Lineage files have been greatly updated for most of our offspring ... other updating is ongoing.

Sjóli frá LoneStar -aka- "the Duke"

Sjóli is out of Þra frá Akureyri and Tígull frá Gygjarhóli (1st Prize), arrived 5-26-07, a pretty dark red
bay (dark buckskin leather like) four gaited stallion.   This is a very well bred young stallion.
Grandsires: Stígandi frá Sauðárkróki & Stígur frá Kjartanstöðum (both 1st Prize).
Both of which also have Honor Prize for their offspring.   He also traces his lineage to the following
stallions/mares: Þáttur frá Kirkjubæ (Honor Prize), Sörli frá Sauðárkróki (Honor Prize),
Hrafn frá Holtsmúla (Honor Prize), Nattfari fra Ytra-Dalsgerdi (Honor Prize), Hörður frá Kolkuósi,
Hlynur frá Kirkjubæ, Stígandi frá Kolkuósi, Kolbakur frá Kolkuósi and
the Honor Prize mares: Terna frá Kirkjubæ & Siða frá Sauðárkróki.

Sjóli's father, Tígull, is one of the highest evaluated four gaited stallions in the world, 8.60 overall.
8.65 for conformation. 9.5 for tolt & trot. 9.0 for gallop, spirit, appearance under rider.
Like his sire, Sjóli is four gaited.   He is a quite promising young stallion.   He is worth close
consideration for any breeding program.   We started breeding with Sjóli at LoneStar in 2010.
Sjóli has a very attractive front end, including his chest, long raised arched neck, refined
head and rather pretty face.   His friendly personality and good temperament match his appearance.
Sjóli means: "king, duke".   The King may yet emerge, but the DUKE has definitely arrived!   ;-)
Sjóli is becoming a beautiful & powerful young stallion prospect.   His gaits are exceptional,
as his movements are very spacious (long & wide). This boy can literally prance & DANCE!  
He is for breeding, and is NOT for sale. He will have at least one foal born in 2011 & several in 2012.
In 2011, Sjóli will be bred to the following mares: Stássa, Mánadís and Elja.
Sjóli is available for breeding in Texas now, live cover only at this time.
Sjóli's first daughter (Stúlka) was born on 7/18/2011. Stúlka is a Bleikálóttur,
meaning a "light bay dun". She is very good looking! Stúlka is showing long & wide movements.
Sjóli's lineage



Sjóli's father, Tígull, has an 8.65 for conformation. Both are powerful but not heavy.
Pictures of Tígull can be seen under "Mares & Breeding Stallions".


Tappi frá LoneStar - For Sale - only $12,000
An 8 year old 5 gaited Icelandic gelding with 1st Prize for conformation.
Son of Gydja frá Víðimel & 1st Prize stallion Hilmir fra Sauðárkróki (9.5 for flying pace)
First Prize Grandsires: Ófeigur frá Flugumyri & Stígandi frá Sauðárkróki
Both of which have Honor Prize for their offspring. He also traces his lineage to the following
stallions/mare: Þáttur frá Kirkjubæ (Honor Prize), Hrafn frá Holtsmúla (Honor Prize),
Hörður frá Kolkuósi, Blakkur frá Kolkuósi (1st Prize), and the
Honor Prize mare, Siða frá Sauðárkróki.
Tappi is both tolting and pacing very nicely now after over a year of professional gait & competition
gait training. He has gotten a lot stronger and more energetic with even better gaits.
He has more personality than any horse should be allowed to have. He loves human interaction.
Tappi received an 8.04 (1st Prize) for conformation at an official evaluation in 2008.
He is very fast even on regard to the largest breeding farm in the country. What Tappi really
likes doing these days is flying pace. He comes out of a gallop and he wants to pace.
His gaits are rather smooth after his mother, who's tolt was smooth as glass. Tappi is now
back in Texas. He is for sale to a good home only. More information on Sales page.
Tappi's advanced training cost more than I am asking for him. He is an exceptional horse
at a very good price.
Tappi's lineage


Foals that we've had over the last few years have been sired by six different stallions (3 in Iceland):

- Tígull frá Gygjarhóli - 8.60, one of the highest evaluated four gaited stallions in the world, 9.5 for tolt & trot,...
- Asi frá Kálfholti - strong 1st Prize Kolkuos breeding stallion, known to give very good movement.
- Moli frá Skriðu - with a 9.5 for trot, 9 for tolt, spirit, etc, with very high movements.
      Pictured to the right ... in tolt!!! ------------> (more pics under "Cute/Cool pics")
- Óskar frá Litla-Dal - a very powerful & well balanced 5 gaited stallion; 8.54 talent & conformation
- Stefnir frá Staðartungu-our 2nd Prize stallion, w/great temperament, good conformation & clean tolt
- Tangó frá Strandarhöfði - 8.55 for talent, a strong five gaited 1st Prize stallion

<[[ So far, I'm very pleased with Stefnir's first offspring here at our farm. Blíða, Ljúfa
and Tjaldari are all looking very good, in regard to conformation, temperament
and movements. Tjaldari has demonstrated a clean tolt since his first day, inherited from Stefnir.
Stefnir's 2009 crop is even more impressive with Cheyenne, Ræna and Esja. ]]>
("j"s are pronounced like "y"s.    So it's "Esya" & "Tyaldari" & and "Syoli")

Thirteen new foals (see "Young Ones") born in 2007 - 2010.
All four fillies (07') and three foals (09') have either stars or moons on their forehead !
Two of the four (now mares) are for sale: Blíða and Ljúfa, see "Sales List".
Sjóli was born May, 2007 & Tjaldari was born in June, 2008 (both colts)
We had two beautiful fillies 2010. We expect to have four more foals in the summer of 2011.




