The FEIF international breeding judges' seminar (judges with an international license only) will take place on March 1 - 2, 2012 in Malmö. Details on the seminar and the registration procedure will be published in due time.
The FEIF Conference 2012 will take place March 2-4, 2012, in Malmö, Sweden. The conference combines general meetings about interesting subjects with the yearly Delegates' Assembly (the highest authority within FEIF) on Friday afternoon and the different annual...
The FEIF Sport Committee took the initiative to declare 2012 the Year of Good and Harmonious Riding. This initiative is supported by the Board of FEIF. In 2012, at all judges at sport events (and also breeding shows) will be asked to point out riders for good and...
Plans for 2012 - the bi-annual breeding judge meeting and seminar will be held on March 1 - 2, 2012 at the same place as the FEIF conference in Sweden (details shall be published within the coming days). Items will among others be the correct use of equipment, good...
At this year's meeting of the FEIF Education Committee in Haarlem (NL), the main focus of the work was on preparing our input to the Task Force. This includes reviewing the Education Rules and the criteria for FEIF Level 4 instructors. The committee also reviewed...
The FEIF Committee Meetings 2011 took place from October 28 - 30, 2011 in Haarlem, Netherlands. The key issue of the FEIF Committee Meetings 2011 was the TaskForce process and the development of a common FEIF rule book. The first draft of the rule book was discussed...
The Icelandic Horse World has lost an outstanding Swiss member. Friday, October 14, 2011, Fredy (Pini) Lehr died after a one-and-a-half years struggle against lung cancer. Pini - as he was called by everybody - was awarded with the FEIF Award for his ongoing support...
The online ticket sale for Landsmót 2012, held in Reykjavík from June 25th-July 1st, has started. The tickets are sold online, at www.landsmot.is and it is a simple way to purchase your ticket and get a 20% discount of the full price at the same time. Week passes and...
October 7 and 8 the bi-annual test to become a FEIF International Sport Judge took place in Austria, at Islandpferdehof Piet Hoyos in Semriach, during the regional championships of Steiermark. The test was succesfull for 5 candidates (out of 17). FEIF welcomes Nicole...
The 2nd FEIF Software conference will take place November 12-13, 2011 in Düsseldorf (D). The agenda includes an inventory of the software currently used at sport and gæðingakeppni competitions, the services provided by the current standard software of FEIF (IceTest),...
The FEIF Conference 2012 will take place from March 2-4, 2012 in the vicinity of Stockholm. Further information and the invitations including the respective agendas will be available in due time.
The Education Seminar 2011 will be held in conjunction with an open Equine Seminar in the Netherlands end of October. The theme of the ISES 2011 conference - Equitation Science, Principles and Practice - will already come to life at a special pre-conference day, the...
Once more the World Championships for Icelandic horses have proven to be a Clean Sport Event. No prohibited substances were found in the doping tests taken during the World Championships 2011. More than 10% of the participating horses were tested this time, drawn by...
During the celebration of the 10th anniversary of WorldFengur during the World Championships 2011 the Board of FEIF awarded former Director of Breeding Jens Otto Veje with the FEIF Award. Jens Otto played a crucial role in combining the registration of all Icelandic...
The complete result lists of all sport classes at the World Championships 2011 in St Radegund (A) are now available for download.
The new World Champion in Five Gait F1 is Magnús Skúlason [SE] with Hraunar frá Efri-Rauðalæk [IS1999165491], with a total score of 8,07. Silver went to Josefin Birkebro [SE] with Kjarni vom Wallberg [DE1999108313], score 7,88. Bronze to Árni Björn Pálsson [IS] with...
The defending World Champion Jóhann R Skúlason [IS] continued his title as World Champion in Tölt T1, with Hnokki frá Fellskoti [IS2003188470] and a total score of 8,78. Silver went to Karl Zingsheim [DE] with Dagur [DE2001143741], score 8,61. Bronze to Anne Stine...
The FEIF Feather Prize 2011, awarded at the World Championships 2011 in St Radegund (A) for good riding and good horsemanship is awarded to Anne Stine Haugen [NO]. The judges at the World Championships were very clear in their choice: her riding style is a tribute to...