Riding on frozen lakes and streams has been a tradition in Iceland for many decades. In Berlin we will once again be honoring that tradition of our horses‘ homeland with icehorse 2010, the European Championships for Icelandic Horses, March 12-13, 2010. More...
The major item in the recent meeting of the Sport Committee (in a joint meeting with members of the sport judges committee) was the structure of our system of sport tests. At the moment, riders entering in tests like Tölt T8 or Four Gait V6 are judged the same way as...
Once more, sport with Icelandic horses has shown to be a clean horse sport. All 20 doping tests taken at the World Championships 2009 in Brunnadern (CH) proved to be negative, which means: no doping. In total around 160 horses participated. The procedures followed...
A new release of IceTest, the free competition software of FEIF, is available. Upon request of users the number of judges in oval track classes is made changable between preliminary rounds and finals. There was also a request to make it possible to correct the number...
After a very successful judges' seminar at Vindhólar (Stapelfeld, D) 9 candidates (out of 15) did pass the test to become an International Sport Judge. FEIF congratulates Andreas Windsio (D), Birgit Quasnitschka (D), Caro Klein (D), Hendrik Gepp (D), Jean-Paul Balz...
22 participants have registered for the open seminar for Sport Judges, at Vindholar near Hamburg in Germany, September 19 and 20. 17 Of them will also take the test to become a FEIF licensed international sport judge or a judge at a national level. Candidates come...
The hospitality and professionality of the Swiss organisers, the hundreds of helpers, including the inhabitants of Brunnadern, made the World Championships to an unforgettable event. An event to be proud of. Even two days with heavy rains couldn't spoil this. On the...
4 gold medals for Iceland, 2 for Norway, 1 for Denmark, 1 for Germany, 1 for Sweden: Tölt T1 - Jóhann R. Skúlason - Hvinur frá Holtsmúla 1 [IS1997186699] - Iceland; Tölt T2 - Tina Kalmo Pedersen - Kolgrimur från Slätterne [SE1997107496] - Norway; Four Gait V1 - Lena...
The complete result lists of the sport classes at the World Championships 2009 in Brunnadern (CH) are available for download from the FEIF website.
The FEIF Feather Prize 2009 has been awarded to Guðmundur Einarsson, World Champion 2009 in Pace Test PP1. The aim of this prize is to encourage good riding and good horsemanship, a tribute to feather light riding. The awarded rider sets an example to the Icelandic...
This year FEIF awarded for the first time in its 40 year- history a Team Trophy for sport classes. At previous European Championships and World Championships only the individual participants where honored. The first team to receive the trophy is Iceland.
In the weekend of 19-20 September 2009 FEIF will organise an Open Sport Judges' Seminar at Islandpferdehof Vindholar in Stapelfeld (D), near Hamburg. Connected to the seminar there will be a Test to become a FEIF Licensed Sport Judge or a National Sport Judge. Both...
From August 4 on (16:00 h CET) FEIF will publish the results of the sport competitions at the World Championships 2009 in Brunnadern (CH) on the FEIF website. The results are updated every five minutes. At the same time a live ticker will be available, keeping those...
The registration of teams for the World Championships 2009 in Brunnadern (Switzerland) has started. The list of teams and their team members is available on the FEIF website. Per rider and horse background information is available about previous results in FEIF...
The registration of teams for the World Championships 2009 in Brunnadern (Switzerland) is completed. The list of teams and their team members is available on the FEIF website. Per rider and horse background information is available about previous results in FEIF...
This year FEIF will award for the first time in its 40 years' history a Team Trophy for sport classes at World Championships. At previous European Championships and World Championships only the individual participants where honored. The team competition is based upon...
A new release of IceTest is available for download: 1.1.608. This version includes the following changes (apart from minor changes and corrections): - Problem with withdrawn riders solved - Improved presentation of sponsors of tests in result lists - Improved check of...
The weekend of June 27 and 28 is a special one for the FEIF WorldRanking. For the first time a WorldRanking event will be organised outside Europe. The event will take place at the Silver Maple Farm in Tunbridge, Vermont, USA (Susan Peters). FEIF congratulates the...