Dear friends, The Board of FEIF would like to wish you all the best for the new year and we truly hope that 2015 will be a great year for the Icelandic horse and all its friends. 2015 will be an exciting year - large scale events with the highlight, the World...
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You are 'in' the Icelandic horse breeding? You are a breeder, rider, trainer, judge, official or 'just interested'? Share your ideas, thoughts and concerns with others and those who try to do the FEIF breeding work as good as possible. The second open breeders'...
Þorvaldur Kristjánsson, researcher, FEIF international breeding judge and member of the FEIF Breeding Judges Committee since 2013 is the new breeding leader of Iceland. He will start in his new position on January 2, 2015.
The Organizing Committee for the World Championships 2017 (Oirschot, NL) have released their logo.
A number of rumors are circulating on the Internet regarding decisions that have or have not been taken by FEIF. The FEIF website and news (https://www.feif.org/Service/News.aspx) are the official sources for information. In the interests of clarity, the only recent...
We are delighted to welcome the growing number of riders who have joined the (virtual) ride From here to Herning https://www.feif.org/LeisureRiding/VirtualRide.aspx. The last few days saw New Zealand, France and Switzerland joining the ranks of now 11 countries which...
Until February 28 tickets are available at a special early-booking prize and you can book tickets for the preferable section of either the roofed or the open grand stand. The organiser decided to offer all visitors to choose seats in the section they prefer and...
The first tickets are on sale for the 2015 World Championships in Denmark - and the first riders have hit the road to ride there. We now have 46 registered riders from 8 countries, including the USA and Canada. Whatever the distance, the virtual ride will take you...
The Board of the European Horse Network (EHN) already started preparations for the next Horse Group lunch with Members of the European Parliament and new publications: Updated figures of the Horse Industry, leaflets on veterinarian medicines, Horses &Environment and a...
Every year FEIF asks all member countries to complete a questionnaire about the Icelandic horse world in their country. The information gathered ranges from numbers of horses and members to what is done in the different areas of breeding, education, leisure riding and...
One after the other, the articles and reports of the FEIF YouthCup 2014 are being published in our national magazines. We thought this would be be a good opportunity to share some happy memories of the summer just passed and to draw attention to the truly...
Icelandic horse riders from all over the world are invited to participate in this year's virtual ride 'From here to Herning'. The concept is simple: starting on Nov 15, you continue you normal riding routine, but you also begin to add together all the kms you ride out...
The FEIF VetCheck Group reviewed and discussed forms and procedures regarding mouth checks and checks on leg injuries during various events. Forms have already been available for many years and in several countries judges and ring stewards have been educated to apply...
The Board of FEIF has approved the selection of the Sport Judges for the World Championships 2015. The section was made according to the protocol approved by the Delegates Assembly in Reykjavík in February by a special section committee consisting of Þorgeir...
FEIF will offer an examination for new International Sport Judges and candidates for national licenses at Kronshof (DE) on September 28 - 29, 2015. The examination will consist of theoretical topics covering the rules and judging guidelines as well as practical...
At the FEIF committee meetings in Malmö, October 24-26, 2014 Denni Hauksson and Åsa William were invited to give a presentation on Tölt in Harmony (TiH). TiH is based upon Reynir Adalsteinsson's original thoughts and ideas. It is a form of training and competing in...
The Sport and Breeding Committees agreed during a joint session in Malmö to prohibit the use of Icelandic bits with ported mouths (0,5cm and taller) after reviewing the results of the studies conducted in Iceland. The Sport Committee also added the Pessoa bits to the...