In preparation for the World Championships, numerous national and international tournaments for Icelandic horses will take place in Germany this year. The most important is the "MEM", or Mid European Championships for Icelandic horse riders, which is returning to...
On May 1, the yearly Ranking 2012 in sport has started. The FEIF Ranking 2012 is an extension to the current WorldRanking. The aim of the ranking is to provide a more lifely view on recent performances of riders (and horses). The FEIF Ranking 2012 is based upon the...
59 International and national sport judges did participate in the Sport Judges Seminar 2012 in Mosfellsbær in Iceland, at the excellent facilities of the Hörður riding club. The theme of the seminar was Good and Harmonious Riding. New thoughts about 'firewalls' in the...
A new set of FIPO rules is available for users of IceTest for events starting at or after April 1, 2012. The main change in the set of rules is the revision of the Easy Pace Test PP2, according to the changes decided upon by the FEIF Delegates' Assembly.
The theme of the Sport Judges Seminar 2012 in Iceland is 'Good and Harmonious Riding'. The program includes an introduction of the renewed Guidelines for Sport Judges (Þorgeir Guðlaugsson), Gait analysis (Gunnar Reynirsson), the results of veterinary examinations at...
The new edition of FIPO contains changes decided upon by the Delegates' Assembly 2012, like Young Riders at World Championships and an easy Pace Test. At the next World Championships Young Riders (16-21 years) will have separate finals in oval track classes and their...
The Annual Sport Meeting 2012 in Malmö discussed various proposals from the Sport Committee and countries. The major items decided upon are a better description of fast speed in tölt, trot and canter (that it should be faster then medium speed, but not racing speed),...
The Delegates' Assembly 2012 decided upon changes in FIPO regarding Young Riders at World Championships and an easy Pace Test. At the next World Championships Young Riders (16-21 years) will have separate finals in oval track classes and their own combination winners....
At an extra exam organised in Malmö the Austrian judge Trausti Óskarsson did pass the test to become a FEIF licensed International Sport Judge. The list of judges contains now 85 names.
The first WorldRanking events 2012 have already been published on the FEIF website, further events will regularly be published as soon as the countries register them.
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...