Always wondered how many Icelandic horse lovers are registered world wide? Or, more important, how many pure bred Icelandic horses are spread around the world? FEIF performs every year a survey among member countries and the facts and figures for the years 2006-2010...
FEIF has launched a new website for mobile users (PDA and smart phone) with faster access to news, WorldRanking, yearly ranking, addresses and documents. The website also provides direct access to sport results of riders and horses. The address is www.feif.org/mobile .
2011 will be another exciting year for the Icelandic Horse World, with the World Championships 2011 in St Radegund, Austria. Of course it was a disappointment that Landsmót 2010 - as the major event that takes place every two years in Iceland - had to be cancelled....
The authorities in Iceland have updated the information on the epidemic disease among horses in Iceland. The upper respiratory tract infection epidemic in the equine population in Iceland is now declining. By the time the first cases were reported in the beginning of...
On 17 November 2010, the European Horse Network (EHN) has held a Seminar dedicated to the Economic impact of the Horse industry in European regions. It has enabled numerous representatives of the Horse's industry from various Member States to have a fruitful exchange...
In the weekend of November 4-7, 2010, the FEIF Board, all committees and the FEIF Taskforce did meet in Haarlem (NL). Part of the weekend the Board, Breeding committees, Sport committee, Sport Judges committee, Education committee and Youth committee had their own...
In the weekend of November 4-7, 2010, the FEIF Board, all committees and the FEIF Taskforce will meet in Haarlem (NL). Part of the weekend the Board, Breeding committees, Sport committee, Sport Judges committee, Education committee and Youth committee will have their...
Regarding the upper respiratory tract infection in horses in Iceland please visit the webpage of MAST - Icelandic food and veterinary authority - www.mast.is . There you will find useful information and reports about the infection in Icelandic and in English.
We mourn about the death of Claus Becker, well known member of the Icelandic horse community and founder of the German SAGA riding schools. His life was dedicated to the Icelandic horse for many, many years and he again and again managed to inspire and support all of...
More than 6 million horses in Europe represent more than just an agricultural activity or a part of the leisure industry. Important economic and social benefits of the Horse Industry in Europe should be emphasised and developed inside the European Regions. The...
The FEIF Feather Prize 2010 has been awarded to Bo Cavens (NL), one of the participants of the FEIF YouthCup 2010. Bo particated with Týrson vom Saringhof. The aim of this prize is to encourage good riding and good horsemanship, a tribute to feather light riding. The...
After the decision of our Icelandic member associations LH and BÍ to cancel Landsmót 2010 due to an infectious horse disease, FEIF has been involved in the discussion about an extra Landsmót in 2011. Landsmót and World Championships are the two biggest events in the...
The Board of Svenska Islandshästförbundet (SIF) has informed the Board of FEIF that the suspension of Madelen Johanson from any SIF event has been extended to July 31, 2012. By consequence Madelen Johanson is not allowed to participate in any event (including sport...
As FEIF did receive some questions about the rules about equine influenza vaccinations the document describing the demands has been updated. For horses competing all year around (or taking part in breeding shows and other events), 2 vaccinations per year are required...
Upon approval by the FEIF Conference in February, the FEIF Task Force has begun to work. Over the next three years and under the chairmanship of FEIF President Jens Iversen a team will work on the harmonization and revision of all existing regulations. To this effect...
Many horses in Iceland have been going through an infectious upper respiratory disease for the last few weeks. The most common respiratory viruses have been ruled out by testing. The bacterium Streptococcus zooepidemicus has on the other hand been diagnosed in many...
At a meeting on May 31, 2010, it was decided to cancel Landmot 2010 in Vindheimamelar in Skagafjörður. At the meeting all major stakeholders as well as a representative of the Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture and the Veterinary authorities of Iceland were...
The FEIF TaskForce is a working group appointed by the Board of FEIF that will be responsible for updating of the rules in FIRO, FIPO and FIZO. The goal is a much better correspondence between the rules with clear goals for the description of horse welfare aspects,...