More and more horse associations all over the world started discussions about the so-called “Social license to operate” – the concern for the welfare and use of horses, the changing societal attitudes regarding animal use, the increasing public unease about the use of...
Recently, the BLUP breeding values have been re-estimated and published in the Studbook of Origin for the Icelandic horse, WorldFengur.com (WF). In total, breeding values for 479,960 Icelandic horses are available this time. This applies to all horses registered in WF...
The Icelandic Norwegian Horse Festival ended a great 2023 WorldRanking season: 12 countries registered a total of 110 WorldRanking events, more than 2,700 riders with almost 4,000 horses participated! https://www.feif.org/sport-dept/worldranking/worldranking/ At 47...
Invitation and details now available! If you are an international sport judge or a trainer/instructor listed on the FEIF matrix, then join us in Iceland for an exciting full weekend of events! High level competitions and shows with both great professionals and...
Together with the organisers, the FEIF Youth Committee is delighted to announce that the 2023 FEIF Youth Camp (for participants aged 13-17) will take place 14th – 17th July in the south of Finland. The Equine College near Ypäjä offers training for all sorts of horse...
The last online voting of the photo competition has endet and the last three pictures for october, november and december in the 2023 calender have been decided. Nadine Ribeiro, Mathilde Hejer Kristensen and Emma Balsberg won the vote with their three beautiful...
It is now one year that disturbing images from Iceland, pictures taken by the Animal Welfare Foundation (AWF) and Tierschutzbund Zürich (TSB) showed frightened Icelandic mares while a disproportionate amount of blood was drawn from them. Following the release of the...
The selection of the World Championships 2023 Sport Judges is complete. The following judges will be judging in Oirschot, NL, next summer (in alphabetical order): Birgit Quasnitschka, Hinrik Már Jónsson, Jacqueline Wahlström, Kristinn Bjarni Þorvaldsson, Lise...
The period to send in photos for the photo competition ended and our jury has already decided on the best pictures from the last topic “Oldies but Goldies”. The photographers need your help now! You vote for a picture by “Liking” it on Facebook. You can vote for a...
From October 21-22, 2022 the Sport Judges exam took place on Lotushof, Germany. 15 candidates (two for the national and 13 for the international exam) participated in this very challenging event for which the Lotushof team created an ideal environment! We are pleased...
We are looking for interested and active young people, 18-26 years old, to join the either the FEIF Education Committee or the FEIF Youth Committee! Are you eager to work in a team and ready to take on some responsibility? Are you interested in expanding your network...
The FEIF Committee meetings 2022 took place from October 14-15 in Haarlem, the Netherlands. The feedback from all committees was that the discussions were constructive, interesting, and fruitful. Below you will find a short summary of the discussions in the different...
The board of FEIF has decided to revise the current strategic plan and presented the new initiative in the chairperson's meeting beginning of October 2022. The process was continued at the FEIF Committee meetings where 36 members of the committees and the FEIF Board...
The third online voting for the photo competition has ended and the next three pictures for the months of July, August and September in the 2023 calendar have been determined. Marlous Wester, Freydís Bergsdóttir and Andrés Andrésson ensured their places in the...
Time flies by and the international jury has decided on the best pictures from the summer topic of the photo competition which was “Friendship”. The photographers need your help now! You can vote for a picture by “Liking” the picture on Facebook. You can vote for a...
FEIF Questionnaire 2022
The Board of FEIF has appointed the Chief Judges for sport for the World Championships 2023 (Oirschot, NL). Þorgeir Guðlaugsson will be the Chief Judge at the event, he will be assisted by Susanne Braun as the Deputy Chief Judge. The team of chief judges is appointed...
FEIF follows FEI regulations regarding the vaccination requirements and the FEI Board has approved a temporary exemption to the FEI Veterinary Regulations in response to the shortage of vaccines in Europe created by supply issues. With the worldwide temporary...