'Hello Hella' is the name of the 2020 FEIF Virtual Ride to Landsmót at Hella and all through the winter, Icelandic horse riders are quietly adding more and more km to their personal ride from home, wherever that is, to Hella, the location of 2020 Landsmót, in Southern...
The leisure riding committee used the opportunity of meeting in Haarlem in the Netherlands this year to work on the preparations and planning of the FEIF Leisure Riders Camp which will take place as part of the Fjellfestival in Norway from August 19 - 24, 2020. It...
In August 2019 Icelandic horse riders of all ages and from all over the country came together in the unique Fjellfestival in the highlands of Norway. Almost 200 horses and like-minded people spent 3 days in the breathtaking landscape, enjoying the best of Norwegian...
90 riders, 17 teams, and a total of 2515 km (and that is only from those who remembered to send them in!) What a fabulous start!!! You find the details on https://feif-virtual.weebly.com/news-and-score-board.html. And the facebook page, too, shows that we are truly...
HELLO HELLA is the name of the 8th FEIF virtual ride, which takes us to Hella, Iceland, home to next Landsmót, the most important competition of the Icelandic horse in Iceland, 6th-12th July 2020. If you cannot participate in the real relay rides, why not join the...
On Sunday, August 4, 2019 80 riders and their horses rode from the Victory Column at the Brandenburg Gate to the stadium of the Icelandic Horses World Championship grounds in Karlshorst. On their ride through the city of Berlin they were accompanied again and again by...
On Sunday, August 4, 2019 80 riders and their horses rode from the Victory Column at the Brandenburg Gate to the stadium of the Icelandic Horses World Championship grounds in Karlshorst. On their ride through the city of Berlin they were accompanied again and again by...
In the meantime, the group of relay riders has reached Münsterland in Germany and further approached the World Championships 2019 in Berlin! On their ride, the riders in their blue polo shirts were always warmly welcomed and neither the oak processionary moth (horses...
Four Icelandic horse riders from the Netherlands handed over the baton to the riders of IPZV in a small ceremony at the green border between the Netherlands and Germany. Jacob-Jan Rijnberg from the Dutch Icelandic Horse Association held a short speech: .. This journey...
On June 15th the Relay Ride 2019 started in Oirschot, Netherlands with the goal to reach Berlin before the start of the World Championships 2019! The idea for the Relay ride was born at the beginning of the 80's, when some of the riders rode on their Icelandic horses...
This year's FEIF Virtual Ride is entering its final phase and with just 7 weeks to go many riders have already 'arrived': that means that over the last 12 months, by hacking out - they have ridden the total km from wherever their home is to Berlin. Those of us who...
A very happy Easter to horses and humans alike! Celebrate with us by posting a seasonal picture on @feiforg on Instagram. Also, remember that May 1st is the International Day of the Icelandic horse. Our motto for this year is 'Over the hills and far away'. And because...
The Icelandic horse is an incredibly versatile breed and each horse is special in terms of characteristics as well as level of training. Similarly, each rider is different, requiring different traits from his or her riding horse. FEIF has introduced the Riding Horse...
A really active leisure riding group met at the FEIF Conference 2019 in Berlin. Main focus was on the development of leisure riding and to learn from the work done in the countries. The interesting information discussion gave a lot of input and ideas for further work....
As much as the Icelandic-horse world is looking forward to the bi-annual festival of sport and breeding competitions, there is an equally passionate group of riders from all FEIF member countries getting ready for the traditional relay ride. Follow the link to the...
During the committee meetings 2018 the current version of the horse profile was updated to use the same expressions as in sport and breeding to make the use more compatible. The process was done together with the education committee. The renewed form will be published...
The traditional relay ride will start in June 2019. From Oirschot in the Netherlands, the venue of the 2017 World Championships, to Berlin, the route takes you practically across Germany. The handover at the border will take place end of June 2019 north of Venlo and...
Join the virtual ride Back to Berlin - you never know what you find along the way! Registration is now open! Even if you have participated before, you must re-register. Also feel free to join the new facebook group 'Back to Berlin'...