With one more WorldRanking event to go in 2006 (LM Nordrhein-Westfalen in Mönchengladbach-Wickrath (D)) the event list for 2007 is already growing. Upon initiative of the German sport leader Florian Schneider more then 50 events in Sweden, Denmark, Austria and Germany...
The Board of FEIF has appointed Einar Ragnarsson (IS) as Chief Judge and Claudia Glück (A) as Deputy Chief Judge at the World Championships 2007 in the Netherlands. Both candidates were recommended by the Sport Committee. Their candidature did receive support from...
The best keepsake from a World Championship is without doubt the official DVD. Netherlands's largest multi-camera company DutchView has been comissioned to bring the event to DVD. Just a few short months after the World Championships - in September 2007 - you will...
Jens Füchtenschnieder established a new world record in SpeedPass (100 m) with the gelding Keimur frá Votmúla 1 (IS1995187605): 7.24", at the Mid European Championships in Terenten (IT), August 24-27. This is 0.11" faster then the previous world record by Anna...
At a meeting during the Mid European Championships 2006 the representatives of the countries present decided to organise the next Mid European Championships at the same location: Wiedenhof in Terenten (Süd Tirol, IT). Participants praised the high quality tracks, the...
200 Participants did participate in the 3rd edition of the Mid European Championships, August 24-27, 2006, in Terento (Süd Tirol, IT). The event was hosted by Jacqueline and Ewald Schmid. The Mid European Championhips are organised every two years, following the...
The World Championships for Icelandic Horses 2007 will take place August 6-12 in Oirschot (near Eindhoven) in the Netherlands. 25.000 visitors are expected to watch the performance of up to 200 horses and riders in different sport classes and breeding shows. The on...
At the FEIF WorldRanking Event in Belm (DE), June 17-18, 2006, the Dutch rider Marjolein Strikkers with Erró frá Vallanesi - IS1990157570 achieved the extreme fast time of 7.26" in Pace Test PP1. This is 0.09" faster then the current World Record in SpeedPass 100 m...
Upon request of FEIF International Sport Judges the Sport Committee decided to add Myler Combination bits with long or short shanks to the list of prohibited equipment. This type of bit combines bitless techniques (hackamore) with a bit and is designed as a training...
At two recent seminars in Denmark and Germany 24 candidates did take part in a test to become a licensed Gæðingakeppni judge. The license is issued by our Icelandic member association LH in co-operation with FEIF. 21 Candidates did pass the test. FEIF congratulates...
4 Out of 15 candidates did pass the test to become a FEIF Licensed International Sport Judge (April 9-10, 2006 in Semriach (A)). FEIF welcomes as new judges: Christian Reischauer (A), Christoph Leibold (D), Florian Schneider (D) and Rupert Petschina (A). The complete...
11 Candidates did take part in the test to become a Licensed Gæðingakeppni Judge, following Icelandic rules. The test took place in Aegidienberg (D), April 5, 2006, as a part of an International Gæðingakeppni seminar. A previous test took place in March in Hedeland...
45 Judges from 9 different countries did participate in the International Sport Judges' Seminar (April 7-9, 2006 in Semriach (A). One of the main topics was racing pace at the oval track and at the pace track. World Champion Magnús Skúlasson was invited to give his...
A translated version of the current Icelandic rules for gæðingakeppni (including judges' guidelines) is available at the FEIF website: www.feif.org/service. These rules are valid for all gæðingakeppni competitions (FIPO 9.2). [Unfortunately this version has to be...
Our German member association IPZV is inviting to an international gæðingakeppni seminar and examination, April 3-5 in Aegidienberg (Walter Feldmann), Germany. The seminar is approved by FEIF and LH. The seminar will be conducted by instructors appointed by our...
A revised edition of the Sport Judges Guidelines has been published by FEIF. The guidelines are available for download from the FEIF website (www.feif.org/service). The changes are mainly of an editorial character. The wording of different phrases has been corrected...
Unfortunately article 2.2.2.1 (page 18) in the recently published version of FIPO contained a reference to the no longer existing rule about measurements of bits. The sentence was overlooked during the final editing of the text. A corrected version (6.6.1/2006) has...
The first WorldRanking Event ever in Slovenia will take place September 23 and 24, 2006, in Krumperk near Ljubljana. It is a combination of the old Alpe-Adria Cup with the Slovene National Championships. More WorldRanking events can be found at...