Landsmót live on internet

Landsmót live on internet

For the first time Landsmót is broadcasted live on the internet. Users can go online on www.landsmot.is and buy access to the live broadcasting for only 3500 ISK (about 20 Euro) for the whole week! Click this link to see a preview of how it works from Vindheimamelar:...
Landsmót live on internet

Hoofs and filling material

More and more riders extend filling material used inside the hoof to the backside of the hoof, suggesting that this gives better protection. However, filling material is only allowed inside the hoof (FIPO 2.3.7), basically in the area between a sole and the hoof. When...
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Education Seminar – October 2011

The Education Seminar 2011 (after cancellation of the Hólar Seminar in August) will be held in conjunction with an open Equine Seminar in the Netherlands, last week of October. The theme of the ISES 2011 conference – Equitation Science, Principles and Practice...
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Relay Ride 2011 – World Championships 2011

Icelandic horse riders from three nations will ride from Brunnadern in Switzerland to St. Radegund, Austria. Everything is ready! Beginning of July the relay ride will start in Switzerland and more than 30 riders per day will ride to St. Radegund. On Friday, July 29,...
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Equipment in sport

Sometimes equipment in sport doesn’t fit in either the description of what is allowed or what is not allowed. In such cases the description of what is allowed prevails. Equipment not described as allowed is not allowed. At the moment there are four items that...
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World Records

As of April 1, 2011, new requirements are valid for World Records. The requirements include electronic time keeping and in P1-Pace Race 250 m and P3-Pace Race 150 m a camera at the finish line. This means that a new list of World Records is started for P1 and P3, as...
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World Championships 2011: everything on track!

With less then 60 days to go FEIF President Jens Iversen and FEIF Director of Sport Marko Mazeland visited Islandpferde Reithof Piber, in St Radegund, Austria on June 3, 2011 for a last check on the preparations of the World Championships 2011. All preparations for...
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FEIF YouthCamp 2011

The FEIF YouthCamp 2011 will be hosted by Icelandic Horse Society of Great Britain (IHSGB) and will take place in Broomlee Outdoor Centre, West Linton, Scotland (July 23-30, 2011). The FEIF YouthCamp now has got its own website: http://feifyouthcamp2011.ihsgb.co.uk/...