ICELANDIC HORSE STUD FARM

Pentland Hills Icelandics is focussed on breeding, rearing and training good quality Icelandic horses. With well over 20 years of experience in the breed, we are usually able to pair you up with the horse of your dreams and to offer all the back-up that you may require to make the partnership perfect.

We select our breeding stock carefully in Iceland, looking for horses, first and foremost, with a good temperament.  Good conformation comes next with special care taken over legs and hooves. Then the breeding stock must be judged well in their gaits with plenty of will. We have some breeding lines with height around 15hh and plenty of strength to match.  Of course, an Icelandic horse must also look spectacular with plenty of thick mane - we have some horses of rare and interesting colours.

REARING AND TRAINING YOUNGSTOCK

The youngsters are reared on rough moorland by the Pentland Hills where they learn discipline from each other, horse to horse, the way it should be.  The space they roam on is challenging and almost unlimited and the herd groups are large. When training starts at four and a half years old, and more seriously at five years, they are keen, interested and love to learn. They are trained in a friendly but firm and calm way and become loyal and contented riding horses, responsive to very light aids and ready for whatever life will throw at them. Once they are properly balanced with rider on board, the gaits are trained using both the indoor arena and the natural terrain to achieve the best. 

To learn more about our approach to breeding and training Icelandic Horses, visit our ICELANDIC HORSES page

HORSES FOR SALE

We passionately care about where and to whom our horses go. We want only the very best for them when they move on to a new home, so we are happy to make ourselves available should you need help or advice afterwards, for as long as it takes. Every horse sold from here is happy in traffic, used to dogs and other animals, and is easy to catch, shoe and box under normal circumstances.

Do you want to buy a special horse? To see the horses we have for sale, please visit our HORSES FOR SALE page.

Of course, visitors are always welcome - give us a quick ring first to check we are about and we would be delighted to show you around.
 

LIVERY

• Grass livery for Icelandic Horses
• Supportive and friendly environment
• 24/7 care
• Farrier service
• Access to fantastic riding country and indoor arena

For more information on our livery service, please visit our LIVERY page

AFTER SALES SERVICE

If you buy a horse, we want it to work for both of you so we suggest you come and stay locally and ride with us for a day or two. We are very happy to give gaited lessons and to make sure the partnership is right from the beginning.

It may be your wish to keep the horse at Windy Gowl permanently or you may wish to benefit from our help for a few weeks / months and develop a good relationship with your new horse. We are always very happy to help at any time. 

PHI NEWS

Riders from Pentland Hills Icelandics enjoyed success at the British Championships, including Paula, who won first prize in Intermediate Tölt and Intermediate 4-gait.

We are hoping to build an oval track in the near future on Windy Gowl Farm. The ground has been exceptionally wet for the past year and this has not helped access for drainage machinery but it is definitely well into the planning stage.

For more news from Windy Gowl, visit our NEWS page

Windy Gowl is also home to a herd of Red Aberdeen Angus cattle. Visit our ABERDEEN ANGUS page for more information and details of cattle for sale.

BIO-SECURITY MEASURES

Here at PHI, we care about our horses and try to minimise the risk of disease entering our herd at all times.

If you are coming out riding - or even just visiting - please be vigilant in wearing clean outer clothing and disinfect hats (a quick spray), chaps, boots, gloves etc before coming.  As an added protection, on arrival please dip your boots in the buckets provided at the entrance and at the shed.

Thank you for your care