To be able to provide information on the qualities of a horse as a riding horse, the Leisure Riding Committee has jointly with the Education Committee and the Breeding Committee been discussing how to make a description of the qualities of a horse as a riding horse,...
The international marketing project called 'Horses of Iceland' opened its website in September. This site is an introduction to the Icelandic horse, its characteristics, and community worldwide. Pictures and videos play a large part to exemplify the Horses of Iceland...
The last WorldRanking event 2016 took place in Belgium on the weekend October 15-16, 2016. Almost all results have already been registered by the national WorldRanking registrars and an overview of the statistics is published and updated on a daily basis on the FEIF...
The new version of the IceTest software, IceTest NG, has been successfully used to manage its first complete tournament. There were some small issues identified in handling the real life situations encountered at a normal tournament. However, the organizer and judges...
The FEIF Conference 2017 will be held in Helsinki, Finland from February 3 - 4, 2017. It will be opened with the FEIF Delegates' Assembly of the Member Associations which is the supreme authority of the FEIF, this meeting will take place on Friday, February 3, 2017....
It is not too late to join the FEIF virtual ride to the site of the next World Championships of the Icelandic horse. The idea is simple: if you live too far away, and cannot participate in the real relay ride to the Netherlands, why not join riders from 12 member...
FEIF conducted a Sport Judge License examination in Reykjavik, Iceland from September 17 - 18, 2016. Three candidates have passed all the necessary requirements to receive a license as a FEIF International Sport Judge. Congratulations to Alexandra Dannenmann (US),...
The WorldRanking Event OSI Wulfenhof 2016, scheduled 3-4 September 2016, organised by Wulfenhof in Dorsten (DE) has been cancelled.
The event Niederösterreichische Meisterschaften in Weistrach (AT), scheduled 2-4 September 2016, will no longer be a WorldRanking event.
The third international German Gæðingakeppni Championships will be organised from September 8 to 11, 2016 in Aegidienberg, Germany. The event is registered as WorldRanking event. In 2014 the event received the award "best event of the year" - and it is the goal to...
The Annual FEIF Ride 'Off to Oirschot' went off to an amazing start: 75 riders from 10 countries have already clocked up over 5000km on their virtual ride to the site of the next Icelandic Horse World Championships, held in the Netherlands in Aug 2017. The idea is...
The winner of F2 - Five Gait is Oliver Kubinger [AT] with Frederik von Fürstenbrunn [AT2008171701], second Markus Albrecht-Schoch [CH] and Geysir vom Säghof [CH2005102261] and third Carina Maaßen [DE] with Kolfaxi frá Kjartansstöðum [IS2005182336].
The winner of V2 is Andrea Balz [CH] and Baldi frá Feti [Stechen] 6,33, second position Sabine Samplawsky-Graf [AT] - Ísólfur vom Habichtswald and third Charlotta Gripenstam [FR] riding Hrísey frá Langholtsparti.
The winner of the Pace Race 150 is Thomas Haag [CH] and Risi vom Schloß Neubronn [DE1998104225], time: 15,03", second Charlotte Cook [GB] and Perla frá Skriðu [IS2002265300] and third Martin Skovsende with Ljómi von der Elschenau [DE2001109678].
The winner of T4 is Martin Heller [CH] riding Skuggi från Kolungens Gård 2 [SE2008110076], second Mark Timmerman [NL] and Geyfa vom Kranichtal [DE2006222011], third Christiane Samplawski [Erwachsene] [AT] with Sörvi vom Bärenfilz [DE2004184054].
The gold medal in T3 was won by the young rider Franziska Müser [DE] with Óskar frá Akureyri, silver Charlotta Gripenstam [Erwachsene] [FR] and Hrísey frá Langholtsparti and bronze Valdimar Audunsson [AT] - Fylgja frá Grenstanga.
Mid-European Champion 2016 in V1 is Lisa Drath [DE] with Vörður frá Sturlureykjum 2 [IS2007135892], second position Jolly Schrenk [DE] and Glæsir vom Gut Wertheim [DE2007141621] and third position Yoni Blom [NL] with Bjartur frá Aquadraat [NL2006100042]. In the Young...
Lea Brill [DE] with Kolgrímur vom Neddernhof [PZ] is the Mid-European Champion in the Young Riders class in T1, second position Johanna Beuk [Jun] [DE] and Merkur von Birkenlund, third Lena Studer [Junioren] [CH] with Pipar vom Saanetal.