Stakeholders have worked together on creating a policy aimed at strengthening the image of the Icelandic horse through harmonized messages, marketing operations and promotional work, under the brand 'Horses of Iceland'. The research objective is to map attitudes...
Remember the deadline for this year's FEIF video competition is 31st of May. Extension to deadline may be granted if you notify us before the end of the month. The theme of the 2017 FEIF video competition is 'power', and the winning entry will be shown on the big...
Do you want to plan your visit to the World Championships in detail? Then check out the interactive and up to date schedule of the fun and sport filled day at the WC. And... you can click on each item to see more details about each event. Ready, steady, ...start...
Belgium - land of chocolate, lace and fantastic horses - is the destination for this year's FEIF Youth Camp, 11-18 July. Young people from all over the FEIF world will come together for a week of fun, friendship and further experiences. Participants do not need to...
FEIF has developed a new Riding Horse Profile, which is intended to create the best possible match between rider and horse. The Riding Horse profile is a snapshot of both the character and behaviour of the horse, as well as of the needs and abilities of the rider. It...
The European Horse Network (EHN) published its view on the position of horses in the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union. So far, horses are considered too easily as agricultural animals and part of the food chain, without respect for other...
On May 1, Horses of Iceland, a marketing initiative for the benefit of the Icelandic horse has organized the International day of the Icelandic horse. So let your Icelandic horse open up a world of adventure for your family, friends, and acquaintances - especially...
The first video submission of this year's FEIF Youth video competition was greeted with great excitement. The short film was produced by a team from Germany. But if you have not thought about entering yet, there is plenty of time. The deadline is not until 31st May....
Recent changes in Sport Rules and Requirements require an update of IceTest. After the first update (version 1.1.735) including a new handling of Elimination of Participants in PP1, the next update is available, version 1.1.765 Version 1.1.765 includes the following...
The 7th FEIF seminar for breeding horse trainers at Skeiðvellir, Iceland, took place with a group of 22 very talented riders from Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. The seminar included the theory of FEIF...
The event Drekis WRL in Varde (DK), scheduled 17-18 June 2017, will no longer be a WorldRanking event.
European Horse Network (EHN) - a non-profit network of stakeholders acting at a World, European, National or Regional level within the European horse sector - has published the March 2017 newsletter. The newsletter addresses the many items EHN is working on: -...
The event 3 Berliner Islandpferdetreffen 2017 in Berlin-Karlshorst (DE), scheduled 26-28 May 2017, will no longer be a WorldRanking event.
'Horses of Iceland' has a new subsection on the website with stories of all kinds about the Icelandic horse, highlighting its character and relationship with humans and its community at a regular basis. If you have good horse stories you would like to share, just...
FEIF is proud to be a partner of the marketing initiative 'Horses of Iceland'! A wide range of partners meanwhile joined the great initiative promoting the Icelandic horse and maybe you would like to be a follower as well (already almost 35,000 combined on social...
17 countries registered to participate in the World Championships 2017 in Oirschot, Netherlands, by nominating team leaders for sport and breeding (in alphabetic order): Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain,...
Recent changes in Sport Rules and Requirements require an update of IceTest. The first update is available (version 1.1.735), it includes a new handling of Elimination of Participants in PP1. As of April 1, 2017, participants receiving 0 from three judges in the first...
Measures to improve the welfare of millions of horses and donkeys across the EU have been approved by the European Parliament. The proposals on 'Responsible Equine Ownership' from Julie Girling, British MEP, were passed by a large majority in the European Parliament...