An iPad app is available to help learn how to use the new Sport Judges Guidelines. The app gives the user an interactive way to visualize the way the new system of firewalls limits the range of possible marks for a given performance. Just tap the guidelines...
The 4th FEIF Seminar for Breeding Horse Trainers will take place from August 23 -25, 2014 in Germany, Kronshof. This year, the participants, aged 18-26 years, are offered the possibility to participate in addition in the FIZO assessment from August 27-28. The seminar...
The new sport judges' guidelines, being the basis for transparency and comprehensibility of judging and also a step further to ensure well-being of the horses with more emphasis on judging good riding, are guidelines for all sport judges for Icelandic horse events and...
Some FEIF member countries already registered their WorldRanking events for the season 2014. By March 1, 2014 most events are expected to be online on the FEIF website. If you are interested about the WorldRanking events in your country, please check the calendar on...
Every year member countries are invited to submit a report about the activities and innovations and bright ideas that inform and inspire youth work. On the basis of these reports, the annual trophy is awarded, most recently it went to the USA. The deadline for the...
The Chairpersons had a productive meeting during the FEIF Conference 2014 weekend in Reykjavík. The participants discussed the outcome of the SWOT-analyses from the member countries and from FEIF. Both, the outcome and answers from the member associations and from the...
The Sport Meeting covered a range of topics including some procedural changes for the World Championships and various adjustments to FIPO tests. With regard to the World Championships the Sport Meeting recommends an extra hour for the team leaders to submit their...
The annual breeding meeting further discussed horse welfare and agreed to prepare a proposal for a FIZO change regarding the length of the hoof - following the information of the FEIF hoof study. Furthermore the equipment rules will be revised regarding leg protection...
The education department has had a successful meeting with very positive and productive discussions and intensive exchange of information concerning educational topics of the representative participants. In discussion for future projects within the Education...
For 2013 FEIF Youth can look back to a successful YouthCamp, which was hosted by Norway. Thanks to the organisers for some unforgettable experiences for the young people, which took them quite literally to the top of the world. Congratulations and thanks also to the...
The Leisure Riding Committee has reviewed the outcome of the survey conducted among all member countries last year on access to nature. The result confirms the fundamental differences between countries influenced by ancient Nordic rules dictating a right for all to...
The FEIF Hoof Study is now finished and was presented at the FEIF-Conference 2014 in Reykjavík. At the Conference there was big support to take the results into consideration in order to change the shoeing rules. This will now be discussed in the member countries and...
The new sport judges' guidelines, valid as of April 1, 2014 are now available for download from the FEIF website.
Every year the FEIF Youth committee presents the award to the national organisation that has shown outstanding achievements in the area of youth work. During 2013 the USIHC has distinguished itself by nearly doubling the youth membership to a total of 101 children and...
The FEIF youth committee thanked Anne, who had been FEIF Youth Leader since 2005, with a beautiful piece of art for all the work during the past years. The committee worked very well together and the entire Group now wishes Anne nice moments with her family in Sweden!
At the Delegates' Assembly 2014 Gunnar Sturluson from Iceland was elected as new president of FEIF and follows Jens Iversen who did not stand for re-election. Doug Smith, US was elected as FEIF Director of Sport following Marko Mazeland. Silke Feuchthofen from Germany...
FEIF Awards were handed out to Anne Levander for her efforts and contributions to the development of the FEIF youth department, to Marko Mazeland for his contributions to the sport committee and the sport department as well as the development of WorldRanking, the FEIF...
A free iPad app developed to support the evaluation of Young Horses according to the method developed for FEIF by Barbara Frische is available on the Apple App Store. A second app is in the works to help sport judges, trainers, riders, and spectators learn to use the...