The new edition of FIRO (FIRO 2011) includes some minor corrections and revised rules for the FEIF Youth Cup. FIRO is the general rulebook for FEIF. Other rule books are FIZO (Breeding) and FIPO (Sport). The changes are valid as of April 1, 2011.
43 International Sport Judges from 10 countries can look back at a very succesful seminar in St Radegund (A), April 8-9. St Radegund is the venue of the 2011 World Championships and the place was the right choice for this seminar: excellent facilities, good horses and...
25 professional riders aged 20 to 26 years met at Skeiðvellir near Hella from March 31 to April 3, 2011. Every country could send up to three participants and twelve countries followed the invitation of the FEIF Breeding Department. The idea of the seminar was to...
The European Horse Network (EHN) did publish a leaflet about Horses in Europe. The aim of EHN is to promote the development of the horse sector in Europe and to act as a platform for the horse industry in relation to European institutions and media. The leaflet may be...
The Board of FEIF invites for applications to organise the World Championships 2015. A document describing Rules and Requirements for Organisers (n addtion to the rules in FIRO 2.1 and FIPO 10) is available from the download section (Sport) of this website. Any...
The use of the flash noseband or Mexican noseband in combination with bits with a curb chain or bits with upper and/or lower cheeks (leveler mechanism) has been added to the list of prohibited equipment. The decision was taken by the annual FEIF Sport meeting...
The FEIF international instructor/trainer seminar will be held at the Icelandic official equine centre of education and research at Holar University College on August 25-26, 2011. The seminar is open for all instructors/trainers according to the FEIF matrix (1-3), and...
Upon recommendation of the International Sport Judges two new members have been appointed in the Sport Judges Committee: Hulda G. Geirdóttir (IS) and Bent Rune Skulevold (DK). They replace Nicolai Thye (DK) and Uschi Heller-Voigt (CH). Þorgeir Guðlaugsson has been...
Riders planning to represent another country then the last World Championships they participated in should be aware of an important change in FIPO. A rider in any team must have the nationality of the country he/she is representing or have had his/her permanent...
The new edition of FIZO (FIZO 2011) includes some changes decided upon by the Delegates' Assembly. The changes will be valid as of April 1, 2011. A document with all changes and the new edition of FIZO is available on the FEIF website.
The new edition of FIPO (FIPO 2011, the rule book for sport events) includes some changes decided upon by the Delegates' Assembly. The most important change is to rename Tölt T2 ('loose rein') in Tölt T4 and to introduce a new Tölt T2 where the riders are riding...
The change of Tölt T2 into Tölt T4 and the introduction of Tölt T2 as a single rider test requires a change in the WorldRanking rules as well. The results of the preliminary rounds of both tests are valid for the FEIF WorldRanking, like the same applies for T1 and T3...
The booklet "Approved information about breeding shows 2011" has been updated and is ready for download from the FEIF Website. This brochure is for organizers of breeding shows as well as for judges and serves as a quick guide for how a breeding show works, what the...
The 2011 Icelandic Horse Festival will be held at Laugardalur in Reykjavik and the towns surrounding the city from March 26 - April 2, 2011. Details on the programme can be found on the website of the festival: http://icelandichorsefestival.is.
The Delegates? Assembly decided positive upon all proposals from last years? Sport Meeting. The most important change is to rename Tölt T2 (?loose rein?) in Tölt T4 and to introduce a new Tölt T2 where the riders are riding individually. This change will also apply to...
The use of the flash noseband or Mexican noseband in combination with bits with a curb chain or bits with upper and/or lower cheeks (leveler mechanism) has been added to the list of prohibited equipment. The decision was taken by the annual FEIF Sport meeting...
Based upon discussions in the meetings and the countries the Delegates' Assembly decided there was a necessity to make small changes in the guidelines concerning the relation of the slow tölt - tölt and slow canter - canter/gallop. Furthermore, it was unanimously...
Once again the Youth Meeting was a very good meeting where the participants shared their experiences and knowledge of organising very different kind of activities for the youth. IHSGB sent a report and a link to the FYCamp 2011 homepage where a lot of information...