by Barla-Catrina Isenbuegel | Feb 19, 2025 | Breeding
Total number of horses exported worldwide from Iceland in 2024 was 1.318. The group contains a vide variety of horses such as: leisure horses, breeding horses, competition horses, young horses, yearlings and foals. IS-horses were transported to 19 countries of which...
by Barla-Catrina Isenbuegel | Feb 18, 2025 | Leisure Riding
Many years ago the FEIF Leisure Riding Committee developed the Horse – Rider – Profile to ensure a better matching of horse and rider. Now the Committee has set itself the task of transforming this profile into a practical and easy-to-use checklist to...
by Barla-Catrina Isenbuegel | Feb 16, 2025 | Youth Work
What motivates you to take on this job? I had the privilege to go through the youth program that FEIF had to offer during the years that I was a young rider. The events taught me so much about the Icelandic horse and our way to work and live with them. Over the years,...
by Barla-Catrina Isenbuegel | Feb 16, 2025 | Chairpersons
What motivates you to take on this job? The underlying motivation of everything I do, and have done, within FEIF can be described by the twin aims of creating a sense of community, and of fostering well-being, for horses and people alike. It was I, who invented the...
by Barla-Catrina Isenbuegel | Feb 11, 2025 | Leisure Riding
In 2024 – for the first time – FEIF honoured the “Leisure Country of the Year”! All FEIF member countries were invited to showcase their leisure work achievements and innovations. By submitting a short report, the participating leisure departments of the different...
by Barla-Catrina Isenbuegel | Feb 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
The benefits of Combining Theory with Practice Combining theory with practice offers a powerful approach to learning and skill development.While theory provides the foundational knowledge and concepts, practice allows individuals to apply what they have learned in...
by Barla-Catrina Isenbuegel | Feb 8, 2025 | Conference
The FEIF Award is given by the FEIF Board to persons for their outstanding contribution to the work and the success of FEIF, the Icelandic horse and the Icelandic horse community in general. At the FEIF Conference 2025 in Vienna, the award was given to the outgoing...
by Barla-Catrina Isenbuegel | Feb 6, 2025 | Youth Work
After struggling to connect with the next generation of young riders, this country came up with the excellent idea of a new form of academy. „If the young riders don‘t attend the programmes we invite them to, we will bring the programmes to them – virtually on...
by Barla-Catrina Isenbuegel | Feb 6, 2025 | Education
There were nominations from 9 countries and a total of 475 persons answering the survey (which is much more than the last years) and Erik Andersen (Norway) received most votes. Erik Andersen is a highly respected FEIF Level 4 instructor who has played a pivotal role...
by Barla-Catrina Isenbuegel | Feb 3, 2025 | Breeding, Conference
The Annual Breeding Meeting 2025 took place in Vienna, gathering 22 participants to discuss a comprehensive agenda featuring numerous key topics. A long agenda of topics was discussed among the participants – not only changes regarding the FEIF...
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