Horses on Ice 2013

Horses on Ice 2013

Saturday, March 23, the fifth edition of Horses on Ice (HOI) will take place in Haarlem (NL, near Amsterdam) on a 400 m skating rink. Horses on Ice is also the European Championships on Ice 2013. The first participants will enter the ice on 23 March at 9.00 am, and...
Horses on Ice 2013

Impressions from the FEIF Conference 2013

The FEIF Conference 2013 was the largest in our Conference-history with 112 registered participants from 11 different member countries. The annual meetings of sport, breeding, youth, education and leisure riding took place. And apart from that participants could enjoy...
Horses on Ice 2013

Characterization of leisure horses

The Conference 2013 presentation “Characterization of leisure horses – methods to improve breeding and selling” held by Ms. Sylvie Rizo, the national delegate in charge of the leisure horse sector in the French institute for horses and riding (IFCE,...
Horses on Ice 2013

Relay Ride 2013

Details, maps as well as registration forms for each stage of the relay ride to the World Championships 2013 in Berlin (D) have been published and are available for download. The different routes are approaching Berlin from a number of directions: the north route from...
Horses on Ice 2013

FEIF Youth Award – Youth Country of the year 2012

The FEIF YouthAward 2012 went to Germany which in 2012 managed to take yet another step in their youth work. Germany improved its existing activities as well as implemented new activities and very successfully hosted the FYCup. Among the activities was an improved...
Horses on Ice 2013

New board member: Doug Smith

The Delegates’ Assembly in Strasbourg (F) elected Doug Smith (USA) as a new member of the Board of FEIF on February 8, 2013. Doug is at the moment secretary of our US member association USIHC. His fields of activities will comprise various sport related...
Horses on Ice 2013

FEIF Code of Ethics

The Board of FEIF presented the FEIF Code of Ethics to the Delegates’ Assembly in Strasbourg (F), February 8, 2013. The Code of Ethics does focus on fair play, friendship, respect for others and for the horses. The members of the Board were the first ones to...
Horses on Ice 2013

Launch of the trainer and young-horse trainer matrix

In January the education committee met to define the minimum experience and abilities a horse trainer, and particularly a young-horse trainer, should have. A good number of FEIF member countries offer courses and examinations for young-horse trainers, concerned with...