The Board of Svenska Islandshästförbundet (SIF) has notified the Board of FEIF that the rider Madelen Johanson has been banned from competitions from February 5, 2010 until July 31, 2011. The ban is due to controversial training methods. FEIF has been informed in...
A few places are still available for the FEIF seminar for sport judges, trainers and riding instructors at the moment. This means that also a limited number of Level 1 Trainers and Instructors can participate. The 1st International FEIF Seminar for International FEIF...
The FEIF YouthCup 2010 in a beautiful Danish scenery - Icelandic horses, teamwork and cross-cultural friendships will be in focus when Denmark is hosting the International YouthCup this summer.
The 1st International FEIF Seminar for International FEIF Sport Judges, Trainers and Riding Instructors (level 2&3) will take place April 10-11, 2010 in Wurz (D) at Islandpferdereitschule Lipperthof. On Saturday the well known Gerd Heuschmann will be the main guest....
The Board of Landssamband Hestamannafélaga (IS) has notified the Board of FEIF that the rider Þórður Þorgeirsson has been banned from competitions for a period of nine month as from August 3, 2009. The ban is due to a breach of discipline. FEIF has been informed in...
The invitations to the FEIF Conference 2010 and the Annual Meetings Chairmen, Sport, Breeding, Education and Youth have been published. For further information please contact the FEIF Office (office@feif.org).
The World Championships for Icelandic Horses 2013 will take place in Berlin, capital of Germany. The Board of FEIF has honored the application made by our German member association IPZV. The venue is Karlshorst, a location used for other horse sports as well. Close to...
Riding on frozen lakes and streams has been a tradition in Iceland for many decades. In Berlin we will once again be honoring that tradition of our horses‘ homeland with icehorse 2010, the European Championships for Icelandic Horses, March 12-13, 2010. More...
The WorldCUP 2010 take place February 18-20, 2010 in Odense, Denmark at the same place and time as the annual FEIF Conference. The WorldCUP 2010 is a private organized event supported by FEIF and our Danish member assocaition DI. During the WorldCUP, the spectators...
The major item in the recent meeting of the Sport Committee (in a joint meeting with members of the sport judges committee) was the structure of our system of sport tests. At the moment, riders entering in tests like Tölt T8 or Four Gait V6 are judged the same way as...
At the joint breeding committee and breeding judges committee meeting in Haarlem, NL, the past breeding year was shortly reviewed, including the great World Championships 2009. The new time schedule proofed to be perfect for the breeding shows and never before had so...
The FYCamp 2009, hosted by the USIHC, was discussed and briefly evaluated. The overall impression was a very positive one, with good organization, good location, good staff, good programme, and good fun for everyone. Preparations for the FYCup 2010 at Kalö...
The FEIF Education Committee held some good discussions during the super-committee weekend at Haarlem, NL. Topics included cooperation, the FEIF Education Matrix list of instructors, creation of the FITO: Education department equivalent to FIPO and FIZO, and potential...
Up until now the FEIF committees arranged their separate meetings and got on with their work. This time the FEIF Board arranged for all committees to meet in the same place at the same time, namely in Haarlem, Netherlands. The advantage of this is that it is so much...
In 2010 the FEIF Delegates' Assembly and the FEIF Conference will take place February 19-21 in Odense, Denmark. It will be held at the same time as the WorldCup 2010 . The meetings will therefore take place at Odense Congress Center (http://www.occ.dk/). For more...
Once more, sport with Icelandic horses has shown to be a clean horse sport. All 20 doping tests taken at the World Championships 2009 in Brunnadern (CH) proved to be negative, which means: no doping. In total around 160 horses participated. The procedures followed...
A new release of IceTest, the free competition software of FEIF, is available. Upon request of users the number of judges in oval track classes is made changable between preliminary rounds and finals. There was also a request to make it possible to correct the number...
After a very successful judges' seminar at Vindhólar (Stapelfeld, D) 9 candidates (out of 15) did pass the test to become an International Sport Judge. FEIF congratulates Andreas Windsio (D), Birgit Quasnitschka (D), Caro Klein (D), Hendrik Gepp (D), Jean-Paul Balz...