The first two teams “have arrived” at the destination: Hella in Iceland where this year’s Landsmót will take place 3-10th July. Each year riders from all over the world take part in a virtual ride from home – wherever that is – to the summer highlight for Icelandic...
The sport judges guidelines 2022 are now available! The FEIF Sport Judges' Committee updated the new version of the guidelines. There are several smaller changes, the main change is the clear description of the maximum tightness of the noseband and how to measure...
The official WC song 2023 has been launched and is now available via Spotify and Apple Music! Produced by Gijs Coolen and voices from Jula Aimée Kalshofen and Naomi Bakels with the help of singers from Portugal, Sweden, Austria, Great Britain, New Zealand, the US and...
The Faroese language is the tenth language in WorldFengur. Besides Icelandic and Faroese, WorldFengur users can choose between English, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, French and Finnish. According to WorldFengur, 359 Icelandic horses are registered alive...
Mid of March, the first big face-to-face event after the Corona restrictions took place with the combined FEIF sport judge and trainer/instructor seminar. At the well prepared Lotushof of Vicky and Beggi Eggertson in Beelitz near Berlin, approx. 70 international...
The FEIF Equipment Manual provides a guide to the equipment most commonly used with Icelandic horses. The manual has been developed by FEIF to provide a basis for common understanding and educational purpose. The contents of this document are not rules. Should any...
Åland is hosting the Nordic Championships (NC) for Icelandic horses Nordic Championships for Icelandic horses alternate between the Nordic countries, and on 9 - 14 August 2022, Finland will host the event. Åland - with its ideal location in the Baltic Sea, with newly...
One of the tools available for breeders of Icelandic horses are the BLUP values (estimation of breeding value). This is a tool that summits all available information from breeding assessments of all individuals in the population, estimates their breeding value and...
The photo competition organised by FEIF and IPZV is already underway and wonderful photos have already reached us. In 2022, each season will have a different theme. The first theme was "Fire and Ice" and you still have the chance to submit your photos before March 31....
The FITE - Fédération Internationale de Tourisme Equestre is pleased to announce the organization of the 1st International Meeting of Equestrian Tourism in Denmark, in Silkeborg. Organized simultaneously with the Outdoor sports Euro'Meet of ENOS-European Network...
Who: Icelandic horse enthusiasts Language: FEIFish (=English, with a lot of international words) How to apply... Beginning of February, it was time for the annual FEIF committee elections, several candidates stood for re-election, but there were also some new...
The 2022 FEIF Delegates’ Assembly took again place as a virtual meeting. 16 out of 21 FEIF member countries entitled to vote were present in this meeting. The FEIF Board members provided an update on the planned projects and activities for 2022 in addition to the...
Along with other candidates who were elected in the Delegates' Assembly 2022, two new young committee members will also start their 2-year position on FEIF committees: Dóróthea Sigríður Unnsteinsdóttir (IS) will serve on the FEIF Breeding committee, and Steinar...
The FEIF Trainer/Instructor of the Year award was established in 2016 and all FEIF members are invited to vote for the nominees. This time FEIF received nominations from 9 FEIF member countries and 411 unique responders answered the survey in January 2022....
The Swiss hosts, together with the FEIF Youth Committee, has come to the sad decision to postpone the 2022 FEIF YouthCup until 2024. Of course, everyone hopes that the summer will bring more relaxed Covid conditions, but unfortunately some bills would have to be paid...
Since the photo competition was so much fun last year, FEIF and IPZV decided to organise it again this year. This year there we will choose different themes for each season. The first theme is "FIRE and ICE". You are welcome to send us your own suggestions for the...
Horses of Iceland has now released a magnificent documentary by Wildhorse Films, called The Export Journey of the Icelandic Horse. The documentary will be premiered on all platforms of Horses of Iceland, that is social media, web, and YouTube channel, and on Friday...
The presale has been extended to February 2nd, 2022. Magnús Benediktsson took on the job of manager of the Landsmót, The Icelandic Horse Festival, in Hella next summer. Magnús has worked on several projects in the Icelandic horse world in the past years and is known...