Members of the European Horse Network (EHN) did meet several Members of the European Parliament (MEP's) on March 2, 2016 to discuss initiatives to understand how guidance on responsible ownership can improve the health and welfare of equines. The British MEP Julie...
The Icelandic Horse Association of Australia (IHAA) was formed in 2009 by a small group of Icelandic Horse owners and breeders. The aim was to form a group to facilitate the registration of the Australian bred Icelandic Horses and, to generally promote and protect the...
FEIF follows the international standard for horse vaccination by including the FEI rules for vaccination in our rules. These rules apply to all international horse competitions. An "international horse competition" being any Icelandic horse competition where horses...
The Delegates Assembly adopted a total of 13 proposals from the Sport Department on a variety of topics ranging from some simple editorial changes to simplify repeated text to the final rule change resulting from the FEIF Hoof Study. The Sport Leaders reelected Vicky...
The Breeding leader meeting decided to implement a 'positive list' with around 8000 horse names for Worldfengur and all other names must be applied for. A proposal of having the same requirements for new breeding judges will be sent to the DA 2017 as a change in the...
The education department has had a successful meeting with very positive discussions and intensive exchange of information concerning educational topics of the representative participants. Karen Rasmussen DK and Bert de Rooij NL were re-elected as members of the FEIF...
13 out of 18 FEIF member countries participated in the Delegates' Assembly 2016 in Haarlem, Netherlands. The delegates unanimously elected Inge Kringeland from Norway as the new breeding Leader as Marlise Grimm did not stand for re-election. Silke Feuchthofen,...
The chairpersons had a very good and productive meeting with intensive discussions on the finances of FEIF, the voting structure and the consequences for the member countries. The meeting agreed unanimously on a proposal to increase the fees by 15% that will be...
All participants of the FEIF youth meeting enjoyed a stimulating and creative set of meetings. The reports for the award 'FEIF Youth Country of the Year 2015' (won by Sweden - congratulations) and the oral reports from the countries, received during the meeting showed...
We are very happy to see the growing interest in the leisure riding committee. Not only were more countries present at the meeting, but based on the reports, many countries seem to have a growing interest to make things happen for their leisure riders. We exchanged...
The annual award - FEIF Youth Country of the Year 2015 was given to Sweden. Not only does Sweden maintain a very varied and inclusive programme of events for children and teenagers, as do all of this year's very high quality entries, but it has taken the next step,...
The WorldRanking and international sport competition has grown to the point where it is now possible to rank the results for each test without combining the individual (T1, T2, V1, F1) and group tests (T3, T4, V2, F2). The current standings will be recalculated on...
Inge Kringeland, NO, was elected as FEIF Director of Breeding following Marlise Grimm. Silke Feuchthofen and Lone Hoeglund were re-elected for two more years. And two members of the Arbitration Council were elected: Jens Iversen, DK and Cosima König, DE.
Marlise Grimm received the FEIF Award at the FEIF Conference 2016. Marlise had been FEIF Director of Breeding for 8 years, she was active as trainer at FEIF YouthCups and a founding member of this FEIF event. Furthermore, she was a member of the FEIF sport committee...
The 6th seminar for breeding horse trainers (eligible age group 18-30 years) will take place from April 5-8, 2016 on the Icelandic horse breeding farm Skeidvellir, Hella, Iceland. The seminar addresses riders who train and present breeding horses in a professional way...
As snow and ice are beginning to withdraw (in some places), excitement and anticipation of the FEIF Youth Cup 2016, hosted by the Netherlands is rising. Thank you for your many questions! Follow the link for a short summary of the date, place and approximate costs....
Barbara Frische, International Breeding Judge, will present a seminar covering the linear system used for the assessment of foals and young horses, with a focus on the best description of the horse and an agreement to use the guidelines in the same way. The percentage...
The joint FEIF Education and Sport Seminar will be organised in Arlanda, Sweden, March 5-6, 2016. The seminar is open to all licenced trainers level 1, level 2 and level 3 and all international and national sport judges. The seminar will focus on the connection...