A seminar for international and national sport judges with focus on equine biomechanics and physiology in general, biomechanics in the context of our judging criteria and guidelines and how to apply the new insights and knowledge on the topic in practical judging will...
Icehorse Festival Indoor WRL is running from 4-7 April 2019. It will be a blast with more than 250 riders and Icelandic horses competing in the World Ranking competition. A powerfull stallion show Saturday evening with fierce Icelandic Sires. The successful series of...
The traditional relay ride will start in June 2019. From Oirschot in the Netherlands, the venue of the 2017 World Championships, to Berlin, the route takes you practically across Germany. The handover at the border will take place end of June 2019 north of Venlo and...
As the interest for the roofed area on the tribunes for the World Championships 2019 in Berlin is extremely high, the organizer decided to add further roofed areas. If you are planning to go to Berlin with a big group, please try to organize it as soon as possible....
In addition to the FEIF Conference and the big annual meetings every February, when delegates from each member country come together to discuss developments and trends in the Icelandic horse world, the annual October committee meetings are much smaller. In 2018 they...
Me, myself and I is the title of the 3rd FEIF Young Leaders? seminar, to be held 9-11 November in Iceland. The event is aimed at the age group 18-26 when great changes take place in the lives of young people, and the focus is on self-development, leadership skills,...
From now on you can sign up as World Championship volunteers to become part of a highly motivated team. Altogether about 500 energetic volunteers are expected, who will make the World Championships 2019 an unforgettable event. For the first time, registration and...
The Board of FEIF has approved the Chief and Deputy Chief Sport Judges for the World Championships 2019 (Berlin, DE). Þorgeir Guðlaugsson will be the Chief Judge, he will be assisted by Will Covert as the Deputy Chief Judge.
FEIF conducted a Sport Judge license examination at Kronshof (Germany) in September. Three candidates passed to become the newest FEIF International Sport Judges. Congratulations to Britta Hassel, Malin Elmgrin, and Inga Trottenberg.
The next FEIF Young Leaders' seminar will take place from 9-11th November 2018 in Reykjavík and Hveragerði. This year's guest speaker are Anna Steinsen, a recreational and social psychologist who has won numerous awards as a coach and trainer, and Karen Woodrow with...
The event OSI Gut Sandheide & Norddt Meisterschaft 2018 in Hatten (DE), scheduled 13-16 September 2018, will no longer be a WorldRanking event.
As in the World Championships, the FEIF YouthCup gives out a Feather Prize for good riding and 'feather light' hands. The winner is selected on the recommendation of the judges. This very special prize was awarded to Philip Fricke from Germany. Five more riders are...
The 2018 FEIF Youth Cup concluded today with a all the finals, P2 and the flag race. Congratulations to all medallists and runners up. Well done!!! But the Youth Cup is more than just a competition. New friendships were formed, everyone learnt that you can always do...
It is 8:30 and time for the team test, a written theory test, but team members can work together to find the best answers. What would you make of questions such as: What 'normal' equipment is not allowed in Tölt in Harmony? Or: What is the track record of Axevalla...
A very full programme started with the pace test, before moving to the oval track for the usual classes. Tölt: T3 T6, T7, four gait: V2 and V5, five gait F2, and 'trail', a course with 8 obstacles to manoeuvre. Most riders will have been competing 2-3 times today....
The agreement to organise the World Championships 2021 in Herning (Denmark) was signed in July 2018 between FEIF and Hestar Event ApS in Denmark, represented by Ole Søgaard, Lone Bertelsen, Stine Sandahl and Rasmus Møller Jensen.
Another very long day, but refreshing in so many ways. The 3 training days are over, the horses have a rest, and we explored what else the Swedish horse world has to offer. After a 40 min bus ride, we arrived at Hellekis Manor, an elegant neoclassical castle situated...
The training continues, and the final coaching for the competition sharpens minds. The riders are concentrating hard. But we can take a quick tour of our surroundings: Axevalla travbana, the trotting centre where we train, is one of the biggest in Sweden. And indeed,...