World Championships 2025 – update

World Championships 2025 – update

A major milestone has been reached: the training tracks for the World Championships 2025 in Birmenstorf, Switzerland were completed in July 2024.The track offers optimal conditions for the participants to prepare for the various tests and presentations.The...
Friday – FEIF YouthCup 2024

Friday – FEIF YouthCup 2024

And the final full day of the FEIF YouthCup. The competition went as competitions go: excitement and nerves, tears and smiles and the occasional moment of disbelief: how wonderful is my horse!!! Did I really to that? How did this happen? But the YouthCup is about more...
Thursday – FEIF YouthCup 2024

Thursday – FEIF YouthCup 2024

Let the games begin! What can we say? Sunshine, most of the mud is gone, happy faces, eager horses, a sense of great anticipation, visitor cars are rolling in. The competition starts, the judges are impressed, the opening ceremony added a bit of festive magic, the...
Wednesday – FEIF YouthCup 2024

Wednesday – FEIF YouthCup 2024

Day 5 – rest day, for the horses at least. Participants had the chance to visit the National Horse Centre of  Switzerland, spectacular facilities in the centre of Bern. As luck would have it, the World Championships for Vaulting had just started, and as...
Tuesday – FEIF YouthCup 2024

Tuesday – FEIF YouthCup 2024

Day four continued much the same as the previous day: intensive training in preparation for the competition ahead. Riders prepare for disciplines including tölt, gaited classes, and pace as well as dressage, trail riding and flag race. In the evening all enjoyed a...
Monday – FEIF YouthCup 2024

Monday – FEIF YouthCup 2024

Day three was filled with continuous training and an overall calm atmosphere and absolute focus persevered – calm and focus until the evening that is. To the clapping of thunder all around and echoing from the mountains, the party started with the traditional...
Sunday – FEIF YouthCup 2024

Sunday – FEIF YouthCup 2024

Sunday  saw the actual start everything: first a great presentation by Jean-Paul Balz, president of FEIF and also an  international Sport judge, focused on the  tests and what the judges want to see. Great emphasis is placed on good, light riding and eager  horses who...
Saturday – FEIF Youth Cup 2024

Saturday – FEIF Youth Cup 2024

The first day was filled with expectations: the organisers in Switzerland expecting the arrival of the participants and their horses, the Team Leaders waiting to meet their team members with whom they will spend a lot of time over the next few days, the Country...
FEIF Virtual Ride: To Fákur and Fast

FEIF Virtual Ride: To Fákur and Fast

With the beginning of Landsmót, the FEIF Virtual Ride “To Fákur and Fast”  has come to an end. Last August, ca 80 riders from all over the world started  to add up all kms spent in the saddle in an attempt to  – virtually – reach Iceland,...