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...
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...