it has started, the 10th FEIF YouthCup, and this time it is brilliantly hosted by the IPZV in Germany! Saturday evening the 78 youngsters got together in their international teams and started to come up with good team names: Adall, Best Battle Riders, Cavallo...
'Landsmót' is the Icelandic name for the biannual National Horse Show of Iceland, organized in the even years. All of Iceland?s best horses and riders gather there to compete in various disciplines and breeding classes. It is an event like no other and the atmosphere...
The two years' ban of Leif Berg (FO) of February 2012 has been lifted by the Court of the Faroese National Sport Association. By consequence Leif Berg is allowed again to participate in any event (including sport and breeding), hosted or approved by any member...
The European Horse Network (EHN) has published a newsletter about recent activities, especially aimed at the European Parliament. The newsletter also contains information about activities in the horse world in general, including the Icelandic horse world. FEIF is one...
FYCup is coming up! In less than a month the FYCup 2012 will take place in Verden. Already, 78 participants in various FEIF member countries are preparing for this event! The trainers at this FYCup are: Laura Grimm - Germany, Silke Feuchthofen - Germany, Holmgeir...
Registration of the participants at the FEIF YouthCup 2012 which will take place in Verden, Germany, in July 2012 has started. 78 participants from 14 FEIF member associations will take part in this biannual event. For more information about the venue visit:...
2012 is the Year of Good and Harmonious Riding. FEIF Judges at Breeding Shows and WorldRanking Events are requested to name riders because of their fine riding style, independent of marks given. These names are published on the FEIF website, as a reward for their...
Two new members have been appointed in the Sport Judges' Committee, Halldór Gunnar Victorsson and Lutz Lesener. They were proposed by the International Sport Judges after an internal election. The other members are Bent Rune Skulevold, Hulda G. Geirsdóttir and Þorgeir...
Have a look at the latest video from the preparations of the tracks on the World Championship venue in Berlin.
An interesting video was made by Kari Baklund at the start of the FEIF Hoof Study at the FEIF Breeding Show in Herning in April 2012 . The video shows what the horses are going through during the 20 minutes which the hoof check takes. In the video veterinarian Sara...
In preparation for the World Championships, numerous national and international tournaments for Icelandic horses will take place in Germany this year. The most important is the "MEM", or Mid European Championships for Icelandic horse riders, which is returning to...
On May 1, the yearly Ranking 2012 in sport has started. The FEIF Ranking 2012 is an extension to the current WorldRanking. The aim of the ranking is to provide a more lifely view on recent performances of riders (and horses). The FEIF Ranking 2012 is based upon the...
The practical part of the FEIF Hoof Study organized by the University of Zürich, Vejle Equine Clinic and FEIF started at the breedingshow in Herning, April 19, 2012, where 30 horse were included. The owners and trainers of the horses that participated were very...
The minutes of the annual meetings 2012 (Breeding, Chairpersons, Delegates' Assembly, Education, Sport and Youth) have been published in the the respective sections of the FEIF Website.
Three weeks after the successful FEIF Conference in Malmö, the FEIF Task Force met to evaluate the results of the conference and put the decisions into the existing second draft of the new rule book. Established in 2010, the Task Force is in charge to harmonize all...
The 2012 editions of the Rules and Judges' Guidelines for Gæðingakeppni have been published by our Icelandic member association LH. Gæðingakeppni is a century old tradition in Iceland to evaluate the quality and riding abilities of the Icelandic horse. It differs from...
59 International and national sport judges did participate in the Sport Judges Seminar 2012 in Mosfellsbær in Iceland, at the excellent facilities of the Hörður riding club. The theme of the seminar was Good and Harmonious Riding. New thoughts about 'firewalls' in the...
On May 9, a seminar for the renewal of the license for Gæðingakeppni judges will be held by Sigurbjörn "Diddi" Bárðarson and Sigurður Ævarsson on Gestüt Osterbyholz (D, between Flensburg and Lübeck). Registration for the seminar is possible until April 22, 2012 ?...