IHSGB Distance Awards
2023-11-11 08:00 - 2024-05-01 17:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | at your stable, United Kingdom
This is how it works:
You can ride, drive a horse-and-carriage, walk in-hand or any other activity that you can ‘clock up the miles’. All activity counts, hacking, schooling, social rides and more. Use an app to record your distance, keep a log. You can send in all the miles/kilometres you travel with your horse, each month. The person (category 1) or the Team (Category 2), with the largest accumulation of distance will win the designated category award. This is training for both humans and horses. Exercise together with your horse, get healthier and stronger, be inspired and have fun!
There are two categories with an optional Fun Bonus Element in both

Category 1 – Land’s End to John O’Groats: One rider with one horse.
Category 2 – Team Event Around the UK (2,518 miles): A maximum of 4 in your team, any combination 2 people with 4 horses, 4 people with 4 horses & so on

There is a ‘fun bonus’ element- A selfie treasure hunt. There are 50 items that you have to take a photo with you and your horse included with the item.
https://ihsgb.co.uk/activities/leisure-riding-section/the-ihsgb-distance-awards-11th-nov-2023-31st-oct-2024/

BSIJP - Lesson and Ride
2024-04-27 - 2024-04-28 | Sonian Forest, Belgium
How does a typical ride of BSIJP Recrea proceed?:

The rides are between 20 to 25 km and mostly take place on unpaved terrain.
The rides are guided by a member of BSIJP Recrea who knows the area well. A unique opportunity to discover the nicest trails in a new region!
You are expected to have good control over your horse in all gaits and always prioritize safety and respect for other riders.
The event lasts a full day. Meeting around 10 am, after which the group sets off together. Along the way, there are regular breaks to rest the horses and riders. At noon, lunch is had together. For this, you bring your own picnic. After the ride, you return to the starting point where the trailers are parked.

For whom:

BSIJP Recrea aims to let people with Icelandic horses enjoy beautiful rides in Belgium together.
The rides are open to everyone with an Icelandic horse, but if you have a regular riding partner with another horse, they are welcome to join.
Participants are experienced riders who can control their horse in all gaits.
The rides are free for BSIJP members.
For non-members, there is a contribution of €5 to be deposited to: [REDACTED] with the message ‘Recrea ride + date of the ride + name’. This amount must be received before the start of the ride.
Registration deadline is 5 days in advance.
The ride is at your own risk, and insurance is mandatory:

BSIJP members are recommended to have VLP insurance through the studbook.
If you are not yet insured, you can take out a ‘day insurance’ through the BSIJP webshop.

If someone wants to contact us about a ride, please use info@bsijp.be and recrea@bsijp.be, our online calendar can be found at https://bsijp.be/event/

IHSGB - Breed Appreciation Day
2024-05-01 | at your stable, United Kingdom
How ‘BAD’ can you be? Breed Appreciation Day= BAD
You can educate individuals interested in the breed. Invite family, friends, neighbours, and work colleagues to meet and experience your Icelandic Horses. Have an open house day. PLUS enter a category to show your skills.
There are three categories of entry. All entries are free to all members.

Food Technology: You can bake a cake, make biscuits or cookies. All types of confectionery are acceptable.

Craft: You can use any media to show off your skills at making an Icelandic Horse. Applique, clay, felt, painted, embroidery etc

Writer/composer/sonneteer/laureate/rhymist/folk singer: This category is for anyone who prefers to write or sing their praises to The Icelandic Horse.

How to enter:

Take a photo/s of your entry.
If you’re singing or performing a short video uploaded to youtube unlisted with the link.
Send your entry to leisure@ihsgb.co.uk

Closing date Monday 6th May
Let’s keep this fresh, please do not enter past exhibits, thank you. An independent judge will be appointed. GOOD LUCK

Day of The Icelandic Horse 1st of May 2024
2024-05-01 | FEIF
FEIF and Horses of Iceland would like to ask you to join us, both by organizing your own event and by encouraging your members to do the same. For this, we have made templates for each country in various formats which can be edited by you and/or your members in order to advertise what you or they are organizing that day.
Instructions can be found in the first 1-3 pages of each template. Feel free to translate them into your own language before sharing the file with your members. Using these templates is of course optional. You can use your own material if you want.
Templates to use: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19Mz9IRTDR4ene3TIbPYDdU3SZBXby2eleK4IeZHFJCc/edit?usp=sharing
Here are a few ideas of what can be organized (of course, this is a non exhaustive list and anything can be added to it.

