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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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),...
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...
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...