FEIF Feather Prize
n the continued push to improve riding skills to advance the welfare of our Icelandic horses, the Board of FEIF decided in 2002 to establish a new prize: the FEIF Feather Prize.
The aim of this prize is to encourage good riding and good horsemanship, a tribute to feather light riding. The awarded riders set an example to the Icelandic Horse World.
The FEIF Feather Prize is awarded once a year on a specific event to a specific rider. Due to COVID and due to the cancellation of the FEIF YouthCup the award was not given in 2021 and 2022. In 2023, the active judges at the World Championships 2023 decided to give the award to Susanne Birgisson from Germany. Congratulations!
Award Winners
The German rider Susanne Birgisson at the World Championships 2023 in Oirschot, Netherlands.
photo by Krijn Buijtelaar The German Rider Bernhard Podlech and the Icelandic Rider Jóhann R. Skúlason at the World Championships in Berlin, Germany
The Icelandic Young Rider Máni Hilmarsson at the World Championships in Oirschot, Netherlands.
The German Young Rider Franziska Hunz at the FEIF YouthCup 2016 in Exloo, Netherlands.
The Swedish Rider Þorvaldur Árnason at the World Championships 2015 in Herning, Denmark.
The Dutch Young Rider Britta van der Linden at the FEIF YouthCup 2014 in Hólar, Iceland.
The Icelandic rider Bergþór Eggertsson at the World Championships 2013 in Berlin, Germany.
The Icelandic Young rider Snorri Egholm Þorsson at the FEIF YouthCup 2012 in Verden, Germany.
The Norwegian rider Anne Stine Haugen at the World Championships 2011 in St Radegund, Austria.
The Swedish rider Guðmundur Einarsson at the World Championships 2009 in Brunnadern, Switzerland.
The Icelandic Young Rider Ástríður Magnúsdóttir at the FEIF YouthCup 2008 in Brunnadern, Switzerland.
The German rider Lena Trappe at the World Championships 2007 in Oirschot, Netherlands.
The Swiss Young Rider Andrea Balz at the FEIF YouthCup 2006 in St. Radegrund, Austria.
The Norwegian rider Stian Pedersen at the World Championships in Norrköping, Sweden.
The Icelandic rider Þorvaldur Árni Þorvaldsson at Landsmót in Hella, Iceland.