The FEIF YouthCup 2006 took place July 15-23, 2006 in St Radegund (OÖ), Austria. 12 member associations of FEIF did send a team of youngsters. Five trainers did assist the participants in their preparations for the competition that took place during the second half of...
The FEIF Breeding Award 2006 has been awarded at Landsmót to the stallion Stáli frá Kjarri - IS1998187002, with an overall score of 8,76 (riding abilities: 9,09; conformation: 8,26). Stáli is sired by Galsi frá Sauðárkróki, mother Jónína frá Hala. Breeder is Helgi...
At the FEIF WorldRanking Event in Belm (DE), June 17-18, 2006, the Dutch rider Marjolein Strikkers with Erró frá Vallanesi - IS1990157570 achieved the extreme fast time of 7.26" in Pace Test PP1. This is 0.09" faster then the current World Record in SpeedPass 100 m...
FEIF President Tone Kolnes has been awarded with the golden pin of Landssamband Hestamannafélaga (LH), the greatest honour Icelandic horsemen can get. Read more at the FEIF Website.
Upon request of FEIF International Sport Judges the Sport Committee decided to add Myler Combination bits with long or short shanks to the list of prohibited equipment. This type of bit combines bitless techniques (hackamore) with a bit and is designed as a training...
The preliminary program for 4th International FEIF Instructor/Trainer Meeting, September 1-3rd, 2006, in Hólar (IS) is available on the FEIF Website.
DRIKS, our Slovenian member association, has signed the Education Matrix as 13th country. The matrix certifies the equivalence of similar training qualifications in different FEIF member associations. Qualifications gained in one participating FEIF member country are...
The Board of FEIF has published additional information about the procedures to register DNA Analysis and Bone Spavin in WorldFengur. More information can be found at the FEIF website: www.feif.org/news.
This year the FEIF Delegates' Assembly will be in Kristiansand, Norway on 16th - 17th September. The meeting will start on Saturday at 13:00 h with coffee, and end on Sunday at lunchtime. Each member association is represented by two delegates. The agenda, reports and...
The FEIF education committee, in cooperation with the Icelandic Education committee, invites you to the 4th International Instructor / Trainer seminar at the well known Equestrian College Hólaskóli in Iceland September 1.-3. 2006. The Icelandic Educational model of...
The new FEIF Register of Recognised Trainers/Instructors now includes over 400 trainers/instructors level 1, over 200 level 2 and 33 level 3 from countries like Denmark, Germany and Austria. The complete register can be accessed through the FEIF website. The register...
FEIF is now offering several syndicated news feeds (following the RSS standard). The news can be integrated in websites or being read with a newsfeed reader (RSS). The first two feeds contain general news from FEIF and a calendar of WorldRanking events, International...
At two recent seminars in Denmark and Germany 24 candidates did take part in a test to become a licensed Gæðingakeppni judge. The license is issued by our Icelandic member association LH in co-operation with FEIF. 21 Candidates did pass the test. FEIF congratulates...
New rules have been published regarding bone spavin. Bone spavin is a disease is commonly found in Icelandic horses. The development of the disease starts in many cases at young age and the initiation of the disease has been found to be unrelated to the use of the...
4 Out of 15 candidates did pass the test to become a FEIF Licensed International Sport Judge (April 9-10, 2006 in Semriach (A)). FEIF welcomes as new judges: Christian Reischauer (A), Christoph Leibold (D), Florian Schneider (D) and Rupert Petschina (A). The complete...
11 Candidates did take part in the test to become a Licensed Gæðingakeppni Judge, following Icelandic rules. The test took place in Aegidienberg (D), April 5, 2006, as a part of an International Gæðingakeppni seminar. A previous test took place in March in Hedeland...
45 Judges from 9 different countries did participate in the International Sport Judges' Seminar (April 7-9, 2006 in Semriach (A). One of the main topics was racing pace at the oval track and at the pace track. World Champion Magnús Skúlasson was invited to give his...
The FEIF education committee invites you to the 4th International Instructor/Trainer seminar at the Equestrian College Hólaskóli in Iceland September 1.-3. 2006. The seminar is organised in cooperation with the Icelandic Education committee. The Icelandic Educational...