On Christmas Day in the Morning…

On Christmas Day in the Morning…

It’s 7 o’clock, and the snow is falling,As I look outside, the horses are calling.I throw on some clothes and rush to the yard,Everything sparkles, and the ground is hard:Icy breath in the air, a hoof stamping the ground.Then it’s tik tak, tak tik, ...
FEIF Conference 2023 – main topics

FEIF Conference 2023 – main topics

More and more horse associations all over the world started discussions about the so-called “Social license to operate” – the concern for the welfare and use of horses, the changing societal attitudes regarding animal use, the increasing public unease about the use of...
BLUP breeding values updated

BLUP breeding values updated

Recently, the BLUP breeding values have been re-estimated and published in the Studbook of Origin for the Icelandic horse, WorldFengur.com (WF). In total, breeding values for 479,960 Icelandic horses are available this time. This applies to all horses registered in WF...
FEIF Facts and Figures 2022

FEIF Facts and Figures 2022

The Icelandic Norwegian Horse Festival ended a great 2023 WorldRanking season: 12 countries registered a total of 110 WorldRanking events, more than 2,700 riders with almost 4,000 horses participated! https://www.feif.org/sport-dept/worldranking/worldranking/ At 47...
FEIF Youth Camp 2023

FEIF Youth Camp 2023

Together with the organisers, the FEIF Youth Committee is delighted to announce that the 2023 FEIF Youth Camp (for participants aged 13-17) will take place 14th – 17th July in the south of Finland.  The Equine College near Ypäjä offers training for all sorts of horse...