New and clearer breeding goals for the Icelandic horse breed were discussed together with a proposal for new guidelines for judging of riding abilities. The weighting factor for each trait will be further discussed in 2019. The proposal to decide on the judging panel...
Þorvaldur Kristjánsson was selected as Chief Judge for the Breeding Show during the World Championships 2019 in Berlin, Germany.
Meet the latest member in the family of Fengur programs, called AppFengur!This new app was presented on the first day of the 2018 Landsmót in Víðidalur. The app is free for all; this concerns a so-called Beta version that was designed specially for the occasion of...
One of the largest events of the 'International Iceland horse family' in 2018 will be Landsmót in Reykjavik. The first Landsmót was held at the Thingvellir National Park in 1950, and has since then grown into the full bi-annual country festival that it is today. The...
Both breeding horse trainer seminars 2018 took again place in Skeiðvellir, Iceland and 22 young participants between 18 and 30 years from eight FEIF member countries attended the popular seminars, for the first time split into level I and level II. Skeiðvellir again...
The FEIF Breeding Judges had their bi-annual seminar at Hvanneyri, Iceland in March 2018 with 29 judges attending the seminar. The programme was very inspiring and included presentations by Eyjolfur Isolfsson and Gestur Páll Júlíusson. Furthermore the participants...
Are you training and presenting breeding horses? Then these seminars might be of interest for you! Both seminars address riders who want to learn more about training and presenting breeding horses in a professional way and who are interested in further education and...
The breeding leaders had a very constructive meeting with many discussions and also decided upon several changes in the breeding regulations, rules and guidelines which will be prepared for 2019. The group also decided to form a committee that will from 2019 on make a...
WorldFengur meanwhile has 22.550 subscribers in 24 countries, the total sum of subscribers has increased by 1.627, which constitutes an 8% increase in the year 2017. You will find more interesting information in the latest report - foals born, horses exported, the...
A total of 14 persons from eight different FEIF member countries - breeding leaders, representatives of national breeding committees and international FEIF breeding judges - attended the first breeding leader seminar from December 1-3, 2017 in Reykjavík, Iceland....
The breeding committee had a joint meeting with the breeding judges committee during the Haarlem weekend. Main topics on the agenda where the review of the World Championships 2017, the breeding judge licenses regarding examination, re-licensing and duration, the...
The final breeding jury for the World Championships 2017 will be: Þorvaldur Kristjánsson Marlise Grimm John Siiger Hansen Eyþór Einarsson
In the centre of the show grounds of the upcoming WC 2017 in Oirschot you will find a very special place, the favourite spot for all lovers of the Icelandic Horse: there will be a roofed Breeders' Boulevard where you can rent a small booth to present your farm,...
The 7th FEIF seminar for breeding horse trainers at Skeiðvellir, Iceland, took place with a group of 22 very talented riders from Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. The seminar included the theory of FEIF...
At the moment WorldFengur has 20.923 subscribers in 24 countries. The total sum of subscribers has increased by 1.863, which constitutes a 9.7% increase for the year 2016. The number of foals born is still decreasing annually according to WorldFengur registrations....
The annual breeding meeting agreed on preparing a proposal for a clear definition of the guidelines for conflicts of interest at breeding shows and smaller changes in our breeding rules for 2018. During the next months the breeding committee will start with a revision...
WorldFengur is the official FEIF register of the Icelandic horse breed. It was established in 2000. Nowadays, WorldFengur has 20.923 subscribers in twenty-four countries. The database consists of a unique identification of each horse, pedigree information, information...
What happened in the FEIF Breeding Department in 2016? Seminars, meetings, Landsmót, breeding shows, other projects, the FEIF registration group, ........