Breeding

The breeding at Þúfur is based on a strong foundation. Our emphasis is to breed horses that we enjoy riding and training, that have light, elastic movements and long strides.
Gísli Gíslason and Mette Mannseth are the breeders of the Þúfur-Horses.

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Our goal is to find every horse a good home and a good match. Buy directly from the breeder and avoid extra cost. We offer competition horses, evaluated breeding mares and stallions with top pedigree and we always have good riding horses. Contact us for a nice chat. Read more…

Education

Mette Mannseth holds the “Master trainer” title from the trainer’s association FT. Her main job is being the head riding teacher at Holar University. Mette gives clinics, lectures, and lessons worldwide as well as online.

ÞÚFUR

Icelandic Horse Center

Þúfur is located in Skagafjörður, north of Iceland. The fjord is often called the cradle of Icelandic horsemanship as historically, the area has played a great part in the heritage and prestige of the Icelandic horse.

Þúfur was awarded Horsebreeders of the year in 2020 and 2023 and Competition horsebreeders of the year in 2021, which are the most national esteemed prizes that breeders of the Icelandic horse can receive.

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ÞÚFUR´S HONORARY BREEDING HORSES

Grýla frá Þúfum breedingmare at Þúfur

Grýla frá Þúfum

Breeding Mares, Honorary Horses

Happadís frá Stangarholti - Íslandsmót 2010

Happadís frá Stangarholti

Breeding Mares, Honorary Horses

Hróður frá Refsstöðum

Hróður frá Refsstöðum

Honorary Horses, Stallions

Kyrrð frá Stangarholti

Breeding Mares, Honorary Horses

Lýsing frá Þúfum

Lýsing frá Þúfum

Breeding Mares, Honorary Horses

Píla frá Syðra-Garðshorni og Mette á LM 2008

Píla frá Syðra-Garðshorni

Breeding Mares, Honorary Horses

Trymbill frá Stóra-Ási

Honorary Horses, Stallions

Latest news

Horsebreeders of the year 2023

Þúfur awarded as the breeding farm of the year 2023

Þúfur was awarded as the breeding farm of the year 2023 in Iceland. This is [...]

Strengur frá Þúfum and Gísli showcase 9,5 for gallop

Strengur at the top of the BLUP for 2023

Our four year old Strengur frá Þúfum is evaluated as one of the best Icelandic [...]

Gríður frá Þúfum og Mette Mannseth 9,5 Gallop

FIZO – Breeding results of 2023

The year 2023 went very well on the breeding track for horses trained and bred [...]

Hannibal frá Þúfum and Mette Mannseth. Pic: Henk Peterse.

Competition season 2023

The year 2023 went very well on the competitoin track for horses bred and trained [...]

Þúfur awarded as the “Breeding farm of the year in Skagafjörður”

Skagafjörður’s Horse Breeding Association (HSS) threw a prize ceremony on December 13th. Prizes were awarded [...]

Landsmót 2022

Twelve horses from Þúfur were represented at Landsmót Hestamanna 2022. Allt of them qualified as [...]

Mette the winner of the KS Champion league 3rd year in a row

With the last tournament of the KS Champion league in the North being over, Mette [...]

Kalsi frá Þúfum

Þúfur awarded as the “Competition breeding farm of the year” 2021

Landsamband hestamannafélaga (LH) awarded Þúfur as the competition breeding farm of the year 2021. We [...]

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https://vimeo.com/983817394 IS2018158169 Grímar f

https://vimeo.com/983817394
IS2018158169 Grímar frá Þúfum
Breeder: Mette Camilla Moe Mannseth
F.: IS2013158161 Sólon frá Þúfum
Ff.: IS2005135936 Trymbill frá Stóra-Ási
Fm.: IS2003265020 Komma frá Hóli v/Dalvík
M.: IS2008258166 Grýla frá Þúfum
Mf.: IS2002187662 Álfur frá Selfossi
Mm.: IS1989236512 Lygna frá Stangarholti
Vorsýning Hólum í Hjaltadal, vikuna 10. til 14. júní.
Conformation: 8,0 - 8,5 - 8,5 - 8,5 - 8,0 - 8,0 - 8,5 - 9,0 = 8,41
Rideability: 9,0 - 9,5 - 8,0 - 8,5 - 8,5 - 9,5 - 9,0 - 10,0 = 9,01
Slow tölt: 9,0
Total: 8,80
Ridden abilities w/o pace: 9,19
Total w/o pace: 8,92

Gabríel frá Þúfum, 3 years old M: Happadís f

Gabríel frá Þúfum, 3 years old
M: Happadís frá Stangarholti, honorary price and Icelandic champoin
F: Hannibal frá Þúfum
#hannibaloffspring #happadísfrástangarholti #þúfuricelandichorsecenter #icelandichorse #horsesoficeland #fourgaiter

Hroður frá Refsstöðum 29 years old #hróðurfr

Hroður frá Refsstöðum
29 years old
#hróðurfrárefsstöðum

What a youngster! Nn frá Þúfum 3v F: Hannibal f

What a youngster!
Nn frá Þúfum 3v
F: Hannibal frá Þúfum
M: Nóta frá Þúfum
#hannibalfráþufum

The Þúfur team did it again in the @meistaradeil

The Þúfur team did it again in the @meistaradeildks and won the fourgait-team trophy last Wednsday. 🏆
With all competitors in the finals and with a superior victory of Hannibal frá Þúfum with 7,87 in preliminarys and 8,13 in the finals.🎉
pictures: @freydis.bergs

Þúfur is the winning team of Gæðingalist 2024

Þúfur is the winning team of
Gæðingalist 2024 Meistaradeild KS í hestaíþróttum ! 🏆
Tema Þúfur with all riders in price position. Hannibal frá Þúfum runner up with least possible difference to first place or just 0,04 in his very first Gæðingalist. Lea and Kaktus frá Þúfum witha great show in 4th position and Barbara with amazing Gola frá Tvennu 5th.
No surprise that we won the team competition in Gæðingalist also not the first time for team Þúfur.

