While visiting Iceland I learned that the Icelandic horse has five gaits. One gait, the Tolt gait, is a four-beat smooth trot. The Tolt gait was so smooth that the horseman rode a lap without spilling ...

Lori Leo opened Four Winds Icelandic Horse Farm in 2003. It didn’t take her long to make her mark in the international world of horse breeding. The International Federation of Icelandic Horse ...

New York regulatory veterinarians have been using the Sleip app for 2 ½ years, while Kentucky’s team adopted the technology ...

Researchers have discovered a single genetic mutation that affects the way horses move, specifically, their ability to alternate gaits. Since the mutation endows them with a wider repertoire, the ...

A MUTATION in the gene labelled DMRT3, known as the “gait-keeper gene”, gives horses the ability to pace or tolt, rather than trot. This mutation is found in Icelandic horses (pictured) and other ...

A mutation in a single gene in horses that is critical for the ability to perform ambling gaits, for pacing and that has a major effect on performance in harness racing, new research shows.

HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa. -- Ridingholidays.com, a division of equestrian travel publisher the Compleat Traveller, converted its informational Web site about riding vacations to one that is selling them.

THERE'S a tiny corner of Worcestershire that will be forever Iceland thanks to a couple who are absolutely passionate about a particular breed of horse. If you look closely in the gorse bushes of the ...