For many years, breeders in Iceland have benefited from regional opportunities to present their horses for assessment—now Germany is following suit. From April 6th to 11th, the IPZV (Icelandic Horse Association of Germany) organized a FIZO tour with seven stops across...
The BLUP calculations will now include both breeding assessments as well as competition data from selected events. This has been discussed for many years and now finally this is ready, so this is a very valuable milestone in the development of the BLUP system. Read...
The selection of the World Championships 2025 Breeding Judges is complete. The FEIF Breeding Committee and the FEIF Breeding Judges Committee agreed on the breeding judges for the World Championships 2025 in Birmenstorf, Switzerland. The following judges will be...
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...
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 Rules&Regulations,...
Mid of November 2024, representatives from 11 FEIF member countries met online to discuss issues related to Horse Welfare and SLO as concerns the issues in their respective countries. It was a stimulating and informative meeting with lively contributions from all the...
The Breeding Committee and Breeding Judges Committee meeting 2024 focused on key initiatives to support and further develop Icelandic horse breeding. A primary emphasis was on clear representation of Icelandic horses across various contexts, including breeding,...
On 20 August 2024, the ground-breaking ceremony for the centrepiece of the 2025 World Championships for Icelandic Horses - the official World Championships oval track and the pace track which will also be used for breeding presentations - took place at Hardwinkelhof...
None of the following adaptations constitute a change in FEIF rules. The changes concern wording that turned out to be misunderstandable in annexes, wrong references or decided changes that were forgotten in the adaptation of the Rules&Regulations 2024. Breeding...
The FEIF foal and young horse evaluation system is based on the first system developed by the former FEIF Breeding judge Barbara Frische. It has been further developed based on genetic analyses from by Dr. Þorvaldur Árnason as well as updates in the judges’ guidelines...
The equipment page on the FEIF website was updated to include the changes decided for the year 2024. Changes include: Measurements Icelandic Curb bit: length of loose connection at point of attachment: min.1.5cm – max. 3cm (curved part measured vertically and on both...
Every year, outstanding Icelandic breeding horses, distinguished by the global success of their offspring, are honoured by the national FEIF member association in the horses’ residing country. Only very few breeding horses meet the minimum requirements for the...
At this year’s conference, representatives from 13 member countries attended the Annual Breeding Meeting 2024. All countries had the possibility to present the activities in their countries, in addition the FEIF WF registration group, the Breeding Judges’ committee...
The breeding committees used the opportunity in Frankfurt end of October to prepare the 2024 season, but also to discuss long-term developments in Icelandic horse breeding. A variety of proposals and discussion topics were prepared for the Delegates’ Assembly 2024 and...
New breeding evaluation indexes (BLUP) have been calculated and are now available in the Studbook of origin of the Icelandic horse, WorldFengur for a total of 492.564* horses. The number of full international breeding assessments on which the calculation is based, was...
One of the most important support available for breeders of Icelandic horses are BLUP values, reflecting the breeding value of individual horses. The BLUP (Best Linear Unbiased Prediction) calculations for Icelandic horses are done for the entire population (all...
Generally about BLUP One of the most important support available for breeders of Icelandic horses are BLUP values, reflecting the breeding value of individual horses. The BLUP (Best Linear Unbiased Prediction) calculations for Icelandic horses are done for the entire...
On April 14 and 15, the WorldFengur workshop 2023 was held in Frankfurt, Germany, with 25 registrars from 16 countries. 18 participants took part in the workshop on site, and another 7 participants from Australia, New Zealand, France, Norway and Belgium joined online,...