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...
News from Leisure Riding
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...
FEIF Tour Rider Cup 2021
And the winners of the 2021 FEIF Tour Rider Cup are… 1st place with 167,5 points Simone Freese (adult, DE) with the horse Tryggvi von Walsheim 2nd place with 161 points Jaime Jackson (adult, US) with the horse Holly 3rd place with 159 points Lilu (Young Rider,...
FEIF Committee Meetings 2021
For the first time since February 2020, the situation made a personal meeting possible and thus most FEIF committee members met for a weekend full of discussions in Malmö, Sweden from October 29-30, 2021! And also for the first time, all young committee members could...
Difficult task for the jury!
Only one week to go and we already received a lot of wonderful photos - it will certainly not be easy for the jury. Before the deadline on Monday - October 25, 2021 - we would like to introduce the jury to you. The first jury member that joins the team is Heidi...
Photo Competition 2021
Don’t miss the deadline October 3, 2021 to send in your photos for the Photo Competition 2021! We already received a lot of wonderful photos showing the bond between Icelandic horses and people and, following the motto "People and horses" and several FEIF member...
FEIF Virtual Ride
On 9th August, this year’s virtual ride, Heading to Hella, got off to a great start: watch them go! In brief, currently there are 70 registered riders, from 10 different member countries. Most of the riders have formed teams according to the old motto: shared fun is...
Katharina Haider – young committee member leisure riding
“Who is who in FEIF? – a series of short interviews with the of the persons working in the organization” . We would like to introduce you to the young member of the Leisure Riding committee, Katharina Haider from Austria. Hi Katharina, you are one of the Young...
HestFest 2021 has ended
Congratulations, and a big thank you to the Dutch Youth Committee, who turned their recently found ‘spare time’ (due to the fact that many of the usual summer activities had to be cancelled) into an all singing and dancing international online festival. In...
New FEIF Virtual Ride
On Monday, August 9th, the tenth Virtual Ride set off “Heading to Hella”, host of Landsmót 2022. Over the past 9 years, we have come a long, long way. What is the FEIF Virtual Ride? Since an actual ride to the venue of either Landsmót, or the World Championships is...
End and start of the virtual ride
On Mon, 2nd August, and the day when the 2021 World Championships would have started, the Virtual Ride “Returning to Herning” will come to a close. It has been a difficult year, but the horses have kept our community sane and happy. Riders are still out there,...
FEIF Tour Rider Cup 2021
Month 2 – and more and more participants! A growing number of participants from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the US has meanwhile signed up for the FEIF Tour Ride 2021 with a lot of kilometers and hours. Congratulations to...
Photo competition 2021
The motto of the 2021 photo competition is "People and Horses" – organized by FEIF and IPZV e.V. and we are looking forward to welcoming all FEIF member associations. The photos will be selected by an international jury and the best photos will be published as a...
A great start into the FEIF Tour Rider Cup
The first month - the first results! The FEIF Leisure Riding Committee is happy to see the large number of participants who signed up and partly managed to ride quite some kilometres and hours on horseback in the FEIF Tour Rider Cup! But we would like to invite more...
Virtual Ride – new target
Participants on this ride are lucky, since they remain relatively unaffected by Covid. The cancellation of the World Championships is really sad news for so many, but the ride goes on. We have given up on Herning - but only as this year's destination for the virtual...