Sigurbjörn Bárðarson with Óðinn frá Búðardal has the new World Record in Pace Race 250 m: 20.83". The record was established on June 28, 2003, in Selfoss (IS). The time is based upon hand stopped times and corrected following current rules (by adding 0.40"). The...
Two new rankings are introduced in 2004 to celebrate the 10th season of the FEIF WorldRanking: the Four Gait Combination and the Five Gait Combination. The Four Gait Combination is based upon the results in Four Gait V1 and the best of Tölt T1 or Tölt T2. The Five...
Traditionally, the FEIF Annual Sport Meeting (National Sport Leaders) meets the last weekend of January. Other departments do use other weekends for their annual meetings. The Board of FEIF will present a proposal to the Delegates' Assembly 2004 to integrate the...
7 Candidates did participate in the test to become a FEIF Licensed Sport Judge in Wurz (DE), April 4 and 5, 2004: 2 from Switzerland, 2 from Denmark and 3 from Germany. One candidate did pass the test completely: Karin Hassing (DK). The others did pass partially, all...
50 Sport Judges attended the FEIF Sport Judges Seminar in Wurz (DE), April 2-4, 2004. New was the participation from Slovenia and Canada. The seminar was organised at the Lipperthof (Uli and Irene Reber). The main focus was on the basic gaits: walk, trot and canter....
The goal of a Gæðinga competition (Gæðingakeppni) is to find the best horse, what Icelanders call a "Gæðingur." That is a quality horses that is a joy to ride and a pleasure to watch. The interest for Gæðingakeppni outside Iceland is growing. For this reason the Board...
Our Icelandic member association LH has opened up the education of Gæðingakeppni judges for judges from outside Iceland. From March 25-27, 2004, an international seminar (and a test to become a LH licensed Gæðingakeppni judge) took place. Participants from different...
The first product of the FEIF Sport Software Project is called Icetest. With IceTest it is possible to calculate results of riders at sport competitions. But Icetest can also prepare starting orders, print starting lists, judges' forms, result lists. It has been used...
In April 2004 the first group of FEIF licensed International Sport Judges had to renew their license. In 2001 it has been decided to limit the license to a three years period. There are two ways for judges to renew their license: - to be an active judge at at least 5...
With a growing list of WorldRanking Events we are ready for the next WorldRanking season. In 2004 we will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the FEIF WorldRanking. For this special occasion two extra rankings will be introduced in April: the best 10 in five gait...
The new edition of FIPO - the Rules of Icelandic Horse Events - is available in English and German from the service section of the FEIF website: www.feif.org/service . This edition is valid as of January 1, 2004. It contains all changes set by the Delegates' Assembly...
The specific youth tests (YC01-YC13) are now integrated as extra tests in chapter 9 of FIPO. This means that they are promoted now as tests for all age groups. The separate set of rules for FEIF Youth Classes will be discontinued after January 1, 2004. The special...
The Annual Sport Meeting (meeting of National Sporl Leaders) will take place January 24 and 25, 2004 in Berlin (D). Saturday evening the participants will be guests of our German member association IPZV at the yearly IPZV Gala Show.
In 2004 the Sport Judges' Seminar will be organised in Wurz (D), at Lipperthof, April 2-4. This seminar will focus on the basic gaits walk, trot and canter, with demonstrations, video evaluations and practical work. This seminar is open for all FEIF licensed judges...
Unfortunately the second seminar for Sport Judges during the Danish Championships in Herning (DK) had to be cancelled. The date of the Danish Championhips has been changed to another date. A decision about another seminar in 2004 will be taken soon. This means that...
The release of the new educational video for judges (FEIF Judging Video #3) is planned for this winter. The Sport Judges Committee is finishing the work on the video: selection of video fragments and writing comments to it. The video should be used for training of...
During a seminar in Amsterdam (October 25-26), judges evaluated their work at the World Championships 2003 in Herning (DK). They did use raw video material, provided by +FILM, the Icelandic company producing the official video. Chief judge Einar Ragnarsson, Deputy...
The test to become a FEIF licensed International Sport Judge will take place in connection to the Sport Judges' Seminar, April 4 and 5, 2004 in Weiden / Wurz (D). This test is open for experienced national judges (to be entered by their country) and FEIF licensed...