FEIF has been informed in October about the positive outcome of a doping/medication test of an Austrian sport rider at the Mid European Championships in Germany, which means that a prohibited substance has been discovered. FEIF has of course a strong attitude against...
The organisers of the World Championships 2013 are searching for judges to be appointed as ring stewards, ring masters and supervisors of doping checks during next year's World Championships in Berlin. More details can be found on the website of the World...
The seminar took place from Nov 9-11, 2012 on Kronshof, Lüneburg in Germany and in a very convienient atmosphere 13 participants, coming from five countries, judged and discussed their points of view, using the linear assessment system. A lot of interesting young...
A FEIF international breeding judge seminar will be held at Holar University College in Iceland, April 8.-12. 2013. This is a seminar for experienced national judges that are approved by the Icelandic horse association of their country. The participants have to pass a...
Jens-Erik Majlund, Secretary General of the Danish Equestrian Federation, gave a presentation about ethics during the committee meetings 2012. He provided information how the topic is handled in FEI and the FEI-member countries.
The Sport Committee Meeting evaluated together with the Sport Judges Committee the system to nominate Good and Harmonious Riding. It was decided to continue the system after 2012. Also the newly introduced system with plus and minus cards has been evaluated. The aim...
This first meeting was based on the idea to assemble breeders, trainers, judges and officials round a table. Many items concerning the current situation as well as the future goals were discussed. Several ideas, like for example to set up a working group dealing with...
The breeding judges committee and the breeding committee together with Kristin Halldórsdóttir (head of the FEIF registration group) and Jón Baldur Lorange, WorldFengur, continued to work on more professionalism and uniformity in the procedures of FEIF breeding...
The Youth Committee had a good and productive meeting where the main focus was the evaluation of the well organized FEIF Youth Cup 2012 in Germany, and possible improvements for the next FEIF Youth Cup. Among them one can mention that team building will be emphasized...
At the request of 2 member countries the Education Committee is now working on a new matrix so we can set a minimum standard of what it takes to become a young-horse trainer (Jungpferdebereiter). This document should be ready for discussion at the FEIF conference in...
The Education Committee continues to work very closely with the FEIF Task Force, which seeks to revise and restructure our various rule books. In the course of that work it became clear that there are significant discrepancies between the descriptions of the gaits in...
The Leisure Riding Committee has now been formally established by the inclusion of Tanja Casimir (NL) and Samúel Örn Erlingsson (IS). Next step will be to establish the international network between the member countries. Among other items the committee discussed the...
The list of sport judges for the World Championships 2013 has been set. The special committee, appointed to select the last 6 judges, has completed the list. Chief judge is Eva Petersen, Deputy Chief Judge Einar Ragnarsson. The other judges are Alexander Sgustav, Åsa...
During the committee meetings 2012 the members of the Leisure Riding Committee were appointed: Tanja Casimir from the Netherlands and Samúel Örn Erlingsson from Iceland.
Gunnar Sturluson, Iceland, was appointed as Vice President of the FEIF Board. Gunnar is member of the Board of FEIF since February 2011. The FEIF Board meeting took took place during the weekend Oct. 26 - 28, 2012 in Malmö. At the same weekend the FEIF committee...
A continued interest in leisure riding is of utmost importance for the future of both breeding and competing at professional level. The Icelandic horse is ideal for leisure riding thanks to its physical and mental characteristics and the culture around the Icelandic...
Several sources report about a doping case in the Icelandic Horse world. FEIF has been informed about the positive outcome of a doping test of an Austrian sport rider, which means that a prohibited substance has been discovered. Our Austrian member association ÖIV has...
The last WR event 2012 took place in Austria on the weekend Oct 12-14, 2012 and countries were asked to register the WR events for 2013 already. In 2012, 14 countries did organise a total of 87 WorldRanking events. 8098 marks and times were included in the WR for...