The Austrian rider Carina Mayrhofer with Frami von St Oswald [AT1997160415] has established a new World Record in SpeedPass 100 m, with a time of 6.95". The record was established at the Mid European Championships in Wehrheim (D), August 26, 2012. The record replaces...
For the first time the FEIF Open Breeders' Meeting will be held on October 27, 2012 in Malmö. A great variety of important issues concerning the breeding work and policy within FEIF shall be discussed among breeding officials and representatives of our member...
Former FEIF President Tone Kolnes has provided FEIF with a lot of historical documents, from the founding of FEIF in 1969 on. The first documents have been scanned and made available on the FEIF website: minutes of all Delegates' Assemblies. All other relevant...
On Saturday 23-03-2013 the fifth edition of Horses On Ice will take place in Haarlem (NL). The event is selected as the European Championships on Ice. Horses On Ice is an event for those who love ice, speed, Icelandic horses, warmth, a good atmosphere and a great...
The Swedish rider Albin Af Klintberg with Nítróglusserín från Hella [SE2001100479] has established a World Record in Pace Race 250 m, with a time of 21.84". The record was established at the Nordic Championships in Eklistuna (S), August 4, 2012. As of 2011, the...
The Board of FEIF has started the procedure to appoint the Chief Judge and Deputy Chief Judge for the World Championships 2013 in Berlin (D). Candidates may be proposed by member associations, the Sport Committee, the Sport Judges Committee and the Board of FEIF. The...
For the first time since 2008 France will host a WorldRanking event again, in Alsting, in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France close to the German border. The open sport event will take place August 18-19, 2012. France will also host the FEIF...
Special shoeing practices are used in the Icelandic sport horses to enhance expressiveness and regularity of a gait. In order to establish a data base of the current shoeing situation among Icelandic competition horses the FEIF Delegates Assembly 2012 decided to...
Lindsay Blatt and Paul Taggart are creating Herd in Iceland, a documentary about the annual round-up of the Icelandic horse, isolated for centuries by the country's oceanic borders. Herd in Iceland began filming in the fall of 2010, when Lindsay and Paul travelled to...
Five participants of the FEIF Youth Cup 2012 in Verden (D) did receive the Eva Maria Gerlach Award 2012, for being the most versatile riders (in alfabetical order): Carolin Nase (Cavallo Champions), Johanna Kirchmayr (Fast & Furious), Lisa Kroon (Hurricane Horse...
The judges at the FEIF Youth Cup 2012 awarded Snorri Egholm Þorsson (IS) with the FEIF Feather Prize 2012. The aim of this prize is to encourage good riding and good horsemanship, a tribute to feather light riding. The awarded rider sets an example to the Icelandic...
The complete results of the 10th FEIF Youth Cup, in Verden (D) from July 12-14, 2012, are available now in the download section of the FEIF website (www.feif.org/download).
After wonderful days of training and one day of climbing and going to a swimmig park the second part of the FEIF YouthCup started Thursday afternoon with a beautiful opening parade with all participants! Today the competition goes on and we await exciting results on...
it has started, the 10th FEIF YouthCup, and this time it is brilliantly hosted by the IPZV in Germany! Saturday evening the 78 youngsters got together in their international teams and started to come up with good team names: Adall, Best Battle Riders, Cavallo...
'Landsmót' is the Icelandic name for the biannual National Horse Show of Iceland, organized in the even years. All of Iceland?s best horses and riders gather there to compete in various disciplines and breeding classes. It is an event like no other and the atmosphere...
The two years' ban of Leif Berg (FO) of February 2012 has been lifted by the Court of the Faroese National Sport Association. By consequence Leif Berg is allowed again to participate in any event (including sport and breeding), hosted or approved by any member...
The European Horse Network (EHN) has published a newsletter about recent activities, especially aimed at the European Parliament. The newsletter also contains information about activities in the horse world in general, including the Icelandic horse world. FEIF is one...
FYCup is coming up! In less than a month the FYCup 2012 will take place in Verden. Already, 78 participants in various FEIF member countries are preparing for this event! The trainers at this FYCup are: Laura Grimm - Germany, Silke Feuchthofen - Germany, Holmgeir...