The European Horse Network (EHN) published a newsletter with an overview of current and future activities. Items included are the new EU rules on identification and movement of equines and two EU projects, one of them about 'roles and assets of horses for a...
The selection of the World Championships 2021 Sport Jury is complete. The following judges form the jury (in alphabetical order): Birgit Quasnitschka Hinrik Már Jónsson Hörður Hákonarson Lisa Olovsson Lutz Lesener Nicolai Thye Peter Häggberg Sophie Kovac Stefan...
The IPZV Calendar 2021, equipped with the 12-winning works of the art competition ISLAND(PFERD), can be ordered now. The idea to design the next IPZV calendar with pictures from an art competition arose during the first lock down of the Covid pandemic. Together with...
Tickets for the music online seminar “Beat in motion” with Henning Drath have all gone now. The lucky first 50 people to register will receive the info of how to join the seminar early in the New Year, but for the time being no more places are available. FEIF is...
Let’s hit the right notes for a better score! Presented by Henning Drath’s BEAT IN MOTION project and supported by FEIF, this seminar on January 5, 2021, for young competition riders (up to 26 years) serves the purpose of providing you and your horses with your very...
FEIF is looking for interested and active young people 20-26 years old to join the FEIF Committees of Leisure, Education and YouthWork. Help us shape the future of the Icelandic Horse World. Seats, especially earmarked for young people, will become available from...
Horses and other equines are actors of the sustainable development. That is the opinion of the European Horse Network.Today’s ecological wake up calls and the importance of sustainable development encourage stakeholders to promote the environmental assets of the...
The Icelandic Food and Veterinary Office (MAST) is encouraging the Icelandic horse community to share a new video on preventing spread of contagious diseases and help protect the well being of Icelandic animals. In order to protect the Icelandic horse and other native...
Icelandic horses have been bred for centuries for agricultural use and riding over long distances. Despite their relatively low height at the withers and the resulting lower weight compared to other horse breeds, Icelandic horses have been used as a riding and working...
Gunnar Jonsson passed away at the age of 89 years on September 25, 2020 after a long serious illness. Gunnar and his wife Marit helped to lay the foundation stone for the spread of the Icelandic horse outside Iceland in a very decisive way - and thus the foundation...
Do you want to spend some time next summer with other Icelandic horse enthusiasts? Join the team of volunteers at the World Championships for Icelandic Horses 2021 in Herning, Denmark and make the experience of a lifetime! Volunteers are an essential part of this...
Due to the current situation, the International Day of the Icelandic Horse was celebrated on 12 September in a rather unusual way. Instead of open stables, Horses of Iceland (HOI) opened a call for photos. A total of 684 photos were entered to the competition, which...
In Germany, the Day of the Icelandic Horse was celebrated with an award ceremony and the opening of an exhibition of the artwork entered in IPZV’s Icelandic (Horse) Art Competition. In total 465 artists from 16 different countries sent their great pictures. The...
Proud riders crossed the “finish line” in Ystad in southern Sweden on 16 August, completing a 55-day relay ride, covering every part of the country on Icelandic horses. The relay ride began on Gotland, Sweden’s largest island, on 13 June. Then the “baton” (a mobile...
Due to the current situation caused by Covid-19, FEIF decided in agreement with all member countries with voting rights to organize the Delegates’ Assembly 2021 as virtual meeting on February 13, 2021 and to move the annual meetings of all departments to a later date...
The day started the best possible way, laughter from the tents surrounding you, beautiful weather and knowing that you will go horse back riding all day. Hlynur, the local club provided cowboy breakfast, eggs, bacon and beans, and lunch packed loafs of bread with...
The "Fjellfestival med islandshest", or Mountain festival with Icelandic horses in Norway has started! It is the third year of the festival and was originally planned as a FEIF event this year. Sadly we had to cancel the international part due to Covid-19. However we...
The virtual ride to the site of the next World Championships got off to a very good start last Monday: within one weeks, we have so far 65 complete registrations, riders from 13 member countries, the shortest distance from the home of one rider is just 162 km, whereas...