News from Leisure Riding

FEIF Photo Competition 2025

FEIF Photo Competition 2025

The FEIF Leisure Riding Committee is organizing a photo competition with the theme "Leisure Time with your Icelandic Horse". The winner will win 2 week tickets for the World Championships 2025 in Birmenstorf. Send in your best photos showing how you spend your leisure...

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Checklist “buying an icelandic horse”

Checklist “buying an icelandic horse”

Many years ago the FEIF Leisure Riding Committee developed the Horse - Rider - Profile to ensure a better matching of horse and rider. Now the Committee has set itself the task of transforming this profile into a practical and easy-to-use checklist to better meet the...

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FEIF Leisure Riding country of the Year 2024

FEIF Leisure Riding country of the Year 2024

In 2024 – for the first time – FEIF honoured the “Leisure Country of the Year”! All FEIF member countries were invited to showcase their leisure work achievements and innovations. By submitting a short report, the participating leisure departments of the different...

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FEIF Leisure Country of the Year Award 2024

FEIF Leisure Country of the Year Award 2024

As in previous years, FEIF honors countries with outstanding projects in the various departments with the FEIF Awards. This year - for the first time – there will be a “Leisure Country of the Year" award! Countries can showcase their leisure work achievements and...

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Leisure Riding Committee Meeting 2024

Leisure Riding Committee Meeting 2024

The Leisure Riding Committee discussed a large number of topics at the FEIF Committee meetings in October 2024. It was decided, that here will be a "Leisure Riding Country of the Year" award handed out at the annual FEIF Conference. For the first time, it will be...

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FEIF Virtual Ride ‘Bring on Birmenstorf’

FEIF Virtual Ride ‘Bring on Birmenstorf’

2 months and 5000 km later the current FEIF Virtual ride is well and truly on the way. So far, riders from 12 different member countries have started to make their way to the site of next year’s World Championships which will be held in Switzerland. The concept is...

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Bring on Birmenstorf – FEIF virtual ride 2025

Bring on Birmenstorf – FEIF virtual ride 2025

The 13th FEIF Virtual Ride - from your home to the next World Championships in Birmenstorf - is now on the road … but there is plenty of space for more riders! Don't forget to join - find new friends and lots of fun: the friends you meet on Facebook, the fun you find...

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FEIF Virtual Ride: To Fákur and Fast

FEIF Virtual Ride: To Fákur and Fast

With the beginning of Landsmót, the FEIF Virtual Ride "To Fákur and Fast"  has come to an end. Last August, ca 80 riders from all over the world started  to add up all kms spent in the saddle in an attempt to  - virtually - reach Iceland, either as an individual or in...

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The photo competition 2023

The photo competition 2023

The Photo Competition 2023 is now over and we have received a total of 315 beautiful and creative photos from you. Thank you to every one of you who sent in one or more photos. It has been really difficult for the jury members to decide which photos should be included...

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FEIF Leisure Riding committee meeting 2023

FEIF Leisure Riding committee meeting 2023

Following a presentation to all participants on the “new” Leisure Riding department, with the vision of contributing to the global shift towards nature and well-being and embracing on the latest trends and aligning them with the Icelandic horse-riding ethos, the...

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