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 .
Einar Öder Magnússon received the first Holland'O7 triple DVD on Tuesday 4 December. After watching a great deal of the 444 minutes of World Championships footage, the trainer of the Icelandic team at the World Championships for Icelandic Horses 2007, was clear in his...
A recent issue of the German horse magazine Cavallo contained a report about the World Championships 2007 for Icelandic horses. In this article the authors comment negatively on the riding style of some riders, and present some pictures of particular moments during...
Sunday, October 14, 2007, FEIF will publish the list of countries and locations that have applied for the World Championships 2011. The Board will discuss proposals in its meeting of October 26-28, 2007, based upon an advice a committee of three board members: Jens...
The FEIF Feather Prize is awarded at the World Championships 2007 to Lena Trappe [DE] competing with Vaskur vom Lindenhof [DE1998108607]. The aim of this prize is to encourage good riding and good horsemanship, a tribute to feather light riding. The awarded rider sets...
On Thursday, already more then 5.500 paying visitors could be welcomed at the World Championships grounds. Another 2.500 persons visited the FEIF website to check the result lists that are refreshed every 5 minutes. As tickets for the final days might get scarce and...
Christel and Richard Vinbrux came to New Zealand in 1998 with four mares and a young stallion. Today they are one of the founders of a National Association and next year New Zealand will apply for membership in FEIF. There was an interesting introduction at the FEIF...
The FEIF Feather Prize 2007 will be awarded at the World Championships in Oirschot (NL). FEIF Licensed Sport and Breeding judges will be asked to advise the Board of FEIF about the rider that should receive the award. The aim of this prize is to encourage good riding...
One of the missions of FEIF is to focus on horse welfare - and one of our goals is to put the welfare of the horse first in everything we do. With this letter the Board of FEIF would like to express the importance of this part of our mission.
Based upon an advise of the Welfare and Veterinary Committee the Board of FEIF has published revised rules for vaccination against equine influenza. These rules have been set in cooperation with a FEI approved veterinarian.
Our Icelandic member association Landssamband Hestamannafélaga (LH) developed a colouring book for children as a new way to promote the Icelandic horse. At the FEIF Conference 2007 in Glasgow the book was presented and at the same time given to FEIF as a present in...
More then 110 participants from 15 different countries participated in the FEIF Conference, February 16-18, 2007 in Glasgow (GB). The conference included the FEIF Delegates' Assembly (the highest body within FEIF), the annual Chairmen's meeting and annual department...
At the FEIF Conference (February 16-18, 2007 in Glasgow (UK)) the Board of FEIF presented a new Vision and Mission for FEIF. The vision of FEIF is bringing people together in their passion for the Icelandic horse. The mission is to connect Icelandic horse culture,...
At the FEIF Conference (February 16-18, 2007 in Glasgow (UK)) the Board of FEIF will present a new Mission and Vision for FEIF. It is a view to the future, at least for the next 5 to 10 years. At the same time the renewed FEIF website will be launched.
More then 110 participants from 17 different countries will participate in the FEIF Conference, Februari 16-18, 2007 in Glasgow (GB). The conference includes the FEIF Delegates' Assembly (the highest body within FEIF), the annual Chairmens meeting and annual...
The Board of FEIF invites to the FEIF Conference 2007, which will be held in Glasgow (GB) on February 16 -18 th, 2007. The conference is organised in cooperation between IHSGB and FEIF. The Conference will start on Friday February 16, 2007 at 13.00 and last till...