LoneStar  I celanðic H orse B reeðers: L ocateð near Georgetown, Texas, USA



Among all else, don't forget to follow your Passions ... life is short !!!




  • At LoneStar (USA Icelandic Horse Breeders), we breed quality Icelandic horses for the American market that attempt to achieve the best conformation, temperament and talent that is possible with the breeding stallions available to us. Quality gaits must be supported by quality conformation. Our breeding lines are predominately Sauðárkróki, Kolkuos, Kirkjubæ and the Honor Prize stallion Hrafn frá Holtsmúla (stallion 802), a very famous Icelandic breeding stallion. Most of our horses (including all of our pintos) trace thier linage back to Siða frá Sauðárkróki, the first Icelandic 1st Prize mare to have received Honor Prize for her offspring. The second mare to have received Honor Prize for her offspring was Siða's daughter (Hrafnhetta frá Sauðárkróki), to give some idea of the strength of her genetics. A number of her sons and grandsons also received Honor Prize for their offspring. This is an extremely stong breedline. Siða was a black & white pinto, predominately black with white side panels. Siða means "side". Siða was the foundation mare that helped establish the Sauðárkróki breeding dynasty, which ultimately helped produce Orri frá Þúfu, the most famous breeding stallion in Iceland. I have a picture of Siða and her daughter Hervör on the "Mares" page below Sæta.

  • We are attempting to be one of the premier Icelandic horse breeding farms in the south central United States of America.

  • We currently have seven quality brood mares. We intend to add 5-6 more mares from the best of our 2007, 2009 & 2010 foals once they are trained and mature: Mánadís, Stássa, Miska, Esja, Ræna, Prinsessa and Rún. All of these are quite impressive. Longer term, we may have roughly a dozen+ quality brood mares. We are a small breeding/sales operation and we have no intention of getting any larger. We have choosen quality over quantity. This is best for both us and our horses, given our resources.
    As someone once said, the best offspring come from the best breeding stock, "it's all in the genes."
    Most of our mares have been sired by 1st Prize & Honor Prize stallions, like:
         - Stígandi frá Sauðárkróki (HP)
         - Stígur frá Kjartanstöðum (HP)
         - Hilmir frá Sauðárkróki
         - Markús frá Langholtsparti (HP)
         - Galdur frá Sauðárkróki
         - the Kolkuos stallion - Rodull fra Akureyri, the son of Kristall frá Kolkuósi (9 for tolt)
    Stígandi frá Sauðárkróki is also the father of Tígull frá Gygjarhóli, one of the highest evaluated
       four gaited stallions in the world and the father of our stallion Sjóli frá LoneStar
    Future mares will have been sired by the 1st Prize stallions like:
         - Moli frá Skriðu
         - Asi frá Kálfholti (Kolkuos)
         - Oskar frá Litla-Dal
         - Tangó frá Strandarhöfði (some Kolkuos)

  • We have two registered Icelandic stallions that will be capable of breeding as of the spring of 2010: Stefnir and Sjóli. Both are sired from highly evaluated 1st Prize stallions.

  • Stefnir's father (Fengur frá Ibisholi) is a World Tolt Champion, known for the quality of his beat in tolt. Stefnir has just enough pace to have a very good clean tolt, even barefooted. Stefnir and his father were much more strong tolters, instead of being strong 4 or 5 gaited horses. Tolt is just Stefnir's gait. Stefnir predominately throws 5 gaited offspring regardless of the mare being 4 or 5 gaited, with well above average conformation.

  • Sjóli is the son of one of the highest evaluated four gaited stallions in the world, i.e. Tígull. Sjóli has become a beautiful large and powerful stallion. He has a lot of suspension in his trot, and he can cover a lot of ground in this gait as he is already very large and powerful for such a early age. What's more, this boy can literally dance! Sjóli appears to be four gaited, as are both of his parents. With Sjóli's very good conformation, movements and temperament, we think he would go with just about any mare, either four or five gaited. Sjóli would particularly complement mares that are either stiff or short backed. He has a refined build, with a muscular croup, a supple muscular back, a well raised long arched neck, very long legs and a long well proportioned body. His movements are long and wide with good natural lift.

  • We have a number of well bred Icelandic horses for sale: two 4 year old mares (1 quite stout dark dun and 1 chestnut dun getting tall) and a 3 year old RED 5 gaited gelding and one really beautiful & talented well trained fast gelding (age 8). We may have several young horses for sale from the 2009 crop: Lakota (very tall 5 gaited pinto stallion). Please keep an eye on our Sales List or better yet just call and ask.

  • Give us a call at 512-930-7070 (central Texas)... best time is 1pm-8pm CT.



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