Alfadans will be venturing down to Santa Ynez, CA to the amazing facilities at Flying C Ranch for their Spring National Ranking Competition! Are you interested in joining us? Let us know!

This clinic will explore how to use liberty training to develop your communication system, build trust and deepen your bond with your horse. We will seek to learn to use liberty exercises to improve our horses confidence, increase their motivation and have our horses move freely with us. The clinic will include a daily private lesson, group lesson, lectures and demonstrations and will put emphasis on the use of liberty to improve our horses mental balance and ability to learn. The clinician will be our own Caeli Cavanagh (FT Association member, FEIF Trainer Level 3) who has performed both in the US and in Iceland and is the trainer of the International Liberty Horse Association 2020 High Point Pro Division Horse Soldis from Solheimar. Space is limited. Horse rental available, first come first serve.

Clinic price is $400. Non refundable deposit of $100 due on regsitration.

Join us in Chelsea, VT for a two day riding clinic focusing on good horsemanship and improving the ride for horse and rider. We will look at exercises that increase balance and harmony as well as how to improve our seat so that we can have the optimal communication with our horse.

Contact Jana Meyer at lunarhill70@gmail.com for more information.

Join us for a fun weekend of showing and having fun with our wonderful horses at Alfadans Equestrian Arts. This is the second time we will be hosting the show at our facility and we are so excited to invite you all here! If you are interested in volunteering we would love the help!

Come for a four day horsemanship camp with twice daily lessons, arts and crafts and lots of fun! One lesson a day will be a private lesson and one will be a group lesson on a fun topic, like working equitation, liberty work and bridleless riding! Between rides we will have fun with crafts like jewelry making, picture frame making and more! Horse rental is available, first come first serve.
Cost is $850 total. $250 deposit with sign up

This clinic will be tailored toward youth riders (18 and under) interested in taking the Level 1 Knapamerki exam. The Knapamerki system is a systematic, leveled program that encourages riders to develop fundamental horsemanship knowledge and skills that serves riders of all ages throughout their career. Participants must also be a member of the Northwest Icelandic Horse Club to take part. Clinic and testing location will be at Alfadans Equestrian Arts.

In this clinic we will go over the riding techniques and theory covered in Level 1-3 of the Knapamerki system. Explore both practical and theoretical equine knowledge and skills through this program using classical principles developed by Holar University College. Use the levels as goals to improve your riding and training from the ground up. This two day clinic will prepare riders to take the exams for level 1-3 on August 18th, however the exam is not required and can be substituted with further instruction. Additionally please be aware that only those who have completed Levels 1 and 2 will be allowed to take the Level 3 exam. The exam judge will be Carrie Brandt of Taktur Icelandics and the clinician will be our own Caeli Cavanagh.

Clinic price is $500. Non refundable deposit of $100 due upon registration.

Our four day program is designed for kids from 7-14 years old who are interested in horses and horsemanship. 

Day camp will run from 9 AM to 3PM. Each camper will have at least one riding lesson a day in group lesson format based on skill level. Off the horse the campers will be learning about horse care, take part in farm activities, do horse themed fun arts and crafts activities, watch demos of liberty work, bond with the farm horses and spend time in the beautiful outdoors of Newberg!

Total cost is $450.

Caeli will be teaching at Arctic Arrow Farm in Wasilla, Alaska.

Contact the Alaska Icelandic Horse Association for more information!

Join us in Iceland for a week long icelandic horse competition to watch the best of the best horses and riders compete!

The National Icelandic Horse Competition, known to Icelanders as the “Landsmót” is the largest outdoor sporting event in Iceland showcasing Iceland’s best horses and riders.

The main theme of the event is an all Icelandic Riding Horse Competition where riders of all ages and their horses compete in an event composed of showing all five gaits of the Icelandic horse,  Tölt, trot, walk, gallop and Pace.  The parallel theme is a competition and show of breeding horses, were the best stallions and breeding mares are shown and rated.   As Tölt is the most treasured gait of the Icelandic horse, the highlight of the Landsmot is always the Tölt Competition where the best Tölt horses and their riders compete for the Landsmot Tölt Champion Title.

In this clinic we will be focusing on balancing both body and mind, using ridden dressage exercises for body control and balance combined with liberty exercises to build communication and trust! For more information contact the clinic host Arnold Faber at (250) 309-0504 or icelandichorse@tolthorse.com.

Alfadans will be taking a road trip up to Canada to show horses in the breeding evaluations! Icelandic Horse breeding evaluations are one of the most extensive measurement systems for breeding quality for any horse breed. This is a fabulous chance to see high quality breeding horses from both the United States and Canada show the future of the Icelandic Horse in North America. If you want a horse evaluated or trained for evaluations please feel free to contact us!

Come and learn about the amazing sport of Working Equitation with Alfadans Trainer Alexandra Venable (FEIF Trainer Level 1). Alex was third place nationally and first place regionally in her division in working equitation and loves sharing her knowledge of working equitation with other gaited horse owners! Often called “dressage on steroids” this spot involves speed, grace, maneuverability and communication between horse and rider. Come to this clinic to learn more about this fast growing sport. On Saturday the clinic will cover basic maneuvers you will need for the obstacles in the morning and in the afternoon we will work on how the obstacles should be executed. Sunday we will start to put more of the obstacles together to create a course and start to learn how to make course lines. Lectures will cover what working equitation is and some of the important rules you should know before going to a WE competition.

 Cost is $400

Alfadans Equestrian Arts will be joining the NWIHC and the Cascade Icelandic Horse Club in presenting the Icelandic Horse at the Northwest Horse Fair and Expo. Come cheer on the team as we show the versatility, speed and character of our favorite horses. We will also be at the breed club booth and we would love to see you there!

This clinic will explore how to use lunging to improve the topline, balance, and conditioning of our horses that is integral to both health and quality gaits. We will explore different lunging types and methods as well how to use poles and jumps to enhance the effectiveness of a lunging session. There will be private and group lessons, theory lectures as well as demonstrations. Learn how to become your horse's personal physical therapist! The clinician will be our own internationally certified trainer Caeli Cavanagh (FT Association member, FEIF Trainer Level 3).

Clinic cost is $400. Non-refundable deposit due upon registration.

Finding Harmony in our riding can be tricky. How do we balance the horse, find balance, lightness and expression but still be soft enough that our horses have a positive working attitude? Thats what we will be exploring at this two day clinic taught by Caeli Cavanagh. Contact Kristina Behringer at Gyetorp II for more information: gyetorp2@gmail.com.

Come learn with us at beautiful Tuskast Icelandics in Merritt, BC. We will be learning about how to use various exercises to help our horses look and feel their best. This clinic will be three days long, so more time to really progress and feel the difference in your ride!
Contact Chanel Robertson at tuskasticelandics@gmail.com for more information.