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Dagur fra KK Ranch
US2000102454
4-Gaited - $8,500
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He is an easy keeper and has very hard, black hooves that hardly need any care. He doesn't even need to be trimmed, very rarely. He certainly won't need to be shod, I would suggest never shoeing him. His feet could accurately be described as "mule feet". They are upright and grow that way without flaring or cracking.
We were very glad to have had the opportunity to include him in our breeding program. He has impressive bloodlines including 14 first prize, and 5 second prize, horses. In fact, 5 out of his 8 Great Grandparents are 1st prize, 1 is 2nd prize, and the other two have not been evaluated. His pedigree includes great names such as Ljóri Fra’ Kirkjubæ, Kolfinnur Fra’ Kjarnholtum I, and elite stallion Þáttur Fra’ Kirkjubæ. This boy has enormous potential. Click Here to see photos of horses in his pedigree.
I took him on his first real trail ride today, April 18. He did way better than I could expect. This was his first time out in the real world, as he has spent his whole life until now in a stall/arena/pasture environment. You wouldn't have known it was his first time. He was very much not afraid and really enjoyed exploring. He was out for about 3 hours. He experienced cars, trucks, a 4 wheeler, went over a large bridge, up and down hills, through brush and trees. He was by himself (no other horses along) and that didn't seem to bother him at all. He did whiny when we saw some other horses going along the trail. He only did two very minor spooks (about 1/2 a second in duration), once at some cement blocks that he didn't notice until we were walking right next to them, and the other time was at the sound of a flapping flag in the neighborhood. My head hit branches, a pop can was blowing around on the ground (it was windy the whole time), plastic bags flying around, one was flapping on a fence, none of this bothered him at all. Also, he did a very smooth, perfectly even running walk the whole time. He had a tendency to want to speed up into a trot (which is very smooth by the way), but I would gently pull him back into the gait, and it was easy to do. He has a real tolt in there naturally, but at this point in his training I haven't asked for enough speed to do a real tolt. At the end I asked for some speed going up a dirt road, and he did a very nice, slow, very controlled lope. It was very pleasant to ride. He didn't tire the whole time, he acted like he didn't notice my 160 lbs on his back at all. Even up hills, he would breath a little hard by the time we got to the top, but once there he would recover within seconds. His hooves held up very well, there was no noticable wear at all on them, and he spent a lot of time on a very rough road, and the trail was very rocky in places. All in all, a very successful ride, proving what an outstanding horse Dagur is!
Don't pass up this one, he is a rare horse, definately worth taking a look at. I'm not bragging or exagerrating when I say that you'll be hard pressed to find another gelding of this quality. He is a diamond in the rough. (Can you tell how much I've fallen in love with him?) To a great home only. I can make a video to send to you upon request.
He is up to date on shots (including west nile) and worming. Has a clear coggins and health certificate, so he's ready to ship out to a new home. He also had his teeth floated and worked on by a professional horse dentist just 2 months ago. His hooves were last trimmed on April 29th. He is great with the vet and farrier, he bathes very well and loads into a trailer like a pro, just point him and he'll go right in.
ps) He's had more trailrides since his first and he continues to be exceptional, acting much older and wiser than he is.