Þúfur sigurvegarar Gæðingalistar 2024 🏆
Með alla knapa í verðlaunasæti: Mette og Hannibal fyrsta skipti í Gæðingalist í öðru sæti með minnsta mögulega mun til fyrsta sætis eða 0,04. Lea og Kaktus frá Þúfum í fjórða og Barbara og Gola frá Tvennu í fimmta sæti.
Ekki fyrsta skipti sem þetta lið Þúfna tekur liðaplattan í þessari grein.

Our homepage is ready! thufur.is Our homepage has

Our homepage is ready! thufur.is
Our homepage has material about our ideologi, our horses, our breeding and training.
Hopefully fun reading for all horsepeople out there. The page is in english!
Link in Bio
Heimasíðan okkar komin í loftið!
Þar er hægt að fræðast um hugmyndafræðin, hrossin okkar, hrossaræktina og starfsemi.na
Skemmtileg lesning fyrir hestamenn yfir hátíðarnar. Síðan er á ensku en hún er einnig prýdd myndum, ættartrjám og tölulegum upplýsingum.
Hrafnhildur Helga Guðmundsdóttir á heiðurinn af þessari síðu.

Our herd exited to get their hey

Our herd exited to get their hey

Strengur at the top of the BLUP and awarded for th

Strengur at the top of the BLUP and awarded for the highest overall FIZO-score of the year 2023!

Strengur shot to stardom this summer when he received the second highest score for a 4 year old stallion to even been given: 8.65 in total.

Strengur is truly a purebred “Þúfur horse” as he is quite inbred out of the ancestors we believe in, such as Kolfinnur frá Kjarnholtum, Gáski frá Hofsstöðum and Náttfari frá Ytra-Dalsggerði. He furthermore combines the pillars in our breeding: Hróður and Trymbill in his father, Sólon frá Þúfum. Strengur’s mother, Harpa frá Þúfum is a daughter of Kiljan frá Steinnesi and Sónata frá Stóra-Ási, who’s the sister of Trymbill, so there are quite a few loops in his pedigree that trace back to the blood we strongly believe in.

Strengur is really even in all gaits and has exceptionally good temperament. He has an uphill conformation, round neck and strong backline. He seems to have endless speed and suppleness in his gaits, and we are hopeful about this promising stallion’s future.

Competition season for team Þúfur 2023 First com

Competition season for team Þúfur 2023
First competition was Gæðingalist in the end of February. Kalsi frá Þúfum and Mette came 2nd with a good mark.
Hannibal frá Þúfum, the highest judged fourgaited stallion in Iceland made his premiere in fourgait. He came, saw and conquered. Perfect start on Hannibal’s competition carrier with up to 9 for walk and fast tölt. It was so easy for him, and by the way competing on FIZO shoing. He showed great cooperation, suppleness and balance in every moment. Lea Busch and Kaktus frá Þúfum came 3rd with an amazing trot and canter show.
Kalsi did a super job in fivegait, scoring the same as Þráinn in the finals but had to give up 1st position after seat placement from the judges.
Hannibal and Mette did it again in the Tölt competition, and won with 8,39 in the finals. That balance and that easiness...
Mette and Vivaldi frá Torfunesi also did great in the speedpace in Meistaradeild in south-Iceland with 2nd position amongst the fastes pacehorses in the world.
UMSS World-Ranking Mette won all oval track disciplines in addition to the 100m pace. Hannibal went on his first outside competition and was in pole position in Tölt and fourgait, and as Mette had also the runner up in Tölt, Hannibal only took part in the fourgait final and won by very good margin and 7,90. Lea and Kaktus did very good as usual, with 3rd place and 7,37. In the Tölt-finals Mette rode the runner up, Trymbills daughter Staka frá Hólum and won. This was Staka’s first Tölt-competition, and with 7,50 in preliminaries and 7,83 in the finals we must say that she was off to a good start.
Kalsi is so sure and confident in 5-gait and knows his job so the finals are like “a dance on roses”. He won, and over some of Iceland’s best five gaiters, receiving up to 9 for pace. Kalsi also came 3rd in the pace test.
Blundur did he’s thing and won the T2, tölt on loose reins. Can´t believe how good this horse is.
To the Icelandic championship we went with Blundur, Kalsi, Staka, Kaktus and Vivaldi. Hannibal already left for summer job with the mares. They all did great. Kalsi ended 9th, Blundur 5th and Vivaldi 5th withe personal best 7.39 in 100m pace.

It was so fun to see this young rider trying Tím

It was so fun to see this young rider trying Tími out. What a fun canterplay they did!
Timi is a six year old stallion
M: List frá Þúfum
F: Hróður frá Refsstöðum

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