by Susi Fröhlich | Aug 20, 2023 | Leisure Riding
And they are off… the new FEIF Virtual Ride has just started. Riders will go “To Fákur, and fast”, the venue for Landsmót 2024 in Reykjavík. The idea is simple: over the next year, riders will count and add up all km ridden out from your own stable. The target...
by Susi Fröhlich | Aug 15, 2023 | General, World Championships
In the continued push to improve riding skills to advance the welfare of our Icelandic horses, the Board of FEIF decided in 2002 to establish a new prize: the FEIF Feather Prize. The aim of this prize is to encourage good riding and good horsemanship, a tribute to...
by Susi Fröhlich | Aug 15, 2023 | World Championships
A group of researchers from Hólar University, in collaboration with FEIF and the organization committee of the World Championships, conducted a research and data collection on the weight of riders and horses during the weekend before the official start of the event in...
by Susi Fröhlich | Aug 14, 2023 | General
Dr. Prof. emer. Ewald Isenbügel, Founding and Honorary President of FEIF. Since 1968 the Icelandic horse community has celebrated European and World Championships alongside the Landsmót in Iceland. The Netherlands are hosting the World Championships this year, and we...
by Susi Fröhlich | Aug 13, 2023 | World Championships
Congratulations to all participants from all teams at the World Championships 2023, it was a great event, a great week with wonderful presentations! A big thank you to everyone who made this event possible! The World Champions and winners of the 2023 trophies are:...
by Susi Fröhlich | Aug 8, 2023 | World Championships
Based on the number of entries in each test, the competition programme of the World Championships 2023 has been updated accordingly. Follow the link for a complete overview on the week’s programme. https://www.wc2023.nl/competition-programme-online/ ...
by Susi Fröhlich | Aug 8, 2023 | World Championships
The time schedule as well as the results of the World Championships will be published in IceTest NG. Look for ‘Upcoming competition’ in the web version and ‘Future competitions’ in the app. Should you be in Oirschot….apart from watching the presenations live on...
by Susi Fröhlich | Aug 5, 2023 | World Championships
Meanwhile all teams and almost 200 horses arrived in Oirschot and everywhere are still busy volunteers and helpers working to prepare the site for the official start of the World Championships next week! Teams are now training on the competition tracks but also on the...
by Susi Fröhlich | Aug 1, 2023 | World Championships
A research team at the Department of Equine Science of Hólar University, led by PhD. Guðrún Jóhanna Stefánsdóttir and Master student Johannes Amplatz, in collaboration with FEIF aims to perform research focusing on the body weight ratio (BWR) of riders and horses at...
by Susi Fröhlich | Aug 1, 2023 | EHN
The European Horse Network (EHN) published a newsletter with an overview of current and future activities. Recently, 3 meetings took place in Brussel, including one in the European Parliament with members of the Parliament. This meeting was openend by EU President Ms....
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