The award ‘FEIF Youth Country of the Year 2021’ went to Great Britain. After two years of the restrictions the pandemic inflicted on so many horse activities within the FEIF member countries, the judges decided to make the award less on what had actually been...
Almost 80 participants from 12 member countries met for the Conference 2022 in Oslo, Norway. As the Delegates’ Assembly was organised as online meeting in February 2022, this year’s conference included several panel discussions as well as the annual meetings of all...
For the second time, FEIF is hosting a photo competition in cooperation with IPZV. There is a topic for each season: “Fire and Ice” in winter, “Flowerpower” in spring, the summer topic will be "friendship" and the topic for autumn will be revealed end of summer. You...
The contract with the FEIF is ready - the Icelandic Horse World Championships 2025 will take place in Switzerland! Ueli Heller, President of the Association "Icelandic Horse World Championships in Switzerland", Roman Spieler, OC President World Championships 2025 as...
From 2022 , WorldRanking will be switched to a rider-horse-combination ranking, after 25 years, where the performance of riders has been compared. Consequently it can happen, that a rider is listed several times in a ranking, when ranked with different horses. To see...
FEIF shares insights about what's happening in the committees almost daily via Instagram and Facebook. Posts are shared from all committees (Breeding, Education, Leisure Riding, Sport and YouthWork). Most of the photos that appear on the channels are photos that FEIF...
On March 7, 2022 an online seminar for ringmasters, listed on the FEIF website took place with 26 participants. The seminar focused on important issues concerning the job of a ringmaster. Inge Kringeland and Heimir Gunnarsson were the responsible lecturers for the...
18 young adults from 8 different countries gathered for a full weekend of sharing experiences and team building. The meeting took place in the beautiful city Vienna and was hosted by the Austrian Association, ÖIV. The topic of the meeting was “Digital networking in...
The first two teams “have arrived” at the destination: Hella in Iceland where this year’s Landsmót will take place 3-10th July. Each year riders from all over the world take part in a virtual ride from home – wherever that is – to the summer highlight for Icelandic...
The sport judges guidelines 2022 are now available! The FEIF Sport Judges' Committee updated the new version of the guidelines. There are several smaller changes, the main change is the clear description of the maximum tightness of the noseband and how to measure...
The official WC song 2023 has been launched and is now available via Spotify and Apple Music! Produced by Gijs Coolen and voices from Jula Aimée Kalshofen and Naomi Bakels with the help of singers from Portugal, Sweden, Austria, Great Britain, New Zealand, the US and...
The Faroese language is the tenth language in WorldFengur. Besides Icelandic and Faroese, WorldFengur users can choose between English, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, French and Finnish. According to WorldFengur, 359 Icelandic horses are registered alive...
Mid of March, the first big face-to-face event after the Corona restrictions took place with the combined FEIF sport judge and trainer/instructor seminar. At the well prepared Lotushof of Vicky and Beggi Eggertson in Beelitz near Berlin, approx. 70 international...
The FEIF Equipment Manual provides a guide to the equipment most commonly used with Icelandic horses. The manual has been developed by FEIF to provide a basis for common understanding and educational purpose. The contents of this document are not rules. Should any...
Åland is hosting the Nordic Championships (NC) for Icelandic horses Nordic Championships for Icelandic horses alternate between the Nordic countries, and on 9 - 14 August 2022, Finland will host the event. Åland - with its ideal location in the Baltic Sea, with newly...
One of the tools available for breeders of Icelandic horses are the BLUP values (estimation of breeding value). This is a tool that summits all available information from breeding assessments of all individuals in the population, estimates their breeding value and...
The photo competition organised by FEIF and IPZV is already underway and wonderful photos have already reached us. In 2022, each season will have a different theme. The first theme was "Fire and Ice" and you still have the chance to submit your photos before March 31....
The FITE - Fédération Internationale de Tourisme Equestre is pleased to announce the organization of the 1st International Meeting of Equestrian Tourism in Denmark, in Silkeborg. Organized simultaneously with the Outdoor sports Euro'Meet of ENOS-European Network...