The registration of teams for the World Championships 2009 in Brunnadern (Switzerland) is completed. The list of teams and their team members is available on the FEIF website. Per rider and horse background information is available about previous results in FEIF...
The FEIF Youth Camp 2009 at Winterhorse Park Farm, Wisconsin, USA, has come to an end. 7 awesome days have passed by, containing everything from trail riding on Icelandic horses to the local saloon, treasure hunting and western lessons, to a native American dance...
31 participants from 9 countries are gathered together at Winterhorse Park farm outside Chicago, Wisconsin. So far riding lessons, western as well as Icelandic ones, a trip to America's largest waterpark and a native American (Indian) show have been on the agenda.
This year FEIF will award for the first time in its 40 years' history a Team Trophy for sport classes at World Championships. At previous European Championships and World Championships only the individual participants where honored. The team competition is based upon...
A new release of IceTest is available for download: 1.1.608. This version includes the following changes (apart from minor changes and corrections): - Problem with withdrawn riders solved - Improved presentation of sponsors of tests in result lists - Improved check of...
On Monday, the German relay riders made an extended visit to the home of the president of IPZV Karly Zingsheim. Runa and Karly were great hosts, and following a very good meal, the group walked over the pastures to see the mares, the young stallions and the young...
The weekend of June 27 and 28 is a special one for the FEIF WorldRanking. For the first time a WorldRanking event will be organised outside Europe. The event will take place at the Silver Maple Farm in Tunbridge, Vermont, USA (Susan Peters). FEIF congratulates the...
The newest FEIF register of recognised trainers/instructors now includes in total 913 level 1 trainers, 393 level 2 trainers and 164 level 3 trainers as trainers/instructors from Iceland have been added to the list.
The Big Handover will take place on the Dutch-German border at Wegberg, Germany on 17th June 2009. This year's relay ride to the World Championships starts soon. In accordance with FEIF tradition, this year's relay ride will be from Oirschot in the Netherlands to...
The Board of FEIF invites for applications to organise the WorldChampionships 2013. A document describing Rules and Requirements for Organisers is available from the download section (Sport) of this website. Any application should comply with this document.
This year a new perpetual trophy will be introduced at the World Championships, for the winning team. As the trophy is new, it needs to be designed and created. The Board of FEIF invites interested parties to present a design (including costs) to the Board of FEIF...
A new feature has been added to the WorldRanking on the FEIF website: to look for marks and times of horses in WorldRanking competions. Now that it is mandatory to register all horses in FEIF WorldRanking events, it is possible to look up horses by name or FEIFId, or...
The Icelandic horse world has lost a great person: Bruno Podlech. On May 6, 2009, Bruno died after a long illness. Bruno Podlech was one of the pioneers of Icelandic horse riding and Icelandic horse breeding in Germany. Far beyond the German borders his knowledge, his...
The list of Sport Judges at the World Championships 2009 in Brunnadern (CH) has been changed slightly, as Tómas Ragnarsson isn't able to be a judge. Ann Winter has been appointed in his place. The list is as follows: Chief judge is Einar Ragnarsson, Deputy Chief Judge...
The first WorldRanking event in Belgium will take place July 4 and 5, 2009 in Bornem near Antwerp. FEIF congratulates our member association BSIJP with this step into the international sport world.
A new edition of the Sport Judges' Guidelines (version 1.5/2009) has been published. This version only contains a change in the guidelines for pace at the oval track in the five gaited tests (F1, F2 and F3), especially in the transitions into and back from pace.
The minutes of the Delegates' Assembly 2009 (English and German) and of the Annual Meetings Chairmen, Sport, Breeding, Education and Youth have been published on the FEIF website.
The new FIZO (valid as of April 1, 2009) is available for download. The main changes concern - the responsibility for health checks - the possibility to use the last conformation assessment within 60 days - the fact that only micro chipping is accepted,...