News from Sport

Unfortunately the organisers of the Belgian WorldRanking event in Bornem near Antwerp, May 15, 2011, had to cancel the event due to a lack of participants.

The Sport Judges have adapted the guidelines for judging pace at the oval track during their recent seminar in St. Radegund. The main purpose of the changes in the pace guidelines are: - Put more emphasis on the quality of the transitions. Judges shouldn't forget to...

43 International Sport Judges from 10 countries can look back at a very succesful seminar in St Radegund (A), April 8-9. St Radegund is the venue of the 2011 World Championships and the place was the right choice for this seminar: excellent facilities, good horses and...

The Board of FEIF invites for applications to organise the World Championships 2015. A document describing Rules and Requirements for Organisers (n addtion to the rules in FIRO 2.1 and FIPO 10) is available from the download section (Sport) of this website. Any...

The use of the flash noseband or Mexican noseband in combination with bits with a curb chain or bits with upper and/or lower cheeks (leveler mechanism) has been added to the list of prohibited equipment. The decision was taken by the annual FEIF Sport meeting...

Upon recommendation of the International Sport Judges two new members have been appointed in the Sport Judges Committee: Hulda G. Geirdóttir (IS) and Bent Rune Skulevold (DK). They replace Nicolai Thye (DK) and Uschi Heller-Voigt (CH). Þorgeir Guðlaugsson has been...

Riders planning to represent another country then the last World Championships they participated in should be aware of an important change in FIPO. A rider in any team must have the nationality of the country he/she is representing or have had his/her permanent...

The new edition of FIPO (FIPO 2011, the rule book for sport events) includes some changes decided upon by the Delegates' Assembly. The most important change is to rename Tölt T2 ('loose rein') in Tölt T4 and to introduce a new Tölt T2 where the riders are riding...

The change of Tölt T2 into Tölt T4 and the introduction of Tölt T2 as a single rider test requires a change in the WorldRanking rules as well. The results of the preliminary rounds of both tests are valid for the FEIF WorldRanking, like the same applies for T1 and T3...

The Delegates? Assembly decided positive upon all proposals from last years? Sport Meeting. The most important change is to rename Tölt T2 (?loose rein?) in Tölt T4 and to introduce a new Tölt T2 where the riders are riding individually. This change will also apply to...

The use of the flash noseband or Mexican noseband in combination with bits with a curb chain or bits with upper and/or lower cheeks (leveler mechanism) has been added to the list of prohibited equipment. The decision was taken by the annual FEIF Sport meeting...

The new edition of FIPO (FIPO 2011) will include some changes decided upon by the Delegates' Assembly. The most important change is to rename Tölt T2 ('loose rein') in Tölt T4 and to introduce a new Tölt T2 where the riders are riding individually. This change will...

Riders planning to represent another country then the last World Championships they participated in should be aware of an important change in FIPO. A rider in any team must have the nationality of the country he/she is representing or have had his/her permanent...

The VRP International Pace Championship 2011 will take place in the weekend of October 1-3, 2011 in Zachow (D). Gestüt Schlossberg (Günter Weber) will host the event, as happend more often in the past.

All horses entered (in either breeding and/or sport) at the World Championships 2011 have to be registered in WorldFengur. The closing date is July 1, 2011, 12:00 CET. This means also that a valid FEIF Id number is required for every horse! The data on the horses?...

FEIF will organise a seminar for FEIF Licensed International Sport judges in the weekend of April 8 and 10, 2011, in St Radegund, Austria. The venue is the location of the World Championhips 2011. The seminar will be combined with a seminar for Word Championships...

Tore Haugslien from Norway, FEIF International Sport Judge, has passed away on January 15, 2011 in Thailand, his current country of residence. Tore was 67 years old. Many of us know Tore as an active judge with a strong opinion. He judged around 100 WorldRanking...

A lot of helping hands are needed to make the World Championships for Icelandic Horses 2011 an unforgetable experience. Construction work, planning of the camping site, or the organization of catering - our volunteers are around, wherever lots of work needs to be...