Preparations for this year’s FEIF Youth Camp are in full swing. 32 young people from 11 nations will come to Iceland for a week of learning, fun and new friendships in July. Between them the participants speak 9 different languages, but the camp language is English....
This year we are going to Denmark! We are inviting all young people aging 18-26 years in FEIF countries to come to Denmark for an inspiring weekend. We aim to encourage young people to engage in organizational work and inspire curiosity in a natural and reflected way,...
What motivates you to take on this job? I had the privilege to go through the youth program that FEIF had to offer during the years that I was a young rider. The events taught me so much about the Icelandic horse and our way to work and live with them. Over the years,...
After struggling to connect with the next generation of young riders, this country came up with the excellent idea of a new form of academy. „If the young riders don‘t attend the programmes we invite them to, we will bring the programmes to them - virtually on...
Invitations for the 2025 FEIF Youth Camp have just been sent to national Youth Leaders. The Camp will take place 9-14th July in the Agricultural University of Iceland, Hvanneyri, near Borganes. Participants will enjoy a rich programme of horse related learning,...
The FEIF Youth Camp for participants aged 13-17 will take place in Iceland from 9-14th July 2025. Look out for the invitation which will be published very soon. The goal of the FEIF Youth Camp is to bring together young people from different countries. All should...
Mid of November 2024, representatives from 11 FEIF member countries met online to discuss issues related to Horse Welfare and SLO as concerns the issues in their respective countries. It was a stimulating and informative meeting with lively contributions from all the...
As part of the FEIF committee meetings, the discussions of the Youth Department centred around the evaluation of past and the planning of future events: this summer’s FEIF YouthCup which was brilliantly hosted by Switzerland, and the most recent FEIF Young Leaders’...
For a good number of years now, each FEIF Committee has a dedicated seat for a young committee member. Candidates are aged 18-26 and can apply directly to FEIF. Young committee members have a full vote and work under the same conditions as any other serving committee...
Help us shape the future of the Icelandic Horse world. Seats on the FEIF Youth and the Education committee, especially earmarked for young people, will become available in October 2024. Appointees have the same voting rights as any other committee member and will...
Join us in Stockholm from October 4-6, 2024, for the sixth FEIF Young Leaders' seminar, focusing on youth integration into the Icelandic horse community. Targeting individuals aged 18-26, this event by FEIF and SIF aims to inspire young adults to engage in...
And the final full day of the FEIF YouthCup. The competition went as competitions go: excitement and nerves, tears and smiles and the occasional moment of disbelief: how wonderful is my horse!!! Did I really to that? How did this happen? But the YouthCup is about more...
Let the games begin! What can we say? Sunshine, most of the mud is gone, happy faces, eager horses, a sense of great anticipation, visitor cars are rolling in. The competition starts, the judges are impressed, the opening ceremony added a bit of festive magic, the...
Day 5 - rest day, for the horses at least. Participants had the chance to visit the National Horse Centre of Switzerland, spectacular facilities in the centre of Bern. As luck would have it, the World Championships for Vaulting had just started, and as generosity...
Day four continued much the same as the previous day: intensive training in preparation for the competition ahead. Riders prepare for disciplines including tölt, gaited classes, and pace as well as dressage, trail riding and flag race. In the evening all enjoyed a...
Day three was filled with continuous training and an overall calm atmosphere and absolute focus persevered - calm and focus until the evening that is. To the clapping of thunder all around and echoing from the mountains, the party started with the traditional country...
Sunday saw the actual start everything: first a great presentation by Jean-Paul Balz, president of FEIF and also an international Sport judge, focused on the tests and what the judges want to see. Great emphasis is placed on good, light riding and eager horses who...
The first day was filled with expectations: the organisers in Switzerland expecting the arrival of the participants and their horses, the Team Leaders waiting to meet their team members with whom they will spend a lot of time over the next few days, the Country...