The Tölt Tales

In episode #3 of our second season, we met up with Tim Reinert, the co-founder of Hestakofi. Tim is a trainer veterinary naturopath, who experienced first hand the problems of Icelandic horses suffering from sweet itch, eczema and other skin conditions. The idea of Hestakofi, a name taken from his Grandparents farm, was born; to improve the life quality of horse with skin problems with natural products.

Tim shares with us how to hel...

In episode #12, we take our listeners to Brittany, France talking to Lisa and Tabea, the women behind Libea. Originally from Germany, they both fell in love with Brittany, France. Here, they are establishing their own breeding, training horses and riders, offer rides on the beach and bring the Icelandic community in France forward with their own association.

Join us in listening their interesting journey!

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In the last Fika episode of season 1, we talk with Lisa, one of the driving forces behind "Sverigeritten", an event organised by the leisure section of the Swedish Icelandic horse association (SIF). We talk about how it developed over the years, different challenges to participate and in what other countries similar concepts can be found to date. 

We hope to inspire you with this very inclusive episode, joining your Icelan...

For the last episode of our 1st season we welcome our first scientist. Since the creation of this podcast we wanted to invite people beyond skilled riders; so we talked with Linda Andersson, a horse nerd and veterinarian at Saxtorp Hästklinik, and with Zola Runsten, a farrier specialised in Icelandic horses.

In this episode we now talk with Heiðrún, our first scientist focused on genetics behind the gaits of Icelandic horses. She re...

For our 4th Fika episode, we spontaneously catch up with Henning Drath, the most iconic voice in the Icelandic horse world! We talk with Henning how he came to the Icelandic horses, the story behind EYJA, providing news and videos of things happening in the Icelandic horse world. 

As a speaker at international events, Henning has interesting insights to share with our listeners. And together with him we share the goal to bring peopl...

We continue with an Icelandic guest for our episode #9 with Guðmar Þór Pétursson, accomplished competition rider and owner of Hestaland. Guðmar tells us about about his life in Louisville, Kentucky, his Patreon teaching videos, and the life back in Iceland. 

We enjoyed learning from Guðmar´s philosophy and hope that you get inspired too.

Links to follow Guðmar and his farm Hestaland:

• https://www.gudmar.com/
• https://hestaland.net/
• ht...

Have you ever wondered who is hiding behind Horses of Iceland?

With this episode you will get to meet Berglind Margo Þorvaldsdóttir and understand more what are the missions of Horses Of Iceland. 

It is already our 8th episode and we are releasing it on 1st of May for the international Icelandic horse day. 

Reach out to us on our social media account for any feedbacks, follow us and do not hesitate to rate our episodes. 

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Already our 3rd episode of the Fika!!

Today meet Josephine Williams young rider from Switzerland leaving in Sweden. Discover with us another side of our Iceland horses world. This recording was the opportunity to go back to Paceland and meet Josephine were she trains.

Do not hesitate to contact us on our Instagram account and Facebook page. You enjoyed this episode? Leave a rating.

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Meet Camilla, she is a true passionate about (Icelandic) horses, she is also a true believer in a different way of training our horses: Equanimity.

We spent a hour talking about her, her horses and how she trains. 

Here some links:

• Instagram Account - Icelandic.horse.love
• Hem - offcoursemyhorse
• Home - Equanimity
• Facebook Account - Equanimity Inspired
• Embracing the Equanimity of Nature

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For this episode we invited Zola Runsten, a farrier, passionate about Icelandic horses. During this podcast you will hear her talking about her journey, her life as a farrier and all the specificity of the Icelandic horse when it comes down to shoeing.

No hoof, no horse we say, let's hear her!!

We hope you will appreciate this episode, we travelled to cold Gothenburg to meet Zola.

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How did it all start...?

In this episode, we (Lionel and Ariane) talk about how the idea to create a podcast started and how Lionel actually started to be interested in horses. From someone knowing horses only from movies or passing by, to someone deeply invested in Icelandic horses, their breeding, training and communication, join us!

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Already at the Episode 5 for us and today we have another great guest for you. 

Meet James Faulkner owner of Paceland in the south of Sweden and one of the most successful rider in the world. He is not only breeding horses but also champions throughout the world.

We hope you will enjoy as much this episode as we had fun recording it next to James's riding house.

You can follow James and Paceland using these links

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Let us introduce you to Louise Thilander for our third episode a horse geek. Louise is a professional trainer, rider and judge, she is working with icelandic horses, living with them and also breed them.

We hope you will appreciate our third episode and we are looking forward to our next episode.

You want to know more about our guest here some useful links,

• Louise Thilander (@louisethilander)

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For our second episode we invited Linda Andersson, a veterinarian and rider. Linda is specialised in lameness and take a special interest in Icelandic horses. 

During this episode you will hear about Linda’s journey to become a veterinarian, detection of horse’s lameness and specific challenges coming with owning an Icelandic horse. 

We hope you will appreciate our second episode as much as we enjoyed making it an...

For our first episode we are talking with Sabina Svärd, a professional rider, trainer and much more. Sabina took some time with us to talk about her, her stable and her training methodology.

We hope you will enjoy our first episode and we are looking forward to our 2nd episode next month.

You want to know more about our guest here some useful links,

• Stable Swärdslilja
• Sabina Svärd (@sabinasvard)

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