One of the largest events of the 'International Iceland horse family' in 2018 will be Landsmót in Reykjavik. The first Landsmót was held at the Thingvellir National Park in 1950, and has since then grown into the full bi-annual country festival that it is today. The...
Both sport support apps have been updated for the 2018 rules. The Guidelines app (https://appstore.com/dougsmith/guidelines) is a training tool for using the firewall system of the Sport Judges Guidelines. The Timer app (https://appstore.com/dougsmith/fipotimer)...
More than 60 international and national sport judges attended the seminar in Rieden, the location of the World Championships 1999, that took place during the World Tölt event in Germany. Main focus of the seminar was on pace (practical judging and video analysis based...
A new version of the sport judges' guideline has been released. It contains a guideline for pace in F3 and some minor alteration to other sections. In F3 the emphasis is put on the pace transitions rather than the length of the pace stretch. The guidelines 2018 will...
The sport judges' committee is a forum for counseling, communication and discussion and follows new developments in the area of sport judging. The committee is responsible for the contents of guidelines for sport judges, the sport judges seminars and develops...
Recent changes in Sport Rules and Requirements require an update of IceTest. The update is available (version 1.1.795). Included is the new handling of PP2. As of April 1, 2018, the number of heats is reduced to 2, and the marks for time are no longer doubled. An...
The Sport Leaders met in Stockholm for a productive two-day session as part of the FEIF Conference 2018. Two new members were elected to the Sport Committee: Alexandra Montan-Grey (SE) and Markus Karrer (CH). They join Hulda Gústafsdóttir (IS), Einar Ragnarsson (AT),...
The Nordic Championships 2018 were moved from Finland to Sweden and will be in Margaretehof Islandhestcenter which is located in Everöd, south of Kristianstad, Sweden. The Mid-European Championships will take place at Reithof Piber in St.Radegund (Austria). Countries...
The Nordic Championships for Icelandic horses will be held from August 7th-12th, 2018 at the beautiful competition grounds of Margaretehof in the south of Sweden, just outside the lovely city of Kristianstad. Riders and horses from all Nordic countries will meet and...
Response to the concerns raised on the matter of ported bits.
The WorldRanking season 2017 ended in late October 2017 with the WorldRanking event in Jönköping, Sweden. 11 countries registered results of 89 events fulfilling the requirements set for these events. 9,486 marks and times were registered from more than 2,016 riders...
FEIF congratulates the 119 riders who have been nominated for Good and Harmonious Riding in the 2017 competition season. Thank you to all riders listed for being such excellent examples of the type of riding we hope to see in our sport! Martin Rønnestad (NO) who was...
After a two-year review of mouth inspection data, the Sport Committee removed the ban on most ported Icelandic bits in Sport competition because a clear correlation between ported leverage bits and increased mouth injuries cannot be found. The Icelandic bits join the...
The Sport and Sport Judges Committee met for two days along with the rest of the FEIF board and committees in Haarlem, NL. Both committees had very full agendas covering the status and future of the World Championships, judge licenses (examinations for new licenses...
The complete result list for all sport classes at the World Championships 2017 is available now. The list includes the marks of the judges in preliminary rounds and finals. More information about the World Championships 2017 can also be found at http://www.wk2017.nl
The event Deutsche Jugend Islandpferdemeisterschaft 2017 in Wehrheim (DE), scheduled 26-30 July 2017, will no longer be a WorldRanking event.
The Board of FEIF invites for applications to organise the World Championships 2021. A document describing Rules and Requirements for Organisers is available from the download section (World Championships) of the FEIF website. Any application should comply with this...
The WorldRanking Event Internationales Passchampionat Zachow 2017, scheduled 22-24 September 2017, organised by Land- & Forstgut Zachow in Groß Nemerow (DE) has been cancelled.