The Tölt Tales

The Tölt Tales

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

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July 7, 2025 25 mins

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...

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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...

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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...

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May 26, 2025 58 mins

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:

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May 1, 2025 42 mins

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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April 14, 2025 54 mins

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. 

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Come ride with us... or more precisely come and join us during this episode where we are talking about our recent trip to Iceland.

Ariane and Lionel are talking about the different activities and what they experienced in the 1-week travel.

Pack your virtual suitcase and travel with us.


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March 24, 2025 50 mins

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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The Tolt Tales podcast is trying something new with this new format.

We wanted to have a format that we can do from time to time and today's episode is about us. We wanted to discuss with Ariane about how we started, how we started with Icelandic horses etc...

Please do not hesitate to reach out to us on Instagram or Facebook to give us feedback on this format. During the fika episode Ariane will be your host.


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March 3, 2025 47 mins

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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February 10, 2025 41 mins

Meet Sussie and Niels, the owners of Skáneyland Islandshästar one of the most succesfull breeders in Sweden. Listen to their story and how they think about breeding.

We hope you will enjoy this episode!! 

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January 20, 2025 49 mins

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.

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December 29, 2024 41 mins

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...

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December 3, 2024 52 mins

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.

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November 26, 2024 2 mins

Welcome to The Tölt Tales podcast.
We talk to riders, trainers, breeders, veterinarian and scientists about various subjects around the icelandic horses. Follow us on our adventure!!


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