At two recent seminars in Denmark and Germany 24 candidates did take part in a test to become a licensed Gæðingakeppni judge. The license is issued by our Icelandic member association LH in co-operation with FEIF. 21 Candidates did pass the test. FEIF congratulates...
New rules have been published regarding bone spavin. Bone spavin is a disease is commonly found in Icelandic horses. The development of the disease starts in many cases at young age and the initiation of the disease has been found to be unrelated to the use of the...
4 Out of 15 candidates did pass the test to become a FEIF Licensed International Sport Judge (April 9-10, 2006 in Semriach (A)). FEIF welcomes as new judges: Christian Reischauer (A), Christoph Leibold (D), Florian Schneider (D) and Rupert Petschina (A). The complete...
11 Candidates did take part in the test to become a Licensed Gæðingakeppni Judge, following Icelandic rules. The test took place in Aegidienberg (D), April 5, 2006, as a part of an International Gæðingakeppni seminar. A previous test took place in March in Hedeland...
45 Judges from 9 different countries did participate in the International Sport Judges' Seminar (April 7-9, 2006 in Semriach (A). One of the main topics was racing pace at the oval track and at the pace track. World Champion Magnús Skúlasson was invited to give his...
The FEIF education committee invites you to the 4th International Instructor/Trainer seminar at the Equestrian College Hólaskóli in Iceland September 1.-3. 2006. The seminar is organised in cooperation with the Icelandic Education committee. The Icelandic Educational...
One of the founding fathers of the FEIF, Max Indermaur from Switzerland, has passed away at the age of 81 years. Max was one the five men who at Whitsun 1969 gathered in the living room of Walter Feldmann sen. in Aegidienberg to carry out Gunnar Bjarnason’s impossible...
A translated version of the current Icelandic rules for gæðingakeppni (including judges' guidelines) is available at the FEIF website: www.feif.org/service. These rules are valid for all gæðingakeppni competitions (FIPO 9.2). [Unfortunately this version has to be...
The FEIF YouthCup 2006 will take place July 15-23, 2006 in St. Radegund (OÖ), Austria. All FEIF member associations are entitled to send a team of youngsters. The invitation is available at the FEIF website: www.feif.org/service. The first registration has to take...
Our German member association IPZV is inviting to an international gæðingakeppni seminar and examination, April 3-5 in Aegidienberg (Walter Feldmann), Germany. The seminar is approved by FEIF and LH. The seminar will be conducted by instructors appointed by our...
A revised edition of the Sport Judges Guidelines has been published by FEIF. The guidelines are available for download from the FEIF website (www.feif.org/service). The changes are mainly of an editorial character. The wording of different phrases has been corrected...
Unfortunately article 2.2.2.1 (page 18) in the recently published version of FIPO contained a reference to the no longer existing rule about measurements of bits. The sentence was overlooked during the final editing of the text. A corrected version (6.6.1/2006) has...
A milestone for the education work within FEIF was reached at the FEIF Conference. Delegates from 12 member associations signed the contract concerning the FEIF-education matrix: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands, Norway,...
The first WorldRanking Event ever in Slovenia will take place September 23 and 24, 2006, in Krumperk near Ljubljana. It is a combination of the old Alpe-Adria Cup with the Slovene National Championships. More WorldRanking events can be found at...
During the FEIF Conference 2006, Bjarni Þorkelsson (IS) delivered a remarkable speech about the future of Breeding. In his speech he touches many subjects, among them the relation between breeding goals and demands made on competition horses in sport. Bjarni finds...
During the FEIF Conference 2006 the Board of FEIF could announce that no obstacles are in the way to grant the World Championships 2009 to our Swiss member association IPV CH. The World Championships 2009 will take place in Brunnadern/Neckertal, Switzerland.
During the FEIF Conference 2007, the board of our Dutch member association NSIJP and the board of FEIF signed the final contract to arrange the World Championships 2007. The World Championships will take place August 6-12, 2007 in Oirschot, near Eindhoven, in the...
Our Danish member association DI is inviting to an international gæðngakeppni seminar and examination, March 17-19 at Hedeland - Denmark. The seminar is approved by FEIF and LH. The seminar will be conducted in English by instructors appointed by our Icelandic member...