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...
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The contract with the FEIF is ready - the Icelandic Horse World Championships 2025 will take place in Switzerland! Ueli Heller, President of the Association "Icelandic Horse World Championships in Switzerland", Roman Spieler, OC President World Championships 2025 as...
Sport Judges Guidelines 2022
The sport judges guidelines 2022 are now available! The FEIF Sport Judges' Committee updated the new version of the guidelines. There are several smaller changes, the main change is the clear description of the maximum tightness of the noseband and how to measure...
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...
Nordic Championships 2022
Åland is hosting the Nordic Championships (NC) for Icelandic horses Nordic Championships for Icelandic horses alternate between the Nordic countries, and on 9 - 14 August 2022, Finland will host the event. Åland - with its ideal location in the Baltic Sea, with newly...
Landsmót 2022 will be great!
The presale has been extended to February 2nd, 2022. Magnús Benediktsson took on the job of manager of the Landsmót, The Icelandic Horse Festival, in Hella next summer. Magnús has worked on several projects in the Icelandic horse world in the past years and is known...
Combined FEIF sport judges and trainer/instructor seminar 2022
The 2022 combined sport and education seminar 2022 will take place in Germany from March 19-20, 2022. International FEIF Sport Judges and Trainers/Instructors registered on the FEIF matrix list can register directly (attention: limited number of places), interested...
Landsmót 2022
Landsmót hestamanna will be held in Hella from July 4th – 10th in 2022 and ticket sales are starting today! Anticipation is great, since four years will have passed since we last held Landsmót, in Reykjavík 2018. Enjoy watching the world‘s best horses and riders...
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...
Young Committee members
FEIF is looking for interested and active young people, 20-26 years old, to join the FEIF Committees of Sport and Breeding Help us shape the future of the Icelandic Horse world. Seats, especially earmarked for young people, will become available from February 2022,...
Sport judges seminar and test
Due to the current situation, the FEIF Sport Judges’ seminar in September 2021 will take place as online seminar (Zoom) on 17th September 2021 (entire day). This seminar is open to International FEIF Sport Judges. Interested persons not listed as International FEIF...
New World Record in P1 (250m Pace Race)
Congratulations to Daniel Ingi Smárasson [SE] with Hulda från Margaretehof [SE2002201834] - setting a new world record in the second heat of P1 - 250m Pace Race with a time of 21.07'' at the WorldRanking event ÖSM2021 Stenholmen, Linköping, Sweden on June 4, 2021!...
Sport Rules 2021 available for IceTest
A new set of rules is available for users of (classical) IceTest. Classical IceTest in its current version is freeware, which means it can be used free of costs in any non-commercial setting. IceTest is multi lingual, at the moment Danish, Dutch, English, German,...
FEI extends shutdown of international events
FEI extends shutdown of international events in mainland Europe due to EHV-1 outbreak The FEI has imposed a further two-week extension of the shutdown of all international events in mainland Europe until 11 April 2021 due to the ongoing outbreak of the neurological...
FEIF Christmas Greetings for 2020
Still the barn, and silent the year, In spite of restrictions, we wish you good cheer The year started well, FEIF got off its feet In February in Iceland the committees did meet But woe! Soon after the world came to an end, No movement, no riding, not meetings my...
World Championships 2021 – Sport Judges
The selection of the World Championships 2021 Sport Jury is complete. The following judges form the jury (in alphabetical order): Birgit Quasnitschka Hinrik Már Jónsson Hörður Hákonarson Lisa Olovsson Lutz Lesener Nicolai Thye Peter Häggberg Sophie Kovac Stefan...
Four newly qualified sport judges in GB
The Icelandic Horse Society of Great Britain (IHSGB) is pleased to announce four newly qualified Regional Sport Judges. This is the first time the IHSGB has been able to run a long term sport judge training programme, and the successful judges are the first newly...
German Championships (DIM) LIVE stream
Use the great opportunity to follow the German Icelandic Horse Championships 2020 from Wednesday, September 16 to Sunday, September 20, 2020 via LIVE stream. Live broadcast will cover all events of the German Championships (DIM) on oval track and pace track - and you...