Gassi frá Vorsabæ II (8,49) (SOLD)
IS1982187036
Mother: Litla-Jörp frá Vorsabæ I
Father: Hrafn frá Holtsmúla
Total: 8,49
Conformation: 8,38
Rideability: 8,60
Gassi appeared to be a very promising foal, so the decision was made to raise him as a stallion and see how he would develop later on.
Björn started training Gassi for the first time at the beginning of 1986, and he absolutely fulfilled our expectations.
Gassi was handsome and showed nice willingness and good gaits. Björn showed him 4 years old at Murneyri in the qualifications for Landsmót 1986 in Hella. He achieved the right to participate at Landsmót and was awarded the first prize, with an evaluation of 8,04. At Landsmót, Gassi presented himself well and ended up as the second-best 4-year-old stallion, just after Otur frá Sauðárkróki. Gassi received 8,01, and in the 1986 publication Hrossaræktin (e., Horse Breeding), he got the following description:
“Gassi 1036 frá Vorsabæ II has an impressive appearance and reminds of his mother’s sire Glóblesi 455 frá Eyvindarhólum, both in color, the building of the front parts, character, which is rather cold, and front legs which are not quite beautiful enough. The horse is courageous, with beautiful gaits and wide movements, possesses a good speed range, and presents another promising horse in the group of sons of Hrafn 802.”
The next time (and thereafter), Gassi was shown by Eiríkur Gudmundsson on the show at the stallions’ stable in Gunnarsholt in the spring of 1988. He had developed considerably in the meantime and attracted lots of interest. He received an excellent evaluation: 8,18 for conformation, 8,40 for rideability, and 8,29 overall score. He was then bought by a horse breeding association in North Iceland and shown again in Hella in the spring of 1990 at the qualification for Landsmót. He won 1st place in this show and was evaluated even higher than before, 8,38 for conformation, 8,60 for rideability, and an 8,49 overall score. With this score, he entered the Landsmót as the highest judged stallion that year, but at Landsmót itself, he ended up in second place in the group of stallions 6 years and older, having received an overall score of 8,45. The judges had lowered his score for proportions from 8,5 to 8,0, thereby lowering his overall score to 8,45, the same score that Kolfinnur frá Kjarnholtum had received. However, Kolfinnur was awarded first and Gassi second, which seems odd since Gassi´s score was 8,45, and Kolfinnur's score was 8,445! Still, the judges commented on him positively:
“Gassi unites better than many others in terms of beauty, elegance, a good speed range, and good rideability.”
[Þorkell Bjarnarson/Hrossaræktin 1990]
In 1994, Gassi was shown with his offspring at Landsmót in Hella and received first prize for offspring. Two years later, he received an honorary award for offspring.
Later, Gassi was sold to Denmark, and there he has awoken interest because of his beauty and elegance in Tölt.
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