Open houses: encourage people to invite their friends, family, neighbors, work colleagues, village inhabitants, etc. to come visit their farm/stables and show them around.

Invite people to come ride: encourage horse owners to allow children and adults to come and ride (whether they hold the reins themselves or not can be decided on the spot according to the type of horse and rider)

Demonstrations: Prepare a small show showcasing the Icelandic horse’s gaits and versatility and invite the whole neighborhood/village to come and see.

Invite people for a barbecue at the stables: Whether they ride or not, people are always happy to show up for a barbecue (or something of the kind). Invite them for a tour of the farm and/or stables at the same time.

Invite friends and family to come over: People love to get close to horses and it’s not something they do everyday. Whether it’s to groom your horse(s) with you and help you muck the stable and then have a drink together or just come and pet a few horses. They’ll probably like to see your riding skills too.
Keep in mind that people love to eat together – this can be a day where everyone brings their own pic-nic, everyone takes care of one dish or where you invite everybody to have a few snacks with you… food always gets everyone in a good mood 😊

And for those of you who cannot organize something in particular or invite others, you can OF COURSE still participate by simply posting what you will be doing with your horses on social media. Show us what your horse’s favorite activity is or what your favorite part of being a horseperson is: whether it’s feeding and listening to the sound of horses eating their hay, meditating by mucking out the stables, going for a bike ride with your horse, sitting in a field with horses or hardcore training for a competition (or even competing), everything is welcome.
We want to show the world how multi-facetted being around Icelandic horses can be and how international our community is. We’re counting on you to spread the word!!
Hashtag of the day: #dayoftheicelandichorse Please tag: @horsesoficeland and @feiforg so we can repost what’s going on in your country.

Riding from Fákur to Hörður
2024-05-04 | Hestamannafélagið Fákur, Brekknaási 5, Reykjavík, 110, Iceland
A beautiful ride from the horse center of Fákur in Reykjavík to Hörður in Mosfellsbær. Each rider has to provide their own horses for the ride. More info: https://www.facebook.com/lhhestar

BSIJP - Ride at Beloeil
2024-05-26 | Beloeil, Belgium

5 day leisure riding/ star ride tour
2024-05-27 00:00 - 2024-05-31 23:59 | Izvoare, 617188, Romania
The distinctive Secler lansdscape with its untouched charm- touching everyone! Can this be enhanced? Absolutely, by enjoying it on horseback during week-long guided tours. We offer different trails and forest picnic for each day accompanied by great horses and people.

Costs: 890 Eur with full board/pp
Organiser: Stable of Icelandic Horses in Ivó
Contact: www.cai-islandezi.ro, aalbert@albertek.ro, phone: 0040- 744501314

Other dates:

1-8 September
9-13 September
16-20 September

Miðbæjarreið
2024-05-28 | Reykjavík, IS, Reykjavík, Iceland
Icelandic hoof beat. On the 28th of may we will ride through the downtown area. Riders have to bring their own horses. More info at www.lhhestar.is

IPZV - Hestaskólar
2024-06-01 - 2024-06-02 | Islandpferdegestüt Hainholzmühle, Pritzwalk, 16928, Germany
How to train for a Hestadagar?
Hestaskólar means “Horse schools” and the newest project of the IPZV leisure riding department. Hestaskólar are clinics for leisure riders. The plan is that several Hestaskólar take place all over Germany during the whole year. Each clinic can be held by a different trainer with various topics. The aim of these clinics is that every rider gets new ideas and input for the daily work with their Icelandic horse. The Hestaskólar is for every rider. It doesn’t matter if participants rather ride outside, in the oval track or work form the ground. It is also a chance for the riders to try something new in a in a pleasant atmosphere. Furthermore, the hestaskólar is an opportunity for leisure riders to get in touch with new people and exchange ideas.
Everyone is welcome!
All clinics are financially supported by the IPZV leisure riding department.
Costs:

105€ for IPZV members
130€ if you are no member of IPZV

Contact: info@ipzv.de

Ride at Gavere: Along the banks of teh Schelde
2024-06-23 | Gavere, Belgium

5 day Summer camp for children and youth
2024-06-24 - 2024-06-28 | Izvoare, 617188, Romania
Basic of riding on Icelandic horses with purposefull and fun-fileld education, spiced up with sports and entertainment for children and youth.

