Along with other candidates who were elected in the Delegates' Assembly 2024, three new young committee members will also start their 2-year position on FEIF committees: Jana Etzold (DE) will serve on the Leisure Riding committee, Marie Bruun Hansen (DK) on the Sport...
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Trainer of the Year 2023 – Congratulations Lena Maxheimer!
Lena Maxheimer is 30 years old and lives at the „Islandpferdegestüt Wechter Mark“ in Lengerich, Germany. She has been closely involved with Icelandic horse sport since she was a child. She is now a successful sport rider and has focussed on promoting young riders up...
FEIF Youth Country of the Year Award for 2023
The FEIF Youth Country of the Year Award for 2023 went to Luxembourg. A small country by most measures, the national association for Luxembourg nevertheless managed to create a good range of inclusive, creative and imaginative activities for their children and teenage...
EHN Webinar: How to communicate on the equine industry
The European Horse Network (EHN) invites for a webinar on 'How to communicate on the equine industry'. There is enough data to show that the concerns around horse involvement in sport are rising. The equine world must positively engage with both perception and reality...
FEIF Sport Judges seminar
Registration now open for international judges, national judges and interested persons! The seminar will be held at the Sundabakki Islandshästar in Laholm, Sweden on Saturday and the Elite Hotel Plaza Marina, Helsingborg, on Sunday. The programme will include judging...
Save-the-date: FEIF Education Seminar 2024
Join us in October 2024 for the FEIF Education Seminar for Trainers and Instructors! Topic: "Harmony before performance" - Education for Horse Welfare – the entire seminar will be held in EnglishDate: October 17 – 18, 2024Main Speaker: Eyjolfur IsolfssonWhere: Wången,...
FEIF YouthCup 2024 – Invitation
The invitation to the 14th FEIF YOUTH CUP is now online! Place: Münsingen Switzerland, Solfaxi Stables Date: July 13-20, 2024 The FEIF YouthCup is arranged every second year and consists of a week of intense training with respected instructors of international...
EHN News Letter January 2024
The European Horse Network (EHN) published a newsletter in January 2024 with an overview of current and future activities. The newsletter also reports on the EHN Webinar on workforce in the equine industry in November 2023. The workforce covers a total 400.000 full...
Trainer / Instructor of the Year 2023
The following trainers/instructors were nominated by their national associations this time (in alphabetical order): Dana Hausherr (Switzerland), Emma Möller Ljungqvist (Sweden), Fia Bergman (Finland), Jacqueline Van Den Heuvel (Belgium), Jana Meyer (United States),...
What constitutes a suitable match between horses and riders? Survey launched ….
The past year has been characterized by debates on horse welfare and the concept of Social License to Operate (SLO). The importance of the reputation of the Icelandic horse sport among the public cannot be denied and underestimated, the reputation is a prerequisite...
Some thoughts on connection
The photo competition 2023
The Photo Competition 2023 is now over and we have received a total of 315 beautiful and creative photos from you. Thank you to every one of you who sent in one or more photos. It has been really difficult for the jury members to decide which photos should be included...
FEIF Sport Judges Seminar 2024
Join us in Southwest Sweden for an exciting weekend! The seminar will be held at the Sundabakki Islandshästar in Laholm, Sweden and in Helsingborg, and the programme includes as topics judging performances on the oval track, with special focus on the relationship...
Landsmót 2024
Are you looking as much forward to Landsmót 2024? Next summer, Landsmót will be held in beautiful Víðidalur from July 1-7, 2024, where countryside and city meet in Reykjavík, organized by Hestamannafélagið Fákur and Sprettur, the two biggest horse clubs in Iceland! In...
Did you know….?
In 2023, the WorldRanking event in Osterfingen, Switzerland ended the WorldRanking season 2023: 12 countries registered a total of 112 WorldRanking events, with 5037 horses and 19.923 results from preliminaries. https://www.feif.org/sport-dept/worldranking-statistics/...
New documentary of the Animal Welfare Foundation / Tierschutzbund Zürich released
A new documentary film was recently released by the Animal Welfare Foundation/Tierschutzbund Zürich, which recommends a ban on PMSG and informs on alternatives using hormone-free methods or synthetic preparations. Earlier this year, the Icelandic Ministry announced...
Start of contract negotiations for the World Championships 2027
Representatives of FEIF met earlier this week with Carsten Eckert and Bernhard Fliß (OC of the World Championships 2019 and 2027) at Gut Matheshof in Rieden/Kreuth, Germany - a place that many might remember from the World Championships 1999. End of September 2023,...
Photo Competition 2023 „Special Moments“ – Vote now!
As we are moving toward the end of 2023, this year’s fourth photo competition with the theme “Special Moments” is finished as well, which means it now time to vote again. Many wonderful photos of many special moments have been submitted and for the last time this...