News from Breeding

Annual Breeding Meeting 2016

Annual Breeding Meeting 2016

The Breeding leader meeting decided to implement a 'positive list' with around 8000 horse names for Worldfengur and all other names must be applied for. A proposal of having the same requirements for new breeding judges will be sent to the DA 2017 as a change in the...

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Breeding Horse Trainer seminar 2016

Breeding Horse Trainer seminar 2016

The 6th seminar for breeding horse trainers (eligible age group 18-30 years) will take place from April 5-8, 2016 on the Icelandic horse breeding farm Skeidvellir, Hella, Iceland. The seminar addresses riders who train and present breeding horses in a professional way...

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Foal and Young Horse Seminar

Foal and Young Horse Seminar

Barbara Frische, International Breeding Judge, will present a seminar covering the linear system used for the assessment of foals and young horses, with a focus on the best description of the horse and an agreement to use the guidelines in the same way. The percentage...

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Breeding committees meeting 2015

Breeding committees meeting 2015

The joint meeting of FEIF Breeding and Breeding Judge committee put main focus on future projects. It was discussed how the breeding show at the World Championships 2017 could be improved and that FEIF should have an additional specific event with breeding...

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Stud farm show – presentation

Stud farm show – presentation

On Friday evening the visitors of the World Championships 2015 will have the possibility to decide on the winner of the stud farm show 2015. At 20:00 about 35 beautiful and interesting horses from the following stud farms from different FEIF member countries will be...

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Stud farm show 2015

Stud farm show 2015

One of the breeding highlights at the World Championships 2015 in Herning will be the stud farm show. We are looking forward to the presentations of the following stud farms on Friday night: Efri-Raudilaekur (Iceland), Knutshyttan (Sweden), Kringeland (Norway),...

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FEIF Ringmaster Meeting 2015

FEIF Ringmaster Meeting 2015

The first FEIF Ringmaster meeting took place mid of April in Sweden, Margaretehof Islandshestcenter. 19 experienced participants from six different FEIF member countries met to discuss details of the position of a ringmaster and the general procedures; furthermore...

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FEIF Breeding Horse Trainer seminar 2015

FEIF Breeding Horse Trainer seminar 2015

The 5th FEIF seminar for breeding horse trainers at Skeiðvellir, Iceland, took place with a group of 23 very talented riders from Austria, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. A big thank you for the organization to Katrín...

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New FEIF International Breeding Judges

New FEIF International Breeding Judges

Congratulations to the new FEIF International Breeding Judges who successfully passed the test 2015 in Hólar, Iceland: Arnar Bjarki Sigurðsson (IS), Einar Ásgeirsson (IS), Fredrica Fagerlund (FI), Heimir Gunnarsson (IS), Heiðrún Sigurðardóttir (IS), Jóna Adelaida...

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Young Horse Evaluation App Updated

Young Horse Evaluation App Updated

A new version of the app is available on the Apple App store. The calculation model has been updated based on the feedback from the first year of use. The possible range of "Character" percentages is now wider. The arrow directions in all trait positions are now...

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Colour correction in WorldFengur

Colour correction in WorldFengur

When a passport had been issued in WorldFengur it was not possible to change the colour of the horse in question. The reason was that according to EU rules basic information in a passport could not be changed except by re-issuing the passport. The FEIF Registration...

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Classification of breeding horses

Classification of breeding horses

A survey in the FEIF Member Countries on classification of breeding horses showed that the criteria for approval of stallions and mares for breeding differ a lot between the countries. This is one of the main reasons for the cross boarder problem in breeding. FIZO...

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Now it is fun to teach WorldFengur your language!

Now it is fun to teach WorldFengur your language!

The latest feature in WorldFengur is a fun way to translate WorldFengur to your language. Users, who have access rights to translate, just choose 'Languages', then the language you like to translate and then a link can be found 'Translate' under the flags. By clicking...

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