Costs: 300 EUR/kid
Organiser: Stable of Icelandic Horses in Ivó
Contact: www.cai-islandezi.ro, aalbert@albertek.ro, phone: 0040- 744501314

Other dates:

8-12 July
15-19 July
22-26 July
29 July-02 August

Ostheopathi og Cranio
2024-06-25 | online (virtual)
Webinar about horse Ostheopathi with Merle Storm. The event will be in english. Link to the event will be posted on https://www.facebook.com/lhhestar

Hestaskólars
2024-06-29 08:00 - 2024-06-30 17:00 | Sydower Fliess, 16230, Germany
How to train for a trail ride?
Trainer: Xenia Völker
160 € (IPZV Member), 185 € (None IPZV Members)
contact: info@ipzv.de

Ride at Waterloo
2024-07-07 08:00 - 17:00 | Waterloo, Belgium

Saturday tour Seclerland Horse Festival, Gyergyó
2024-08-22 08:00 - 2024-08-24 17:00 | Izvoare, 617188, Romania
Culture and tradition: joining the event on horseback (one day tour), than the next day taking part with Icelandics on the fantastic, main Horse show of Seclerland can be both uplifting and with rural charm.

Costs: 200 EUR with full board/pp
Organiser: Stable of Icelandic Horses in Ivó and city of Gyergyó
Contact: www.cai-islandezi.ro, aalbert@albertek.ro, phone: 0040- 744501314

Ride at Diest
2024-08-25 | Diest, Belgium

IHSGB - Summer Fun Camp
2024-09-13 08:00 - 2024-09-15 17:00 | Great Britain, United Kingdom
The camp package: Non-Member is £175 per rider, IHSGB Members receive 20% discount (£140). IHSGB Youth Members receive 40% discount (£105).
Additional people camping (without a horse) for the weekend. Non-Members: £30 each, IHSGB Members receive 20% discount (£24). IHSGB Youth Members receive 40% discount (£18)

Hoofbeat: ride, run, walk or bike for Islandic Horses!
2024-09-24 | Izvoare, 617188, Romania
Community event of the city and the stable with the aim of raising awareness and fundraising: to promote IclandicHorses with lots of hoofbeats. The event has local, national, and international impact.

Costs: 60 Eur/pp/ 5-6 H, picnic included + accomodation 100 Eur, breakfast included.
Organiser: Stable of Icelandic Horses in Ivó and city of Székelyudvarhely
Contact: www.cai-islandezi.ro,aalbert@albertek.ro, phone: 0040- 744501314
Accommodation: www.honorvilla.ro

Ride at Drongengoed: Zotte Mutse
2024-09-29 | Drongengoed, Belgium

Ride at Stabroek
2024-10-20 | Stabroek, Belgium

IHSGB - Online Seminar
2024-10-24 | Zoom, Great Britain, United Kingdom
Throughout the UK we have a number of Icelandic horse owners that call themselves ‘Leisure Riders’, not ‘Sport Riders’. Many take part in a wide range of activities.
The Icelandic Horse Community in the UK is not very big. There are opportunities to meet up with other Icelandic owners, but we sometimes must travel long distances to achieve this. Attending local equestrian events is not only a fun social occasion, but also an opportunity to learn and share experiences.
The webinar will be an opportunity for:

Our ‘Leisure Riders’ to share these experiences with you.
Other opportunities to expand your repertoire of ideas.

Ride at the beach
2024-11-24 | beach, Belgium

Education Day
2024-11-30
Members of the national team will give us inside into their training. The event will be held in Icelandic. More information on LH webpage: www.lhhestar.is
