The FEIF Sport Judges Seminar 2012 takes place April 13-14, 2012, in Mosfellsbær, Iceland. The themes of the seminar are: How to evaluate the quality of riding (with demonstrations and practical work), Judges' ethics (do's and don'ts by judging officials), Mouth...
Programmers and experienced users of IceTest from 4 different countries met on November 12-13 at the FEIF Software Conference in Düsseldorf (D). IceTest is free software for sport events.provided by FEIF. The aim was to compare the use of software at sport events, to...
The FEIF Sport Committee took the initiative to declare 2012 the Year of Good and Harmonious Riding. This initiative is supported by the Board of FEIF. In 2012, at all judges at sport events (and also breeding shows) will be asked to point out riders for good and...
October 7 and 8 the bi-annual test to become a FEIF International Sport Judge took place in Austria, at Islandpferdehof Piet Hoyos in Semriach, during the regional championships of Steiermark. The test was succesfull for 5 candidates (out of 17). FEIF welcomes Nicole...
The 2nd FEIF Software conference will take place November 12-13, 2011 in Düsseldorf (D). The agenda includes an inventory of the software currently used at sport and gæðingakeppni competitions, the services provided by the current standard software of FEIF (IceTest),...
Once more the World Championships for Icelandic horses have proven to be a Clean Sport Event. No prohibited substances were found in the doping tests taken during the World Championships 2011. More than 10% of the participating horses were tested this time, drawn by...
Results of the sport classes at the World Championships 2011 are available on the FEIF website: www.feif.org/wc2011 and the website for mobile users: m.feif.org . The results in preliminary rounds will be updated after each participant, the results of the finals will...
The invitation to the sport judges test to become a FEIF Licensed Sport Judge or National Sport Judge, to be organised by FEIF, October 7-9, 2011 at Islandpferdehof Piet Hoyos in Semriach (A), near Graz, has been published. The test is connected to the Steierische...
For the first time Landsmót is broadcasted live on the internet. Users can go online on www.landsmot.is and buy access to the live broadcasting for only 3500 ISK (about 20 Euro) for the whole week! Click this link to see a preview of how it works from Vindheimamelar:...
More and more riders extend filling material used inside the hoof to the backside of the hoof, suggesting that this gives better protection. However, filling material is only allowed inside the hoof (FIPO 2.3.7), basically in the area between a sole and the hoof. When...
The Austrian rider Catherine Gratzl established with the eleven year old mare Blökk frá Kambi [IS2000287461] a new World Record in Pace Race 150m - P3 with a time of 13,47". The record was set on the World Championships 2011 grounds in St. Radegund, Austria and has...
Sometimes equipment in sport doesn't fit in either the description of what is allowed or what is not allowed. In such cases the description of what is allowed prevails. Equipment not described as allowed is not allowed. At the moment there are four items that might...
As of April 1, 2011, new requirements are valid for World Records. The requirements include electronic time keeping and in P1-Pace Race 250 m and P3-Pace Race 150 m a camera at the finish line. This means that a new list of World Records is started for P1 and P3, as...
The WorldRanking Event at the Silver Maple Icelandic Horse Farm, Tunbridge VT, USA (June 18-19, 2011) has been cancelled as a WorldRanking event due to a lack of qualified judges. The event itself will contine to take place.
On May 14, 2011 our Faroe member association Føroyskt Íslandsrossafelag will write history, by organising the first FEIF WorldRanking event ever on the Faroe Islands.The event will take place in Torshavn, the capital city. The event will be combined with a seminar and...
The FEIF Ranking 2011 has started, based upon the two best results per rider per test in WorldRanking events in 2011. Every year such a ranking is published (and updated daily) in addition to the FEIF WorldRanking. The FEIF WorldRanking is based upon the best 3...
10 Years after the first conference about software for sport competitions FEIF will organise a second conference about competition software for interested persons. The first conference in 2001 did bring us (free) IceTest and some other tools, like the FIPOTimer. The...
The lastest version of the Sport Judges' Guidelines (2011) has been published. The major changes are improved guidelines for judging pace on the oval track and more consequent punishment of rough or bad riding. The guidelines are not only instructive for judges: they...