What is the ideal Icelandic Horse for leisure riding?

Horse welfare – bits, equipment and health controls

Concerning horse welfare the board of FEIF has received a report and summary of the Icelandic chief veterinarian, that indicates curb bits with leverage and port (unbroken and broken) are causing damage on the horses’ bars and therefore should be banned from all...
What is the ideal Icelandic Horse for leisure riding?

MEM 2014 comes to Switzerland

For the first time, the Mid-European Championships (MEM) will take place in Switzerland at Reithof Neckertal in Brunnadern the site of the 2009 World Championships. Around 160 horse/rider combinations from 10 different nations are expected to put their skills to the...
What is the ideal Icelandic Horse for leisure riding?

Guidelines App Updated

A new version of the Guidelines app is available on the Apple App store. This version includes translations for German and Icelandic. (The language can be changed in the Guidelines section of your iPad’s Settings.) This update also uses shading to make the...
What is the ideal Icelandic Horse for leisure riding?

FEIF YouthCup trainers and judges

Preparation for the FEIF YouthCup (11th to 20th of July ) in Hólar/Iceland is growing and thriving. 5 excellent trainers and nearly all judges are designate. As trainers for the FEIF YouthCup we could win Anna Valdimarsdóttir, Elvar Einarsson, Hulda Gústafsdóttir,...
What is the ideal Icelandic Horse for leisure riding?

Competition Shoeing Controls

Making sure our horses are properly shod is part of our duty as horsemen to protect the welfare of horses in competition. All Sport Judges have been reminded it is their responsibility to demand a horse be reshod and/or disqualified according to the published rules in...