by Susi Fröhlich | Jul 26, 2024 | Leisure Riding
The 13th FEIF Virtual Ride – from your home to the next World Championships in Birmenstorf – is now on the road … but there is plenty of space for more riders! Don’t forget to join – find new friends and lots of fun: the friends you meet on...
by Susi Fröhlich | Jul 22, 2024 | World Championships
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...
by Susi Fröhlich | Jul 19, 2024 | Youth Work
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...
by Susi Fröhlich | Jul 18, 2024 | Youth Work
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...
by Susi Fröhlich | Jul 17, 2024 | Youth Work
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...
by Susi Fröhlich | Jul 17, 2024 | Youth Work
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...
by Susi Fröhlich | Jul 16, 2024 | Youth Work
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...
by Susi Fröhlich | Jul 15, 2024 | Youth Work
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...
by Susi Fröhlich | Jul 14, 2024 | Youth Work
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...
by Susi Fröhlich | Jul 7, 2024 | Leisure Riding
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,...
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