The results of the survey on characteristics of Icelandic horses for leisure riding were finally communicated. More than 3000 riders responded to the survey in 2014. Participants were asked about the main use, the picture of the ideal leisure horse and its character...
A total of 85 WorldRanking events have been registered in 11 countries. The list includes Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. The first event will take place in the weekend of April 11-12 in...
The 2015 "Rules for Sport Events" and the "Rules for Icelandic Horse Breeding" are now available for download. Both documents will be valid from April 1, 2015 on.
The minutes of the annual meetings of breeding, chairpersons, education, sport and youthwork are now published on the FEIF website. Further minutes will be published within the next days.
The newest World Championships video has been launched! Six nordic riders on their way to Herning - representing the members of the Nordic co-operation: follow the link to watch it!
CORRECTED DATE!!! Experienced ringmasters and breeding judges are invited to participate in the 2nd FEIF Ringmaster Meeting in Sweden, APRIL 13-14, 2015. Please contact your national breeding leader if you are interested in the seminar. More details can be found in...
Young people of up to 21 years old are invited to participate in a team video competition. The film of 3-5 minutes should feature at least one horse, and 2-3 team members. The rest - story, setting, music, etc. - is left to the imagination of the competitors. An...
The 5th seminar that will take place April 7-10, 2015 on the Icelandic horse breeding farm Skeidvellir,Hella, Iceland. The seminar addresses riders who train and present breeding horses in a professional way and who are interested in further education and training and...
Due to major maintenance operations of the FEIF network provider the FEIF website might be out of reach in the night of February 19. We are sorry for the inconvenience!
Einar Öder Magnusson passed away on February 16 - a great horseman, member of the FEIF Arbitration Council for many years, many times rider or (assistant) team leader at World Championships, renowned horse trainer and instructor and known for his focus on good...
This year's meeting was quite well visited and it was clear, that leisure riding is becoming part of the national organization's work in a more active way in many countries. Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands, Denmark, Iceland and Norway had...
You can now download and read the large World Championships Magazine filled with exciting articles about and around the Icelandic Horse.
The Annual Breeding Leader meeting discussed a wide range of topics in a very constructive and harmonious atmosphere. Þorvaldur Kristjánsson was elected as member of the breeding committee, Sussie Lund and Inge Kringeland were re-elected as breeders? representatives...
The education department has had a successful meeting with very positive, productive discussions and intensive exchange of information concerning educational topics of the representative participants. Herdis Reynisdottir, IS and Margrit Rusterholz, CH were unanimously...
The Annual Sport Meeting covered a range of different topics including recommendations on various changes to FIPO, procedural changes for the World Championships and discussions on equipment. The annual meeting of the national Sport Leaders unanimously agreed that the...
12 people attended the meetings on Youth work, and the working atmosphere was very friendly and productive. Apart from routine business and an certain expressions of amazement at the good ideas that are implemented all around the FEIF world, the most exciting item of...
The chairpersons had a very good and productive meeting, discussing items like the report about the last year from the Board of FEIF and also the new draft of the General Rules for FEIF, which is a product of the TaskForce. The representatives from the countries...
Do you know how the FEIF system works? Do you know which committees and working groups FEIF has? The structure is described in the FEIF statutes and the jobs and responsibility documents of each department. Follow the link to get the overview.