Dr. Prof. emer. Ewald Isenbügel, Founding and Honorary President of FEIF. Since 1968 the Icelandic horse community has celebrated European and World Championships alongside the Landsmót in Iceland. The Netherlands are hosting the World Championships this year, and we...
Congratulations to all participants from all teams at the World Championships 2023, it was a great event, a great week with wonderful presentations! A big thank you to everyone who made this event possible! The World Champions and winners of the 2023 trophies are:...
Based on the number of entries in each test, the competition programme of the World Championships 2023 has been updated accordingly. Follow the link for a complete overview on the week's programme. https://www.wc2023.nl/competition-programme-online/
The time schedule as well as the results of the World Championships will be published in IceTest NG. Look for ‘Upcoming competition’ in the web version and ‘Future competitions’ in the app. Should you be in Oirschot....apart from watching the presenations live on the...
Meanwhile all teams and almost 200 horses arrived in Oirschot and everywhere are still busy volunteers and helpers working to prepare the site for the official start of the World Championships next week! Teams are now training on the competition tracks but also on the...
A research team at the Department of Equine Science of Hólar University, led by PhD. Guðrún Jóhanna Stefánsdóttir and Master student Johannes Amplatz, in collaboration with FEIF aims to perform research focusing on the body weight ratio (BWR) of riders and horses at...
The European Horse Network (EHN) published a newsletter with an overview of current and future activities. Recently, 3 meetings took place in Brussel, including one in the European Parliament with members of the Parliament. This meeting was openend by EU President Ms....
The participating countries have registered their teams for the World Championships 2023. Click on the country to see the team details. Click on any horse to see the details of the pedigree, owner, and breeder. The starting lists and results will be avaiable in...
Inspiring lectures, swinging bands and so much more! Expand your knowledge about the Icelandic horse in the House of Education! Scientists, veterinarians, instructors and trainers share the latest news on Animal Breeding, Sport, Health & Welfare and Training. And...
The final preparations for the FEIF YouthCamp are in full swing! 38 young people and their country leaders from 11 member countries will gather in Finland for a week of intense learning and play. The aim of the FEIF YouthCamp is to bring teenagers from across the...
With only one full calendar month to go, the FEIF virtual ride ‘Over to Oirschot’ is reaching the final home stretch. That also means the excitement about this year’s World Championships, 8-13th August in the Netherlands is beginning to heat up. The riders on the...
Xavière Gabrion, Timo Mergenthaler and Berit & Christian Kisten received most of your likes for their wonderful photos and they will be included in the limited edition photo calendar for the months April, May and June. Congratulations to the winners and thank you...
The deadline for our second theme "Riding in Harmony" is now over and we have received wonderful photos. The international jury has selected ten photos and now we need your help! "Like" your preferred photo on the following Facebook accounts - and you can do so on...
The Board of FEIF invites for applications to organise the World Championships 2027. A document describing Rules and Requirements for Organisers is available from the download section (World Championships) of the FEIF website. Application should be sent in before...
Only one more week to send in your best photos for the "RIDING IN HARMONY" theme of the photo competition 2023 - don't miss this chance to have your photo included in the limited edition photo calendar 2024! We already received a variety of great photos on this theme...
No time to travel to Oirschot for the World Championships 2023? There is a solution.... livestream passes are now available, with an early bird discount until July 1!With the livestream passes, you'll have a front-row seat to all the action, no matter where you are....
One of the most important support available for breeders of Icelandic horses are BLUP values, reflecting the breeding value of individual horses. The BLUP (Best Linear Unbiased Prediction) calculations for Icelandic horses are done for the entire population (all...
Credibility, professionalism and trust! After numerous incidents that were problematic from an animal welfare point of view, there has recently been harsh criticism of equestrian sports. More and more often we read headlines in the public media such as : "Sport or...