The Icelandic horse world has lost a great person: Bruno Podlech. On May 6, 2009, Bruno died after a long illness. Bruno Podlech was one of the pioneers of Icelandic horse riding and Icelandic horse breeding in Germany. Far beyond the German borders his knowledge, his...
The minutes of the Delegates' Assembly 2009 (English and German) and of the Annual Meetings Chairmen, Sport, Breeding, Education and Youth have been published on the FEIF website.
Marit and Gunnar Jonsson have been presented with a FEIF Award at the 40th anniversary celebrations of the Danish Icelandic Horse Association. The president of FEIF - Jens Iversen - made the award on behalf of the board of FEIF. Jens especially emphasised Marit and...
The FEIF board held their annual two day meeting in Copenhagen on 25/26 October 2009. On the the agenda, amongst other items, were an important discussion about future funding of FEIF, plans for the next FEIF Conference, agreement on the new Youth Protection Policy...
The FEIF Conference 2009 will take place February 26 until March 1, 2009 in Hamburg (D).
The FEIF Feather Prize 2008 has been awarded to Ástríður Magnúsdóttir, one of the participants of the FEIF YouthCup 2008. Ástríður particated with a borrowed horse: Sögn frá Litla-Bergi [IS1996235925]. The aim of this prize is to encourage good riding and good...
The results of Landsmót are available on the website of Landsmót: http://www.landsmot.is/english. Landsmót is the National Horse Show of Island, held every second year. It is the greatest and most well known event with Icelandic Horses at the island and one of the...
Landsmót is on its way! Landsmót is the National Horse Show of Island, held every second year. It is the greatest and most well known event with Icelandic Horses at the island and one of the major FEIF Events. This year it takes place in Hella, in the south of...
June 30 is the start of Landsmót 2008. Landsmót is the National Horse Show of Island, held every second year. It is the greatest and most well known event with Icelandic Horses at the island and one of the major FEIF Events. This year it will take place in Hella, in...
Horse welfare was one of the main items on the agenda at the FEIF Conference 2008. Horse welfare is paramount in the FEIF rules and in our general policy. During the conference, a "Welfare Café" was held, where horse welfare questions were discussed. A report on the...
The first results of the qualifications for Landsmót 2008 are available. Landsmót is the National Horse Show of Island, held every second year. It is the greatest and most well known event with Icelandic Horses at the island and one of the major FEIF Events. This year...
To promote Gæðingakeppni and the bi-annual Landsmót on Iceland the first ten ambassadors are appointed. Every FEIF member country is requested to appoint such an ambassador. The ambassadors will be the link between FEIF and the organisers of Landsmót, and the member...
At the Annual FEIF Conference 2008 in Reykjavík the Board of FEIF awarded five persons - Friðþjófur Þorkelsson, Göran Häggberg, Hannes Kirchmayr, Sigurður Sæmundsson and Tone Kolnes. They are awarded for their outstanding contribution to the work of FEIF - and the...
At the Annual FEIF Conference 2008 in Reykjavík the Board of FEIF awarded four persons - Friðþjófur Þorkelsson, Göran Häggberg, Sigurður Saemundsson and Tone Kolnes. They were awarded for their outstanding contribution to the work of FEIF - and the Icelandic Horse...
Hannes Kirchmayr, member of the Board of FEIF, stepped down after 10 years work in pleasure riding and education. His great succes is of course the Education Matrix, a system to compare levels of trainers and instructors in the different member countries. 900 Trainers...
New Zealand is the 19th country to join FEIF. The Delegates´ Assembly decided at its yearly meeting in Reykjavík (IS) on February 15, 2008 to accept IHBRANZ as an associate member. At the moment about 60 Icelandic Horses are in New Zealand, but IHBRANZ expects this...
The FEIF Conference 2008 will take place in Reykjavík, Iceland. The Conference will start on Friday, February 15, 2008 at 09.00 (with the Delegates’ Assembly) and last till Saturday, February 16, 2008 at 17:00. The Saturday evening programme will take place at...
The invitations for the Delegates' Assembly 2008 and the Annual Meetings for Chairmen, Breeding, Sport, Youth and Education are available from the download section of the FEIF website: www.feif.org/download .