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Ásdís Ósk Elvarsdóttir is a young rider from Iceland and there are high hopes for her and her mare Koltinna frá Varmalækur, but Ásdís doesn’t let that influence her. She is focused and welcomes the adventure. But in the very near future, Ásdís ́s and Koltinnas paths will separate, because by law the mare isn ́t allowed to go back to Iceland.

Therefore, Ásdís must return home without her companion which she both owned and has trained for the last three years. Their paths entwined by a lucky chance, as Ásdís ́s horse got injured just before a competition and Koltinna became available to her. “It was meant to be. It brought us here”, she says. Ásdís soon bought 50 percent of Koltinna and decided to set a goal high: the World Championships: “I had to decide between keeping Koltinna and use her for breeding, or to grab this once in a lifetime opportunity and take her abroad. But it’s a decision you take and stick to it. You just don’t think about it while you ́re here and under this much pressure. It’s the name of the game”. She continues: “Even though it’s difficult and sad to say goodbye to your horse and leave him behind, I think that it’s all worth it in the end. The experience is the reward in itself; competing on your own, well trained horse at such a big and important competition. I would say, that for me, it’s the ultimate experience. The ultimate dream”.