72 Participants from 12 different countries shared their passion for the Icelandic horse August 12-20, 2008 in Brunnadern (CH). Five trainers (Helgi Leifur Sigmarsson, Johannes Hoyos, Margrit Rusterholz, Uschi Heller-Voigt and Vicky Eggertsson) did spent 3 days with the participants to prepare them for the international competition on the last three days. 12 newly formed teams, each with 6 riders of different nationalities, competed against each other. The winning team was the team of the Cool Riders.
The location is the venue of the World Championships 2009.