Don’t miss an interesting seminar during the Mid European Championships and the Nordic Championships! Seminar during the Mid-European Championships When: 3/8 at 18:30 Where: Gestüt Hrafnsholt The seminar is free and everyone is welcome to attend. There are limited...
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FEIF Virtual Rides – to the moon, and back
Over the years the total distance covered by the FEIF Virtual riders have amounted to 391,154 km. This easily outpaces the average distance to the moon, 384,400 km. The Virtual Rides started in the autumn of 2012 with the Long Ride to Berlin. The aim was, and...
Over to Oirschot
Time to start the next FEIF Virtual Ride! Meanwhile, it has become a good tradition that, in addition to the relay ride, there is also a virtual ride to the venue of the next World Championships. The starting time for the virtual ride is always the end of the...
Photo Competition – FLOWERPOWER voting ended
The online voting of the photo competition is over and you decided on the three pictures that will be published in the 2023 calendar. Anna Guðmundsdóttir, Elisabeth Jaeger and Marlous Wester won the vote with these three wonderful photos. We congratulate the winners...
FEIF Virtual Ride
With just days to go until the beginning of Landsmót, the current virtual ride “Heading to Hella” is coming to an end. Congratulations to all 73 riders from 11 member countries who participated not only in the virtual ride but also in all the fun along the way,...
Photo Competition – FLOWERPOWER
Once again we are overwhelmed by all the great pictures that we received for the spring topic “FLOWERPOWER”. The jury with members from several countries now met and they decided on the 11 best pictures - from more than 150 pictures sent in by you! Now you are all...
FEIF Ride ‘Heading to Hella’
After 11 months of heading towards Landsmót 2022, the virtual ride is entering its final stage. 70 riders from all over the world have patiently clocked up every km they spend in the saddle, added it all together, and measured the distance between home and Hella. For...
International Meeting of Equestrian Tourism
Registration for the first International Meeting of Equestrian Tourism is open! Organized by the FITE, this meeting will be held on September 13, 2022 in Silkeborg, Denmark. Topics are: Equestrian tourism, its interrelation with other types of tourism and the...
Safety video
Explore how horses react to various stimuli - a video produced as a cooperation project of Horses of Iceland, Landssamband hestamannafélaga and the Icelandic Transport Authority. (In Icelandic with English subtitles)
Photo Competition – FIRE and ICE
Thank you all for your votes on Facebook to select the winning photos of the winter topic “Fire and Ice”. The voting is now closed and we have 3 winners: Cora Claas with 228 Likes, Flora Widauer with 206 Likes, Lucile Sachot with 173 Likes Congratulations to the...
FEIF Conference 2022
Almost 80 participants from 12 member countries met for the Conference 2022 in Oslo, Norway. As the Delegates’ Assembly was organised as online meeting in February 2022, this year’s conference included several panel discussions as well as the annual meetings of all...
Photo competition – voting is open
For the second time, FEIF is hosting a photo competition in cooperation with IPZV. There is a topic for each season: “Fire and Ice” in winter, “Flowerpower” in spring, the summer topic will be "friendship" and the topic for autumn will be revealed end of summer. You...
FEIF Virtual Ride – Heading to Hella
The first two teams “have arrived” at the destination: Hella in Iceland where this year’s Landsmót will take place 3-10th July. Each year riders from all over the world take part in a virtual ride from home – wherever that is – to the summer highlight for Icelandic...
FEIF Equipment Manual 2022
The FEIF Equipment Manual provides a guide to the equipment most commonly used with Icelandic horses. The manual has been developed by FEIF to provide a basis for common understanding and educational purpose. The contents of this document are not rules. Should any...
The photo competition starts into the next season
The photo competition organised by FEIF and IPZV is already underway and wonderful photos have already reached us. In 2022, each season will have a different theme. The first theme was "Fire and Ice" and you still have the chance to submit your photos before March 31....
International Meeting of Equestrian Tourism
The FITE - Fédération Internationale de Tourisme Equestre is pleased to announce the organization of the 1st International Meeting of Equestrian Tourism in Denmark, in Silkeborg. Organized simultaneously with the Outdoor sports Euro'Meet of ENOS-European Network...
Photo Competition 2022
Since the photo competition was so much fun last year, FEIF and IPZV decided to organise it again this year. This year there we will choose different themes for each season. The first theme is "FIRE and ICE". You are welcome to send us your own suggestions for the...
Award ceremony of the photo competition 2021
Congratulations to all the photographers who participated in the photo competition, organised by FEIF and IPZV! It was definitely a difficult task for the jury to choose the best photos from more than 500 entries! The winning photo finally came from Chiara...