the two queens are getting some well earned goodies from Bergur. They are like all horses from Ketilsstöðum related, theire foremother is Fála frá Ketilsstöðum born 1925

{gallery}Framkvaemd og Katla{/gallery}

We took some pictures of our yearlings in early September of our yearlings who grow up in and by the mountains at Ketilsstaðir.

{gallery}Ketilsstadir fall 2018{/gallery}

Take a look at this amazing son of Frami frá Ketilsstöðum, Dam is Binný frá Björgum 

{gallery}Framis son 2018{/gallery}

We had a look at our young stallions the other day, 2 and 3 years old, seems like our breed is improving mane and tail. 

{gallery}Youngsters at Ketilsstadir 2018{/gallery}