The Icelandic horse should have tölt with good 4-beat rhytm, elegant action and large steps with both the hind legs and the front legs. The movements should be very supple and there should be a great speed range, the horse should be able to be elegant and with clean beat in both slow tölt and fast tölt.

Bjössi on Dofri from Hofsósi.
C:  Lukka.

What are considered faults are mainly
-No tölt.
-A difficult tölt (very trotty, it's almost trot, like fox-trot).
-A pacy tölt, stiff and pace-like.
-Little speed in the tölt.
-Irregular tölt, jumping between gaits (víxl).
-Short movements, irregular tölt, where the horse is stronger in one side than the other (using one side more than the other).
-Rolling.
-If the horse can't tolt slow tölt, or has only bad slow tölt.
-Little action, no elegance.