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World Championships 2025 – Breeding Judges

World Championships 2025 – Breeding Judges

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...

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Horses exported from Iceland 2024

Horses exported from Iceland 2024

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...

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Annual Breeding meeting 2025

Annual Breeding meeting 2025

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,...

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GO WITH THE BEAT!

GO WITH THE BEAT!

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...

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IceFoal Platform

IceFoal Platform

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...

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Equipment 2024

Equipment 2024

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...

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Offspring Awards

Offspring Awards

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...

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Annual Breeding Meeting 2024

Annual Breeding Meeting 2024

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...

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FEIF Breeding Committees meeting 2023

FEIF Breeding Committees meeting 2023

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...

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New BLUP index 2023

New BLUP index 2023

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...

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Do you know what “BLUP” means?

Do you know what “BLUP” means?

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...

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BLUP

BLUP

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...

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WorldFengur Registrar seminar 2023

WorldFengur Registrar seminar 2023

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,...

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Equipment 2023 – final information

Equipment 2023 – final information

The description of the permitted equipment is now published in its final version for 2023. Certain measurements for the Icelandic curb bit have been removed after intense discussions and measuring lots of standard bits during the last weeks. The FEIF equipment...

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Select stallions – virtual mate selection

Select stallions – virtual mate selection

A lot of knowledge can be found in the Studbook of Origin of the Icelandic Horse (WorldFengur.com) e.g. information on individual horses, pedigree, assessment on conformation and rideability at Breeding Field Tests (BFT). Genetic evaluation (BLUP values), that...

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