The minutes and the presentation from the WF Workshop 2013 in Malmö are online: Presentation on the improvements of the "Mate Selection Application" (Þorvaldur Árnason), WorldFengur Report (Jon Baldur Lorange) and WF guidelines and rules (Kristín Halldórsdóttir).
The invitation with more details on the FYCup 2014 in Iceland - number of participants per country, registration deadlines, costs, trainers, time schedule, horse rental, etc. - will be sent out to the national youth leaders of all FEIF member countries by November 15,...
We are delighted to announce our three main guest speakers at the international FEIF seminar for sport judges, trainers and riding instructors (March 21-23, 2014, Kronshof, Germany: Prof Michael Weishaupt from Zurich university. Weishaupt?s most recent work was the...
The requirements for WorldRanking Events in 2014 will change, to improve the quality and the comparability of results. The changes have been announced already in February 2013: - The required number of judges per WorldRanking test with an international sport license...
It has been announced since 2010 - from 2014 on five gait tests on oval tracks require a 250m track or a combined track (P-track). The reason to take this decision in 2010 is that the long side of a 200m track is too short (only 45.44m) to allow a proper transition...
The Sport Committee discussed together with the Sport Judges Committee the way to implement the new Guidelines for Sport Judges. The Sport Judges Committee has been working on these guidelines with a larger group of judges for a long period and it is now time to...
The Sport Committee evaluated the World Championships 2013 in its meeting in Malmö, based upon a report presented by the FEIF Event Committee. The report will be published in the first weeks of November. The report will lead to some proposals regarding the time...
The FEIF breeding committee and the breeding judges committee had a joint meeting in Malmö and discussed the activities for the next year. In spring 2014 the meeting and seminar for active judges will take place Hvanneyri, Iceland and a training for ringmasters and...
A proposal for guidelines about embryo transfer and cloning will be discussed at the breeding leaders' assembly in February. The breeding committee will also present proposals on further standardisation of breeding assessments. The judgement of character and...
FEIF youth committee meeting welcomed our newest member Kirsten Schuster (DE) and we had an intense working weekend planning for 2014. The FYCup 2014 invitation letter was prepared and will be sent out already later on this year. Iceland is teaming up for the event...
The Education Committee will focus on new projects, including a competition manual for riders, and looking into the possibilities for developing some e-learning materials. Over a weekend of intense and lively discussion at the joint FEIF committee meetings in Malmø,...
The FEIF Task Force was formed in 2009 to revise and restructure our rules in FIRO, FIPO and FIZO and the process is still ongoing. A very good draft describing definitions of the gaits has been produced and will be incorporated together with comments from the World...
The Leisure Committee initiates the process of defining a quality assessment system, which shall be a guideline serving to describe the characteristics of a horse in relation to its qualifications as a willingness to be handled in the stable, during saddling, its...
20 registrars and officials from 12 different FEIF countries participated in a WorldFengur workshop from October 25-27, 2013 in Malmö, Sweden. The objectives were to introduce & develop new features in WF, improve effective working with WF and increase team work...
Details on the history, the objectives, the background and most recent data on users and horses were presented to the participants of the WorldFengur seminar 2013. The complete presentation is available in the download section of the FEIF website.
Two additional candidates completed the requirements to become licensed FEIF International Sport Judges at the FEIF Committee Meetings event in Malmö, Sweden. Oliver Kubinger (AT) and Sigríður Pjetursdóttir (IS) join Anette Lohrke (DE), Beatrix Berg (DE), Alexandra...
From October 25 - 27, 2013 the FEIF Committee Meetings 2013 took place in Malmö, Sweden. The following committees met and used this opportunity for discussions within their group but also with other Groups and to prepare for the annual Meetings and the delegates'...
Many people dream about Icelandic Horses at the Olympic Games. The same goes for an 11 year old German girl, Elisa-Marie Schroeder, who decided to find out why we are not there. Se did - on her own account - write a letter to the German Olympic Sport Board and did get...