What is the ideal position of the horse during conformation? What are the important facts? When a horse is standing for assessment of conformation there are a few items that should be kept in mind.
All active international FEIF breeding judges except one were able to attend the breeding judge seminar and meeting held at Hólar University in northern Iceland, March 29 - 30, 2014. An intensive programme, well prepared and presented by the FEIF breeding judge...
The 2014 Rules for Sport Events and the Rules for Icelandic Horse Breeding are online. Both documents will be valid from April 1, 2014 on.
The 4th FEIF Seminar for Breeding Horse Trainers will take place from August 23 -25, 2014 in Germany, Kronshof. This year, the participants, aged 18-26 years, are offered the possibility to participate in addition in the FIZO assessment from August 27-28. The seminar...
The annual breeding meeting further discussed horse welfare and agreed to prepare a proposal for a FIZO change regarding the length of the hoof - following the information of the FEIF hoof study. Furthermore the equipment rules will be revised regarding leg protection...
A free iPad app developed to support the evaluation of Young Horses according to the method developed for FEIF by Barbara Frische is available on the Apple App Store. A second app is in the works to help sport judges, trainers, riders, and spectators learn to use the...
From February 25-26, 2014 IPZV offers a national training for breeding judges (Kronshof, Germany) that is also open for all national and international breeding judges. The topic of the seminar is 'Fohlen- und Jungpferdebeurteilung' (foal and young horse assessment)...
The minutes and the presentation from the WF Workshop 2013 in Malmö are online: Presentation on the improvements of the "Mate Selection Application" (Þorvaldur Árnason), WorldFengur Report (Jon Baldur Lorange) and WF guidelines and rules (Kristín Halldórsdóttir).
The FEIF breeding committee and the breeding judges committee had a joint meeting in Malmö and discussed the activities for the next year. In spring 2014 the meeting and seminar for active judges will take place Hvanneyri, Iceland and a training for ringmasters and...
A proposal for guidelines about embryo transfer and cloning will be discussed at the breeding leaders' assembly in February. The breeding committee will also present proposals on further standardisation of breeding assessments. The judgement of character and...
20 registrars and officials from 12 different FEIF countries participated in a WorldFengur workshop from October 25-27, 2013 in Malmö, Sweden. The objectives were to introduce & develop new features in WF, improve effective working with WF and increase team work...
Details on the history, the objectives, the background and most recent data on users and horses were presented to the participants of the WorldFengur seminar 2013. The complete presentation is available in the download section of the FEIF website.
44 breeding horses have been registered to participate at the Breeding Show during the World Championships in Berlin - probably the largest number of participants in such an event so far. This year even horses from Slovenia and Canada will be presented. At the World...
When a horse passport was issued by WorldFengur, you will from now on see a new icon on the left side of the FEIF-ID number. If the certificate of ownership was also issued by WF, there will also be an icon for it.
The WorldFengur work shop 2013 will take place in Malmö, October 25 to 27 and is open for the WF registrars of all FEIF member associations. It will take place at the same time and same Location as the FEIF committee meetings. The aim of the work shop is to improve...
The 3rd FEIF seminar for breeding horse trainers was held at Skeiðvellir last weekend with 18 participants from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and Iceland. It was a very interesting seminar as with group of young riders being very eager...
The Breeders' Forum at the World Championships for Icelandic horses in Berlin, August 4-11, 2013 offers a unique overview of worldwide Icelandic horse breeding. Posters of highly evaluated breeding horses, presentation of results, pictures and films, meeting point and...
WorldFengur's Annual Report 2012 has been published on the WF website and is now available to everyone interested. The report contains information on the main projects that were completed and several statistics on foals and assessed horses, export figures, development...