The Board of Foroyskt Íslandsrossafelag (FÍR, Faroe Islands) has notified the Board of FEIF that Leif Berg has been banned from events from February 18, 2012 until February 18, 2014. The ban is due to attacking and threatening competition staff and disrespect for...
This summer Landsmót will be held in Iceland´s capital Reykjavík. It is the second time Landsmót will be held in the city and fans of the Icelandic horse have started counting down the days until the big event. The history of Landsmót dates back to 1950 when the first...
During the past three years, FEIF and its representative bodies (riders, horse handlers, judges and member associations) have been faced with the issue of so-called hyperflexion or 'Rollkur'. Bearing in mind that the welfare of the horse is one of FEIF's most...
By October 2011 the member countries reported an increase regarding members, clubs and horses! All facts and figures about the member countries and the total overview are available on the FEIF website.
The FEIF Conference 2012 will take place March 2-4, 2012, in Malmö, Sweden. The conference combines general meetings about interesting subjects with the yearly Delegates' Assembly (the highest authority within FEIF) on Friday afternoon and the different annual...
The FEIF Committee Meetings 2011 took place from October 28 - 30, 2011 in Haarlem, Netherlands. The key issue of the FEIF Committee Meetings 2011 was the TaskForce process and the development of a common FEIF rule book. The first draft of the rule book was discussed...
The Icelandic Horse World has lost an outstanding Swiss member. Friday, October 14, 2011, Fredy (Pini) Lehr died after a one-and-a-half years struggle against lung cancer. Pini - as he was called by everybody - was awarded with the FEIF Award for his ongoing support...
The online ticket sale for Landsmót 2012, held in Reykjavík from June 25th-July 1st, has started. The tickets are sold online, at www.landsmot.is and it is a simple way to purchase your ticket and get a 20% discount of the full price at the same time. Week passes and...
The FEIF Conference 2012 will take place from March 2-4, 2012 in the vicinity of Stockholm. Further information and the invitations including the respective agendas will be available in due time.
Finally good weather - the sun is shining and the relay riders head towards Tittmoning, where they will hand over the baton to the Austrians on Saturday in front of the town hall.
Rain, rain, rain - but nobody minds it! The relay riders have meanwhile reached Mietraching where a day of rest is planned for Tuesday. For detailed information read Anke Spiegler's logbook and have a look at the newest pictures in the logbook report.
With less then 60 days to go FEIF President Jens Iversen and FEIF Director of Sport Marko Mazeland visited Islandpferde Reithof Piber, in St Radegund, Austria on June 3, 2011 for a last check on the preparations of the World Championships 2011. All preparations for...
The new edition of FIRO (FIRO 2011) includes some minor corrections and revised rules for the FEIF Youth Cup. FIRO is the general rulebook for FEIF. Other rule books are FIZO (Breeding) and FIPO (Sport). The changes are valid as of April 1, 2011.
The European Horse Network (EHN) did publish a leaflet about Horses in Europe. The aim of EHN is to promote the development of the horse sector in Europe and to act as a platform for the horse industry in relation to European institutions and media. The leaflet may be...
The 2011 Icelandic Horse Festival will be held at Laugardalur in Reykjavik and the towns surrounding the city from March 26 - April 2, 2011. Details on the programme can be found on the website of the festival: http://icelandichorsefestival.is.
The Delegates' Assembly of FEIF elected Gunnar Sturluson (IS) as new member of the Board of FEIF. Gunnar is vice-president of Landssamband Hestamannafélaga (LH) in Iceland since October 2010, and chairman of the riding and breeding club Snæfellingur in west of Iceland...
At the Delgates' Assembly 2011 in Vienna two board members of FEIF stepped down: Jón Albert Sigurbjörnsson (IS) and Wolfgang Berg (D). Both were members of the Board of FEIF for many years, Jón Albert as vice president from 2005-2011 and Wolfgang as board member from...
As it was not clear from the beginning, the organisers have now announced to offer discounted tickets for children and young people up to 14 years. Infants up to 3 years can enter free of charge (to sit on parent's lap - there are no own seats available). Please visit...