Elton

Gotlandsruss. Gelding born 1987.

Our most recent addition Elton, is a Gotlandsruss. The descendants of the horses the vikings brought to the island of Gotland of the coast of southeastern Sweden, are a hardy little pony used for just about anything. They are still raised in big herds at Lojstahed, Gotland in a semi wild state.


Elton is a 22-yearold gentleman Ida got from a ridingschool a few months ago. He has that "been there, done that" attitude you crave in a kid horse, but at the same time he has plenty of go. We spent the first few weeks stopping and backing just to make sure Ida could handle him and find the brake if she had to. Now they trot, lope and change leads with ease and we´re going to introduce some smaller jumps for them to fly over.