The Board of the European Horse Network (EHN) already started preparations for the next Horse Group lunch with Members of the European Parliament and new publications: Updated figures of the Horse Industry, leaflets on veterinarian medicines, Horses &Environment and a...
Every year FEIF asks all member countries to complete a questionnaire about the Icelandic horse world in their country. The information gathered ranges from numbers of horses and members to what is done in the different areas of breeding, education, leisure riding and...
One after the other, the articles and reports of the FEIF YouthCup 2014 are being published in our national magazines. We thought this would be be a good opportunity to share some happy memories of the summer just passed and to draw attention to the truly...
Icelandic horse riders from all over the world are invited to participate in this year's virtual ride 'From here to Herning'. The concept is simple: starting on Nov 15, you continue you normal riding routine, but you also begin to add together all the kms you ride out...
The FEIF VetCheck Group reviewed and discussed forms and procedures regarding mouth checks and checks on leg injuries during various events. Forms have already been available for many years and in several countries judges and ring stewards have been educated to apply...
The Board of FEIF has approved the selection of the Sport Judges for the World Championships 2015. The section was made according to the protocol approved by the Delegates Assembly in Reykjavík in February by a special section committee consisting of Þorgeir...
FEIF will offer an examination for new International Sport Judges and candidates for national licenses at Kronshof (DE) on September 28 - 29, 2015. The examination will consist of theoretical topics covering the rules and judging guidelines as well as practical...
At the FEIF committee meetings in Malmö, October 24-26, 2014 Denni Hauksson and Åsa William were invited to give a presentation on Tölt in Harmony (TiH). TiH is based upon Reynir Adalsteinsson's original thoughts and ideas. It is a form of training and competing in...
The Sport and Breeding Committees agreed during a joint session in Malmö to prohibit the use of Icelandic bits with ported mouths (0,5cm and taller) after reviewing the results of the studies conducted in Iceland. The Sport Committee also added the Pessoa bits to the...
The draft of the new FEIF Equipment manual, which was prepared by the equipment working group (Marlise Grimm (FEIF, Director of Breeding), Doug Smith (FEIF, Director of Sport), Johannes Hoyos (AT), Magnus Skulasson (SE), Mette Mannseth (IS), Rasmus Møller Jensen (DK),...
From October 24-26, 2014 the FEIF Committee Meetings took place in Malmö and all committees - breeding, breeding judges, education, leisure riding, sport, sport judges and youth - used the weekend for intensive work and preparations in their departments. The time was...
78 Riders were nominated in 2014 for Good and Harmonious Riding. The German rider Cristina Daniele was nominated most: by 9 International Sport Judges at 4 different WorldRanking events in Germany and at the Mid-European Championships in Switzerland. Laura Steffens...
The Sport and Sport Judges Committees met in Malmö to review the 2014 competition season and address a number of topics in preparation for the 2015 season and World Championships. The Sport Judging Guidelines were discussed extensively following their first full...
Education and information: Several activities are planned for 2015. The 2nd Open Breeders' Meeting will be held in Copenhagen, 17th of January, FEIF is offering qualifying seminars about the assessment of foals and young horses, one in Iceland and another one probably...
High on the agenda of the FEIF Youth Committee was the evaluation of the FEIF Youth Cup in Hólar, July 2014. This has been praised universally as a very successful Cup. Preparations for the 2015 FEIF Youth Camp in Berlar, Germany, are well under way. New ideas and...
Over the weekend in Malmö, at a joint meeting between the FEIF Education and Youth committees, the outline programme for the upcoming Education-Youth seminar 13-15 Nov 2015 was discussed. The focus of the seminar will be on teaching children and young people....
The education group had a very constructive meeting during the weekend with joint sessions with the sport committee/sport judges committee with main focus on judges' education and standards. The joint meeting with the youth committee focused on organizing the combined...
The Leisure Committee met to review the outcome of the survey launched during summer 2014 on the preferred characteristics of the Icelandic horse for leisure riding. As much as 3065 respondents have filled in the questionnaire and the data collected is quite...