FEIF virtual ride 'Back to Berlin' starts Monday, 9th July, 2018. Riders calculate the distance from home (wherever that is) to Berlin, and over the year add up all km ridden in nature. You may go it alone or form a team, depending on how far you have to ride. There...
The FEIF virtual 'Ride to Reykjavík' came to an end with the beginning of Landsmót on July first. For a whole year, Icelandic horse riders from all over our member countries, including the US, Australia and New Zealand, added up the km ridden out on the trail, to...
This year's FEIF virtual 'Ride to Reykjavík' has reached the final home stretch. Having started off in August 2017, around 70 riders added up all ridden km to cover the distance from wherever home is to Landmót 2018 in Reykjavík. The first team Toon (town) Army from...
The exchange of information and experience from the countries was very positive and a lot of good ideas were discussed. Regarding the Horse Profile, there were several ideas on how to publish and advertise it in the countries. The countries are aware of the need to...
The Leisure Committee has now finalized all paperwork relating to the Horse Profile. Before Christmas a short digital introduction will be ready and the Horse Profile will be presented at the Trainers' Seminar at Hólar in spring 2018. Following this, the Leisure...
The FEIF virtual 'Ride to Reykjavík' 2018 has started and so far just over 40 riders from 8 member countries have registered. You can do it too! The idea is simple. Instead of a 'real' relay ride, which would be difficult riding to Iceland, you add up all the km you...
The FEIF virtual ride 'Out to Oirschot' is over - long live the FEIF 'Ride to Reykjavik'. Interested in joining a friendly and mutually supportive community of Icelandic horse riders from all over the world on their (virtual) ride to Landsmót 2018? The principle is...
The relay riders have arrived in Oirschot after a long ride from Herning in Denmark, where the World Championships were held in 2015. Riders started their ride of 840km there and rode through Germany to the Netherlands. Sunday morning the riders were welcomed from...
The European Route d'Artagnan is a 4000 km riding route established through a Unique cooperation between 12 partners including tourist organizations, FITE, local Communities and co-funded by the European Community and it was opened in Chantilly, France, July 7-9,...
The km totals for June have just been published! Please note that this month they are sorted by the highest number of km individual riders have ridden. Together our top three riders have completed 6948 km in the saddle since August last year. Congratulations, what an...
It is a tradition to ride from the last World Championships venue to the next World Championship location, this year from Herning in Denmark via Germany to Oirschot in the Netherlands. The idea is to connect the leisure riders worldwide and to bring a message of...
For the FEIF virtual ride to the World Championships in Oirschot, Netherlands, riders from across the globe including teams from Australia and New Zealand have been on the way (virtually) since the end of Landsmót 2016. By the beginning of June they had clocked up...
FEIF has developed a new Riding Horse Profile, which is intended to create the best possible match between rider and horse. The Riding Horse profile is a snapshot of both the character and behaviour of the horse, as well as of the needs and abilities of the rider. It...
The FEIF virtual ride 'Out to Oirschot' continues to gather momentum. In spite of all the 'weather' riders covered over 2000km in January. For our southern friends it is of course the end of summer that is in sight. For all the latest results follow the link to the...
The Riding Horse Profile has been developed as a tool to get a neutral, professional assessment of the characteristics of a riding horse. The purpose is to secure that there is the best possible match between horse and rider - in particular in a situation, where a...
The Riding Horse Profile prepared by the Leisure Riding Committee in close cooperation with the Breeding and Education Committee has been finalized. Version 1.0 will be promoted to trainers via member organizations within the coming 4 weeks and will also be available...
The work conducted through 2016 has been very practically oriented on how to move on with developing a way of evaluating the character of a riding horse. A lot of trainers were involved in testing what we developed and the results will be presented at the FEIF...
The monthly km ridden towards the venue of the next World Championships for Icelandic horses have just been published here: http://feif-virtual.weebly.com/news-and-score-board.html With the Christmas break coming up, and a bit more time for riding out and about, it is...