A lot of helping hands are needed to make the World Championships for Icelandic Horses 2011 an unforgetable experience. Construction work, planning of the camping site, or the organization of catering - our volunteers are around, wherever lots of work needs to be...
2011 will be another exciting year for the Icelandic Horse World, with the World Championships 2011 in St Radegund, Austria. Of course it was a disappointment that Landsmót 2010 - as the major event that takes place every two years in Iceland - had to be cancelled....
Flowing manes, thundering hoofs en lots of Icelandic fire, that's what Horses on Ice, the European Championships on Ice, is like. It is being held March 19, 2011, on the artificial icerink Kennemerland in Haarlem (NL, close to Amsterdam Airport). More than 100...
The authorities in Iceland have updated the information on the epidemic disease among horses in Iceland. The upper respiratory tract infection epidemic in the equine population in Iceland is now declining. By the time the first cases were reported in the beginning of...
On 17 November 2010, the European Horse Network (EHN) has held a Seminar dedicated to the Economic impact of the Horse industry in European regions. It has enabled numerous representatives of the Horse's industry from various Member States to have a fruitful exchange...
Five more judges have been appointed for the World Championships 2011 in St Radegund (A): Åsa William (Eriksson), Bent Rune Skulevold, Florian Schneider, Nicolai Thye and Uschi Heller-Voigt. They have been appointed by a special committee (Einar Ragnarsson, Marko...
In the weekend of November 4-7, 2010, the FEIF Board, all committees and the FEIF Taskforce did meet in Haarlem (NL). Part of the weekend the Board, Breeding committees, Sport committee, Sport Judges committee, Education committee and Youth committee had their own...
In the weekend of November 4-7, 2010, the FEIF Board, all committees and the FEIF Taskforce will meet in Haarlem (NL). Part of the weekend the Board, Breeding committees, Sport committee, Sport Judges committee, Education committee and Youth committee will have their...
The FEIF Education Committee will offer a Seminar for riding teachers, trainers and active judges at Hólar, 25th-26th of August 2011. In 2006 the Trainers seminar was held at Hólar as well and got very good feedback. This time the main theme will be training of the...
In the weekend of October 22-24, 2010, the last FEIF WorldRanking event of 2010 will take place in the USA. The venue is the Kentucky Icelandic Horse Show at Locust Hill Farm, Prospect, KY. In the weekend of October 15 and 16 the first WorldRanking Event in the USA in...
Ten countries have appointed a judge for the World Championships 2011 in Austria: Carina Heller, BE; Christian Reischauer, AT; Christoph Leibold, DE; Fi Pugh, GB; Hulda G. Geirsdóttir, IS; Jean-Paul Balz, CH; Jens Krarup Nielsen, DK; Laura Pihkala-Posti, FI; Lena...
Regarding the upper respiratory tract infection in horses in Iceland please visit the webpage of MAST - Icelandic food and veterinary authority - www.mast.is . There you will find useful information and reports about the infection in Icelandic and in English.
We mourn about the death of Claus Becker, well known member of the Icelandic horse community and founder of the German SAGA riding schools. His life was dedicated to the Icelandic horse for many, many years and he again and again managed to inspire and support all of...
The International Pace Championship 2010 got very good response. More riders than usual participated from many FEIF countries: Austria, Switzerland, France, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Germany. Some new ideas came up, like a Pace Cup, a...
More than 6 million horses in Europe represent more than just an agricultural activity or a part of the leisure industry. Important economic and social benefits of the Horse Industry in Europe should be emphasised and developed inside the European Regions. The...
15 Judges will be appointed to judge the World Championships 2011, in addition to chief judge Einar Ragnarsson and deputy chief judge Eva Petersen. All judges must have been FEIF licensed international sport judges for a period of at least one year prior to their...
The Board of FEIF appointed Einar Ragnarsson as Chief Judge and Eva Petersen as Deputy Chief Judge at the World Championships 2011 in St Radegund (A). They were proposed by the FEIF Sport Judges Committee. Both Einar and Eva have experience as judge at the World...
The correct registration of a horse pedigree is essential for horse breeding. Many breeders rely upon the pedigree information in their breeding work and the BLUP evaluation is based upon the pedigree information as well. In order to support studbook work and verify...