The new edition of FIPO 2008 will be published shortly before April 1, 2008. Until this year the yearly editions of FIPO (and other rules) were published just before January 1. As of 2007, the Delegates' Assembly deciding upon changes of rules takes place in February....
The FEIF Sport Committee has decided to add the Peruvian bit (and other bits typically designed for specific other horse cultures) explicitly to the list of prohibited equipment. This bit is not fitting to the Icelandic horse style and/or culture. The bit is not...
IHBRANZ, the Icelandic Horse Breeders and Riders Association New Zealand applies for associate membership of FEIF. Associate membership allows a country to join FEIF at an early stage, without having full obligations or rights. New Zealand would be the 19th country to...
The FEIF Conference 2008 will take place in Reykjavík, Iceland. The Conference will start on Friday, February 15, 2008 at 09.00 (with the Delegates’ Assembly) and last till Saturday, February 16, 2008 at 17:00. The Saturday evening programme will take place at...
The invitations for the Delegates' Assembly 2008 and the Annual Meetings for Chairmen, Breeding, Sport, Youth and Education are available from the download section of the FEIF website: www.feif.org/download .
The 8 year old world record in Pace Race 150m has been broken by the Danish rider Samantha Leidesdorff with Mondrian vom Lucahof [DE1996106993], with a time of 13.75". The old record was by Guðmundur Björgvinsson with Reddi fra Lykkegarden (13.8"). The record was...
Einar Öder Magnússon received the first Holland'O7 triple DVD on Tuesday 4 December. After watching a great deal of the 444 minutes of World Championships footage, the trainer of the Icelandic team at the World Championships for Icelandic Horses 2007, was clear in his...
A recent issue of the German horse magazine Cavallo contained a report about the World Championships 2007 for Icelandic horses. In this article the authors comment negatively on the riding style of some riders, and present some pictures of particular moments during...
A FEIF international breeding judge seminar will be held at Holar University College in Iceland, March 26-30, 2008. This is a seminar for experienced judges that are approved by the Icelandic horse association of their country. The participants have to pass a test at...
The Finnish Icelandic horse trainers/instructors are now listed in the trainers register of the FEIF Webpage. The new FEIF register of recognised trainers/instructors now includes in total 624 level 1 trainers, 288 level 2 trainers and 71 level 3 trainers.
The Sport Judges Seminar 2008 will take place at the Agricultural University of Iceland in Hvanneyri, Borgarnes. The seminar will start Friday, April 11 at 09:00 and end Sunday, April 13 at 12:00 h. On Sunday 13 and Monday 14 the test to become a FEIF Licensed...
The Board of FEIF did receive 4 applications for the World Championships 2011: two from Austria and two from Germany. One Austrian location is Klagenfurt, the Hypo Group Arena, one of the places for the European Championships for football in 2008. The other location...
Sunday, October 14, 2007, FEIF will publish the list of countries and locations that have applied for the World Championships 2011. The Board will discuss proposals in its meeting of October 26-28, 2007, based upon an advice a committee of three board members: Jens...
During the World Championships 20 horses were tested for doping. All of them tested negative, a result the Icelandic horse world can be very proud of. Although we didn't expect otherwise, other disciplines in horse sport gave quite different results in the last few...
Unfortunately the Gæðingakeppni Seminar for new judges and renewal of licenses in Zachow (September 24-26, 2007) had to be cancelled due to a lack of enough participants.
WorldFengur Registrar Seminar is to be held at London Heathrow airport from 9th - 11th November. All countries are entitled to send one participant and nominate a second person that would like to attend, subject to space. Travel and hotel costs are sponsored by FEIF....
The Board of FEIF has invited the FEIF member associations to present proposals for the venue of the World Championships 2011. Proposals have to be sent to FEIF before October 14, 2007, based upon the new Rules and regulations for organisers. The Board will discuss...
The Gæðingakeppni Judges Seminar 2007 will take place in Zachow, Germany, from September 24th to September 26th. The seminar is open for all interested persons. There will be a test for new international Gæðingakeppni judges on September 26th. This seminar is...