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...
The 9th FEIF Virtual Ride “Returning to Herning” got off to a great start. Currently, 92 riders are registered, together they have covered just over 3000km, and 2 teams have already covered the distance from their home to Herning, and are looking for a new challenge....
This year – instead of open stables – Horses of Iceland has opened a call for photos to celebrate the International Day of the Icelandic Horse and our unique breed. If you have ever taken an amazing photo of an Icelandic horse share it now using the Horses of Iceland...
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...
Sunday was the first day of the 9th virtual ride. The aim is for everyone to make it to Herning in time for the World Championships 1-8th August 2021. The ride got off to an amazing start. By close of day 36 riders had registered, and hopefully counted their first km...
FEIF has invited all young people up to age 18 to participate in this year’s FEIF Video Competition. This team event is run in two parts: first at a national level, and after these videos have been judged, each member association can forward up to 5 videos to the...
The great relay ride that started on June 15th, 2020 from the north of Sweden towards the south with a total of 1.750km has meanwhile reached day 42! This national happening is coordinated by the Swedish Icelandic Horse Association (SIF) and carried out by local...
6th July was scheduled to be the beginning of Landsmót 2020, and with that the FEIF virtual ride ‘Hello Hella’ is also coming to an end. The preparations, the training, and the joyful anticipation of Landsmót 2020 were real – and so was all the riding done by the...
The Day of the Icelandic horse, celebrated September 12, 2020 is the perfect opportunity to showcase our wonderful breed all over the world! No matter what you organise to bring people closer to the Icelandic horse - an open house, an event, or a competition like the...
Sverigeritten, a relay ride from the north to the south of Sweden, sets off on the island of Gotland today, June 15th, 2020. Fifty-five days and 1,748 km later, the last group will arrive in Ystad on 16 August. The main intention for this major event is to engage and...
Due to the current situation caused by COVID-19 the FEIF Riders' Camp 2020 which was planned to take place during the Norwegian fjellfestival in August 2020 has been cancelled. The good news is that a new date has already been fixed for 2021 - August 18-22, 2021. So...
Since they started in August, the FEIF Virtual riders have now covered 23.510km on 'Hello Hella', this year's ride to Landsmót 2020. Virtual ride? In these days of coronavirus, a lot of things seem to switch to 'virtual'. At my University we are introducing virtual...
The first FEIF Riders' Camp will be hosted by the Norwegian members association Norsk Islandshestforening (NIHF) and will take place in the beautiful mountains in the center Norway, an amazing and wonderful highland region in the mountainous wilderness! In 2020, the...
For the first time since the FEIF Leisure Riding Department was created 18 representatives from 12 FEIF member countries participated in this annual meeting which shows that there is growing interest in this topic in our Icelandic horse community. The agenda included...