Upon recommendation of the International Sport Judges two new members have been appointed in the Sport Judges Committee: Hulda G. Geirdóttir (IS) and Bent Rune Skulevold (DK). They replace Nicolai Thye (DK) and Uschi Heller-Voigt (CH). Þorgeir Guðlaugsson has been...
Riders planning to represent another country then the last World Championships they participated in should be aware of an important change in FIPO. A rider in any team must have the nationality of the country he/she is representing or have had his/her permanent...
The new edition of FIZO (FIZO 2011) includes some changes decided upon by the Delegates' Assembly. The changes will be valid as of April 1, 2011. A document with all changes and the new edition of FIZO is available on the FEIF website.
The new edition of FIPO (FIPO 2011, the rule book for sport events) includes some changes decided upon by the Delegates' Assembly. The most important change is to rename Tölt T2 ('loose rein') in Tölt T4 and to introduce a new Tölt T2 where the riders are riding...
The change of Tölt T2 into Tölt T4 and the introduction of Tölt T2 as a single rider test requires a change in the WorldRanking rules as well. The results of the preliminary rounds of both tests are valid for the FEIF WorldRanking, like the same applies for T1 and T3...
The booklet "Approved information about breeding shows 2011" has been updated and is ready for download from the FEIF Website. This brochure is for organizers of breeding shows as well as for judges and serves as a quick guide for how a breeding show works, what the...
The 2011 Icelandic Horse Festival will be held at Laugardalur in Reykjavik and the towns surrounding the city from March 26 - April 2, 2011. Details on the programme can be found on the website of the festival: http://icelandichorsefestival.is.
The Delegates? Assembly decided positive upon all proposals from last years? Sport Meeting. The most important change is to rename Tölt T2 (?loose rein?) in Tölt T4 and to introduce a new Tölt T2 where the riders are riding individually. This change will also apply to...
The use of the flash noseband or Mexican noseband in combination with bits with a curb chain or bits with upper and/or lower cheeks (leveler mechanism) has been added to the list of prohibited equipment. The decision was taken by the annual FEIF Sport meeting...
Based upon discussions in the meetings and the countries the Delegates' Assembly decided there was a necessity to make small changes in the guidelines concerning the relation of the slow tölt - tölt and slow canter - canter/gallop. Furthermore, it was unanimously...
Once again the Youth Meeting was a very good meeting where the participants shared their experiences and knowledge of organising very different kind of activities for the youth. IHSGB sent a report and a link to the FYCamp 2011 homepage where a lot of information...
The chairmen present gave a presentation about the internal status in their organisation and a status of actions taken in the member countries in order to support the welfare of the horse The FEIF Board has been in contact over the past two years with the Minister of...
The new edition of FIPO (FIPO 2011) will include some changes decided upon by the Delegates' Assembly. The most important change is to rename Tölt T2 ('loose rein') in Tölt T4 and to introduce a new Tölt T2 where the riders are riding individually. This change will...
The Danish Icelandic Horse Association is organising a seminar for judges, instructors and elite equestrians. The seminar will be held in English. Subjects covered will include bone and muscle anatomy, biomechanical aspects such as the spinal cord's mobility, hyper...
The Delegates' Assembly of FEIF elected Gunnar Sturluson (IS) as new member of the Board of FEIF. Gunnar is vice-president of Landssamband Hestamannafélaga (LH) in Iceland since October 2010, and chairman of the riding and breeding club Snæfellingur in west of Iceland...
At the Delgates' Assembly 2011 in Vienna two board members of FEIF stepped down: Jón Albert Sigurbjörnsson (IS) and Wolfgang Berg (D). Both were members of the Board of FEIF for many years, Jón Albert as vice president from 2005-2011 and Wolfgang as board member from...
The FEIF Youth Award 2010 goes to Austria for its extraordinary development with a wide variety of youth activities in 2010. Austria has been very active in the field of youth work and has among other activities put strong emphasis on the team spirit among the...
As it was not clear from the beginning, the organisers have now announced to offer discounted tickets for children and young people up to 14 years. Infants up to 3 years can enter free of charge (to sit on parent's lap - there are no own seats available). Please visit...