WorldFengur is the official FEIF register of the Icelandic horse breed. It was established in 2000. Nowadays, WorldFengur has 20.923 subscribers in twenty-four countries. The database consists of a unique identification of each horse, pedigree information, information...
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Report from the FEIF Breeding Department 2016
What happened in the FEIF Breeding Department in 2016? Seminars, meetings, Landsmót, breeding shows, other projects, the FEIF registration group, ........
FEIF Report 2016
In the past year FEIF has been working on different matters, cases and projects. The board and the World Championship committee has had several meetings with the WC organiser for WC in Berlin 2019 and, work on the invitation to WC 2017 in the Netherlands. Extensive...
Report from the FEIF Education Department 2016
What happened in the FEIF Education Department in 2016? This report provides an overview of the activities and projects of the Education Committee in 2016. Many activities are planned for 2017, so please check the calendar regularly for news.
Report from the FEIF Leisure Riding Department 2016
The work conducted through 2016 has been very practically oriented on how to move on with developing a way of evaluating the character of a riding horse. A lot of trainers were involved in testing what we developed and the results will be presented at the FEIF...
Report from the FEIF Sport Department 2016
This report provides an overview of the activities of the FEIF Sport Department in 2016, WR, seminars, G&H riding, and, and, and..... The sport department is reponsible for many different activities and planning for 2017 has already started.
Report from the FEIF YouthWork Department 2016
2016 saw the launch of the brand new FEIF Young Leaders initiative. Yes, we have expanded our remit to include the age group 18-26.... and there were many other activities as well - check the report for a complete overview!
FEIF activities 2016
At the FEIF Conference 2017 the activities of the FEIF Departments for projects in 2017 and later will be discussed with representatives from all FEIF member countries that registered for the annual event. Do you remember the events and activities of 2016? Have fun...
Don’t forget to vote!
The voting for the 2016 FEIF Trainer / Teacher of the Year ends on February 1. Don't forget to vote before it is too late!
Seminar for breeding horse trainers
The 7th seminar for breeding horse trainers (eligible age group 18-30 years) will take place from April 4-7, 2017 on the Icelandic horse breeding farm Skeiðvellir, Hella, Iceland. The seminar addresses riders who train and present breeding horses in a professional way...
Seminars in New Zealand
In December the Icelandic Horse Association in New Zealand, IceHNZ, was lucky to have Silke Feuchthofen (FEIF breeding, FEIF sport judge and level 4 instructor), travelling around in New Zealand and being available for a breeding seminar, riding lessons and...
IceHorse Berlin 2017
100 participants are expected from February 25-26 at the IceHorse Berlin 2017 in the Horst-Dohm-Stadium in Berlin. Follow the link to the invitation in English or visit the website of the event (in German) https://icehorse.berlin/. Qualification events do not apply...
FEIF Trainer of the Year 2016 Voting
Vote now! Voting has begun and we are excited to announce the nominees for the Trainer/Instructor of the Year 2016! Voting will continue until February 1. The winner will be announced at the FEIF Conference in Helsinki. Vote for your choice on the FEIF Facebook page.
Reminder: Young member on the FEIF Youth Committee
As of February 2017, the FEIF Youth Work Committee has created a new seat for young people to join the work on international youth initiatives. This place is reserved for young people between the age of 20-28, and in all other aspects the elected person will have the...
EHN Newsletter on Legal Matters
The European Horse Network (EHN) published the second newsletter on legal issues. This time the focus is on Animal Welfare Regulations inside the EU: the Animal Health Law, Zootechnical Regulations and Regulations on veterinary medicine. Special attention is paid to...
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Gleðileg Jól og Farsaelt Komandi ár! Fröhliche Weihnachten und ein glückliches Neues Jahr! Glædelig Jul og godt nytår! Vrolijk Kersfeest en 'n gelukkige nuwe jaar! Gledhilig jól og eydnurikt nýggjár! Hyvää Joulua or Hauskaa Joulua! Onnellista Uutta Vuotta! Joyeux Noël...
FEIF virtual ride Out to Oirschot
The monthly km ridden towards the venue of the next World Championships for Icelandic horses have just been published here: http://feif-virtual.weebly.com/news-and-score-board.html With the Christmas break coming up, and a bit more time for riding out and about, it is...
Landsmot videos in WorldFengur
The perfect christmas gift for all enthusiasts of the Icelandic horse! The horse associations in Iceland and WorldFengur now offer a gift certificate of the videos from Landsmot in WorldFengur. There you can see videos of all horses that were shown at Landsmót 2016...