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May 10
Nú ætla ég að byrja að kynna stóðhestanna okkar, en þeir koma reyndar allir fram undir ræktun/stóðhestar annarstaðar á heimasíðunni. Við ætlum að byrja á Ljóna frá Ketilsstöðum, en hann er 7 vetra,rauðskjóttur með 8,39 í aðaleinkunn. Hann er undan Ljónslöpp frá Ketilsstöðum en hún er með 8,28 í aðaleinkunn, þ.a 8,5 fyrir tölt og skeið og 9,0 fyrir brokk. Síðastliðið haust hlaut hún heiðursverðlaun fyrir afkvæmi. Ljónslöpp er undan Snekkju frá Ketilsstöðum, sem einnig var með 1. verðlaun og Snekkja var undan Rauðku en hún var með 1. verðlaun fyrir afkvæmi. Rauðka var undan Ljónslöpp 1817, fædd 1939. Ekki finnst neinn kynbótadómur á henni, en hún vann gæðingakeppnina á tveimur fjórðungsmótum fyrir austan og var annálaður gæðingur þess tíma. Til gamans má geta að ættir allra Ketilsstaðahrossa má reka til þessarar hryssu.
Faðir Ljóna er Álfasteinn frá Selfossi, hann er með 8,54 í aðaleinunn, eins og staðan er í dag vantar Álfasteinn bara eitt afkvæmi til að fara í fyrstu verðlaun fyrir afkvæmi, aðeins níu vetra gamall. Hann er með 126 stig í kynbótamati og allar líkur eru á því að hann myndi vera efstur fyrir afkvæmi á landsmótinu ef hann væri staddur hér á landi. Álfasteinn er undan Álfadísi frá Selfossi og Keili frá Miðsitju, en það eru líklega ættir sem flestir þekkja og ætti ekki að þurfa að rekja neitt frekar.
Ljóni er með 8, 44 fyrir byggingu, þar af 9,0 fyrir fótagerð og 9,5 fyrir hófa og geri aðrir betur, þvílíkur undirvagn, grínlaust hafa örugglega aðrir gert betur, en þetta er allavega sérstakt. Veikasti þátturinn íbygginguni er réttleikinn 6,5 en Bergur segir að það sé nauðsynlegt til að hann grípi ekki á sig ( : Enda hefur hann aldrei gripið á sig 7,9,13.
Ljóni er stór og fallegur hestur, frekar sterkvaxinn, jafnvígur alhliðahestur. Hann er mjög skrefstór með háar og mjúkar hreyfingar, geðslagið er hreint og viljinn góður.
Sköpulag: 7,5 8,5 8,0 8,5 9,0 6,5 9,5 8,0. 8,44
Hæfileika: 8,5 8,5 8,0 8,0 8,5 8,5 8,0 8,5 7,5 8,35 Samtals: 8,39
122 stig i kynbótamat.
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Dec 08
In Memory of Jón Bergsson from Ketilsstaðir. Born June 25, 1933 Died July 23, 2008.
Freyfaxi the riding club was founded in 1952. One of the founding members was Jón Bergsson from Ketilsstaðir at Vellir. Jón participated in club events right from the beginning. He was the president for few years, was a board member for many years and represented the club at the annual meeting of the Icelandic Horse Association (LH). He was also a member of the board of the Icelandic Horse Association (LH) for a while. Even though Jón participated in the club activities and took care of his responsibilities to the club, nevertheless it was his interest in breeding that got him excited.
From the beginning the policy of Freyfaxi was to service to breeding. There Jón was the key. He was a leader and image of horse breeding in Fljótsdalshéraði in the East of Iceland for many years and still is. Horse breeding was a vision he never gave up.
National Innovator
“If I someday die,” was a sentence Jón from Ketilsstaðir used frequently. It descripes him, his humor and attitude to life. Stoicism! He was expecting five foals when he passed away. Years of illness and paralysis didn’t hinder him. “How many are you breeding this summer?” was a question he frequently asked his fellows visiting him at the hospital where he stayed the last years of his life. “I’m breeding five” he said quickly even though it looked like he wouldn’t last long enough to see the foals born. Jón set a deep mark in the history of horses and horse breeding not just in the East but in all of Iceland. He was a pioneer.
He was among the first in Iceland to specialize in Horse farming. He was not alone at the time because his son Bergur Jónsson was then with him, a hardworker and one of the best riders in Iceland. It wasn’t ideal at that time to put so much trust into your “mares”. There were no freebies in that kind of farming, no cash payments or secure sales of products. And it wasn’t like Ketilsstaðir was in the center of the horseworld, set far away from the area where most sales were happening. But the father and son kept their plans. Jón never doubted the value of the Icelandic horse and that horses could be a real farming speciality. It is no doubt that Jón’s commitment and dedication to his vision had a lot of influence on horses and horse breeding in the East.
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