FEIF condemns the practice of extracting blood from pregnant mares for purely commercial purposes, often resulting in the mistreatment of mares on blood farms. We support the actions taken by responsible authorities and welfare organisations in Iceland and on the...
Text: Jennie Boerema, Chair of the Icelandic Horses New Zealand Inc. (IceHNZ)Presentation picture on SLO from the presentation of Mike Weishaupt, FEIF Conference 2023 The topic for the yearly ISES conference, this time held in New Zealand, Don Rowland Centre, Lake...
The FEIF foal and young horse evaluation system is based on the first system developed by the former FEIF Breeding judge Barbara Frische. It has been further developed based on genetic analyses from by Dr. Þorvaldur Árnason as well as updates in the judges’ guidelines...
The prime judging criterion should be the harmony between horse and rider. The rider must handle the horse with fairness, delicacy and respect; be its true leader rather than its dominator. At all times the rider must put the horse’s welfare paramount and guard its...
This "Speakers Checklist for Sport Events" provides a comprehensive set of guidelines for speakers tasked with officiating competitions. It emphasizes the importance of effective communication, rule knowledge, and professionalism for speakers in sports events....
At the FEIF conference 2024, all participants were invited to join the FEIF Welfare Café on “Welfare of the Horse“. The Welfare Café session delved into the complexities of horse welfare, considering all aspects, be it about the ridden horse or keeping and management....
The equipment page on the FEIF website was updated to include the changes decided for the year 2024. Changes include: Measurements Icelandic Curb bit: length of loose connection at point of attachment: min.1.5cm – max. 3cm (curved part measured vertically and on both...
All Rules and Regulations valid for 2024 are now published on the FEIF website. A summary of all changes is available here. In addition, the minutes of the annual meetings (FEIF Conference 2024 in Luxembourg), the sport judges guidelines and the booklet with approved...
The EHN invites you to a free ZOOM Webinar: Tuesday, 27th February2024, 10h30-12h00 CET How to communicate on the equine industry – Take the opportunity of the Olympics to present good stories There is enough data to show that the concerns around horse involvement in...
Mike’s and Johannes’ participation in the conference was a great honour and eagerly awaited by participants. Apart from visiting most department meetings to discuss horse welfare and possible approaches of the Icelandic horse scene concerning the social license to...
Every year, outstanding Icelandic breeding horses, distinguished by the global success of their offspring, are honoured by the national FEIF member association in the horses’ residing country. Only very few breeding horses meet the minimum requirements for the...
The group of enthusiastic participants of the FEIF Leisure Riding meeting 2024 worked on outlining and refining the strategic direction of the initiatives for the coming year. The Leisure Riding department can now embark a journey with a renewed focus on key...
The FEIF Delegates’ Assembly 2024 took place in Luxembourg with delegates from 17 out of 21 FEIF member countries entitled to vote being present. The decisions are available HERE and all proposals that were accepted will be included in the Rules and Regulations 2024,...
13 member countries participated in the National Sport Leader meeting 2024 and discussed an agenda with a wide variety of subjects which is available on the FEIF website: Dina Rosenberg Asmussen, Lisa Kroon and Sigurbjörn Bárðarson were re-elected as members of the...
The chairpersons started their meeting by continuing the discussions with Mike Weishaupt, Johannes Amplatz and Barla-Cathrina Isenbügel on different topics related to SLO and welfare, especially on how to translate it also into practical activities like judges’...
At this year’s conference, representatives from 13 member countries attended the Annual Breeding Meeting 2024. All countries had the possibility to present the activities in their countries, in addition the FEIF WF registration group, the Breeding Judges’ committee...
As can be seen from the photo, we aim to put the horse at the centre of everything we do… This is also true for this year’s annual meeting of Youth leaders, representing 11 FEIF member countries. Some time was spent on evaluating newly introduced changes in the FEIF...
In a productive meeting, a large number of topics was revised and discussed. All 9 national representatives gave an update on what happened in their countries. Highlights of these reports we f.i. in Denmark, a large effort was made on producing material on horse...