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Welcome to The Tölt Tales podcast.
This podcast is dedicated to our best friends, the Icelandic horses. The show features interviews with breeders, trainers, riders, and enthusiasts who share their knowledge, experiences, and love for these remarkable horses.
Music by Cob
39 Episodes
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For the first episode of season 4, we manage to catch Óskar Erik Krístjansson at the Nordic Championships at Margaretehof in between prepping for finals. Óskar has already in his young age achieved being several times Danish, German and Nordic champion and being awarded Feather Prizes for good harmonious riding. We talk about his horses, training with his mum Julie, how important it is to have a sustainable horse, but not to forget to have fun with the horses as well. The future looks bright ...
For the final episode of season 3, we had the chance to catch Jamila Berg in between her busy schedule. We talk about Slätterne Gård, reindeers and riding in a riding school with high class competition horses. Riding World Championships and Landsmot, Jamila also tells us how she found the once-in-a-lifetime horse Toppur frá Auðsholtshjáleigu. Join us! https://www.jamilaberg.se/https://www.instagram.com/jamilabergisland/ Music by Cob. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook, @the_toelt_tal...
In our newest episode, we had the pleasure to talk with Ditte Sommer. Ditte is known on Social Media for working her horses on the lunge, with impressive videos of tölt from the ground. We talk about how she is involving the horses actively in the training, the importance of finding calmness, the equipment she is using and her new project DS collective. You can follow Ditte: https://www.dittesommer.dk/enhttps://dscollective.dk/https://www.dittesommer.dk/en/seesawhttps://dscollective.dk/...
In our new episode, we talked with Julie Darbon-Guillin, a french rider living in Denmark. Julie moved to Denmark for the excellent training opportunities, but still keeps close contact with the FFCI, riding for the french national team. We talked about work-life balance, training, competing in different countries and her horse Byrnir. Join us for this very french episode. https://www.instagram.com/julie_darbon/ Music by Cob. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook, @the_toelt_tales.
In this episode, we talked with Lala Benson, about how she started with Icelandic horses, after meeting Guðmar in Kentucky. From Palomino ponies with amble, quarter and Arabian horses to Leiri, a true master shaping her as a person, we speak about shared experiences with the loss of horses, her move to Iceland, and studying at Holar University as the first American. We learn about Lala's passion of being a musician, part of the Knights of Iceland showcasing the breed, riding other breeds. Lal...








