More then 100 WorldRanking Events will take place in 2008, in 12 different countries. France, Italy (Mid European Championships) and Luxembourg will take part with one event each. Switzerland participates with 4 events, the Netherlands with 5, Norway with 6 (including...
The FEIF Delegates' Assembly 2008 in Reykjavík (IS) approved of changes in FIPO. The most important changes are: - the harmonisation between FIPO and Sport Judges' Guidelines, so 'tempo' will be replaced by 'speed' and 'working tempo' into 'slow (speed)'; - the...
Based upon the experience at the World Championships 2007 new forms have been designed for veterinary checks (mouth inspections) at sport events. The forms have been designed by Claudia Glück (Deputy Chief Judge at the WC) and Caroline van de Bunt (Head Veterinary...
The new version of IceTest, FEIF's free software for sport events, comes with several new features. Also some bugs have been fixed. Added: - ability to create, edit and delete custom forms - ability to check the spelling of a riders'name against the FEIF WorldRanking...
FEIF is supporting the 2008 IceHorse show in Berlin (March 8, 2008 in Berlin, D) as a start of a new European Championship for Icelandic Horses on Ice. In future, this championship will be organised yearly in different countries. Participation is open for experienced...
Based upon the experience at the World Championships 2007 new forms have been designed for veterinary checks (mouth inspections) at sport events. The forms have been designed by Claudia Glück (Deputy Chief Judge at the WC) and Caroline van de Bunt (Head Veterinary...
All International FEIF Sport Judges are invited to participate in the judges seminar on oral wounds and their consequences, organised by IPV CH on February 3, 2008 at Islandpferde Gestüt Niederfeld, Hombrechtikon (CH). The seminar is held by Claudia Glück and Caroline...
The Board of FEIF has decided to grant the World Championships 2011 to St Radegund, Austria (Islandpferde Reithof Piber). St. Radegund is located in Upper Austria, close to the German border near München. The FEIF YouthCup 2005 took place at the same location. The...
Every year, IceTest, the free competition software provided by FEIF, requires an update of FIPO Rules. Starting 2008, changes of FIPO will be published and valid April 1 of each year. This is due to the change of the date of the yearly Delegates' Assembly from...
The new edition of FIPO 2008 will be published shortly before April 1, 2008. Until this year the yearly editions of FIPO (and other rules) were published just before January 1. As of 2007, the Delegates' Assembly deciding upon changes of rules takes place in February....
The FEIF Sport Committee has decided to add the Peruvian bit (and other bits typically designed for specific other horse cultures) explicitly to the list of prohibited equipment. This bit is not fitting to the Icelandic horse style and/or culture. The bit is not...
The 8 year old world record in Pace Race 150m has been broken by the Danish rider Samantha Leidesdorff with Mondrian vom Lucahof [DE1996106993], with a time of 13.75". The old record was by Guðmundur Björgvinsson with Reddi fra Lykkegarden (13.8"). The record was...
The Sport Judges Seminar 2008 will take place at the Agricultural University of Iceland in Hvanneyri, Borgarnes. The seminar will start Friday, April 11 at 09:00 and end Sunday, April 13 at 12:00 h. On Sunday 13 and Monday 14 the test to become a FEIF Licensed...
The Board of FEIF did receive 4 applications for the World Championships 2011: two from Austria and two from Germany. One Austrian location is Klagenfurt, the Hypo Group Arena, one of the places for the European Championships for football in 2008. The other location...
During the World Championships 20 horses were tested for doping. All of them tested negative, a result the Icelandic horse world can be very proud of. Although we didn't expect otherwise, other disciplines in horse sport gave quite different results in the last few...
Unfortunately the Gæðingakeppni Seminar for new judges and renewal of licenses in Zachow (September 24-26, 2007) had to be cancelled due to a lack of enough participants.
The Board of FEIF has invited the FEIF member associations to present proposals for the venue of the World Championships 2011. Proposals have to be sent to FEIF before October 14, 2007, based upon the new Rules and regulations for organisers. The Board will discuss...
The Gæðingakeppni Judges Seminar 2007 will take place in Zachow, Germany, from September 24th to September 26th. The seminar is open for all interested persons. There will be a test for new international Gæðingakeppni judges on September 26th. This seminar is...