All 18 member countries of FEIF will participate in the World Championships, August 6-12, 2007 in Oirschot (NL). The following teams are expected: Iceland, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Luxemburg,...
More then 60 national and international judges from 11 countries will take part in the Sport Judges' Seminar 2007 in Semriach (AT), April 13-15. 15 of them will try to pass the test to become a FEIF Licensed International Sport Judge. For the first time judges from...
At the successful Horses on Ice in Haarlem (NL), winning participants have drawn lots for the starting sequence of the countries per test at the World Championships 2007. This sequence determines the starting order in different tests: at World Championships the...
125 Events have been registered as WorldRanking Event for this year, an absolute record. In the past few years up to 100 events were registered. Germany leads with 42 events. Iceland follows with 17 events, then Sweden with 16 events, Denmark with 14, Austria with 9,...
The Annual Sport Meeting in Glasgow elected 4 new members in the FEIF Sport Committee. Four positions were open for elections as Lena Lennartsson and Michaela Adalsteinsson decided to step down after a long membership of the Sport Committee. Jens Iversen and Marlise...
The FEIF Sport Judges Seminar and Test 2007 will be moved from Iceland to Austria. FEIF couldn't come to an agreement about the conditions to organise the yearly sport judges seminar in Iceland this year. Of course this change of plan comes at a rather late moment,...
The new edition of FIPO (Sport rules; 6.7.1/2007) is available now for download from the service section of the FEIF website. This version contains changes in the description of wedged soles and the way the Chief Judge at World Championships is appointed, and a change...
The list of WorldRanking events for 2007 is already growing. Upon initiative of the German sport leader Florian Schneider more then 50 events in Sweden, Denmark, Austria and Germany have been published already to allow better coordination between countries in planning...
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...