The Tölt Tales

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. 

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• https://www.jamilaberg.se/
• https://www.instagram.com/jamilabergisland/

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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/en
• https://dscollective.dk/
• https://www.dittesommer.dk/en/seesaw
• https://dscollective.dk/programs/4-groundwork-exercises-for-a-strong-foundation?category_id=285577
• https://www.instagram.com/ditte_sommer_dscollective/

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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/

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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. Lala´s openmindedness gave room for trust, in horses that might need a different approach than a normal bridle. Being now located in Washington, she is sharing knowledge, giving back to the community to grow the passion for the Icelandic horses. 

• https://www.knightsoficeland.com/
• https://www.valkyrieicelandic.com/
• https://www.resonantriding.com/
• https://www.instagram.com/invaderlala/

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We had the great chance to catch Martin Rønnestad in between teaching in different countries to chat with us about being the new team leader for Norways young riders, his training philosophies, inside leg-outside rein and his new horse Kjalar. We talked about his experience competing at the World Championships, riding not only Icelandic horses and how he is training.

Get ready to ride without stirrups! 

Come and join us for this super interesting episode.

You can follow Martin:

• https://www.instagram.com/martin_ron/

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Þetta reddast - Everything will work out.

For this episode, we learned the motto many Icelanders live by. Ásta is taking us in episodes produced for EidfaxiTV behind the scenes of Meisteradeild competitions, young horses at Skipaskagi and something super interesting - the export of a horse. Come and listen to her amazing adventures and get exclusive insights into the life of a horse person.

• https://www.instagram.com/asta.bjorkk/
• https://www.eidfaxitv.is/dagur-i-hestamennsku
• https://www.eidfaxitv.is/a-motsdegi
• https://www.eidfaxitv.is/videos/asta-dagur-i-hrossautflutningi

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In our latest episode we sat down with Lisa Brimm, co-founder of the platform Easyflix. Lisa and Tobi create training videos, documentaries, podcasts and other media to share knowledge about the Icelandic horse world. with this approach, they are very inclusive, showcasing also other gaited breed like Speed Racking horses. Lisa shares some of her adventures with us, why it is good to have a plan B and how they select their content. Come and join us for this interesting episode!

Go and follow Lisa, Tobi and Easyflix 

• https://easyflix.tv/
• https://www.instagram.com/lisabrimm_/
• https://www.instagram.com/tobschiegl/

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We got the lucky chance to talk to the new Coach of the National Team for #Icelandichorses, Ísólfur Líndal.

We chat about his tasks as team coach, head teacher for the second year students in Holar and his own breeding. We also dive into working with young horses and what is required to become a better rider.

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• https://www.isoonline.is/
• https://easyflix.tv/who-is-our-new-coach-isolfur-lindal-iso/

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In our latest episode we talk with Vibeke Thoresen, a Norwegian living in Iceland. Vibeke worked with trotting horses, studied in Holar and is teaching in Wyoming and Alaska. We talk about training systems, how assessing the horse before a lesson and without equipment can help the training, tölt from the ground and working at Hestaland.

Join us for this interesting chat!

• https://vibekethoresen.weebly.com/
• https://www.instagram.com/vibekethoresen/?hl=en
• https://hestaland.net/

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This is already our 3rd season!!!

We wanted to take a bit of time to do a recap of our 1st year of podcaster and take the opportunity to reflect on some of our guests and episodes!!

We would like to thanks of our guests from Sabina to the last one Catherine and obviously thanks all of our listeners for being with us on this journey.

2026, year of the (icelandic) horse promise to be exciting with new guests, new point of view, new travels and project. We will come back very soon with new episodes during this seasons and bring new format this year.

Like, subscribe, share, rate... our podcast it helps us to reach even more people!!

2026, Let's Go!!

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