FEIF congratulates the 119 riders who have been nominated for Good and Harmonious Riding in the 2017 competition season. Thank you to all riders listed for being such excellent examples of the type of riding we hope to see in our sport! Martin Rønnestad (NO) who was...
Every year the FEIF Youthwork Committee awards a trophy to the 'FEIF Youth Country of the Year'. The award is given to the country which has had the most innovative ideas for promoting youth work, or which had the most exciting programme, or which managed to expand...
The first FEIF event to kick off the new year 2018, will be the Young Leader Seminar, 12-14 January in Berlar, Germany. Aimed at 18-26 year-old, younger members of the Icelandic horse world, the seminar will focus on leadership and communication skills. The programme...
'Teaching to teach - a systematic approach to education of riding teachers, trainers and instructors' will be the title of the FEIF education seminar from March 23-25, 2018. The seminar will be held at Hólar University College in Iceland with main focus on education...
After a two-year review of mouth inspection data, the Sport Committee removed the ban on most ported Icelandic bits in Sport competition because a clear correlation between ported leverage bits and increased mouth injuries cannot be found. The Icelandic bits join the...
The Board of FEIF has not received any complete offers to organize the World Championships 2021. The application process is reopened until February 1, 2018. Interested parties should consult the "procedures" section of the World Championships documents page for the...
The Sport and Sport Judges Committee met for two days along with the rest of the FEIF board and committees in Haarlem, NL. Both committees had very full agendas covering the status and future of the World Championships, judge licenses (examinations for new licenses...
The breeding committee had a joint meeting with the breeding judges committee during the Haarlem weekend. Main topics on the agenda where the review of the World Championships 2017, the breeding judge licenses regarding examination, re-licensing and duration, the...
Nature was the overarching theme for the October meetings. The committee is working on ways to bring a closer relationship to the environment, and with it a deepened understanding of the nature of the horse, into everything we are doing. The highlight of 2017 was the...
The FEIF Education Committee has met during the committee meetings 2017 in Haarlem for a very constructive working weekend. The main topics on the agenda were the details of the proposal on the CPD structure for trainers and instructors listed on the FEIF website, the...
The Leisure Committee has now finalized all paperwork relating to the Horse Profile. Before Christmas a short digital introduction will be ready and the Horse Profile will be presented at the Trainers' Seminar at Hólar in spring 2018. Following this, the Leisure...
In January 2018 FEIF again plans to honor the 'Best FEIF instructor/trainer of the Year' ! All FEIF member associations were already asked to nominate one candidate who is listed on the FEIF trainer matrix and working as an active instructor or trainer. Please prepare...
FEIF Youth is happy to invite young people between the ages 18-26 to the second leadership seminar, which will be held 12-14th Jan 2018 in Berlar, Germany. Amongst the guest speakers will be Jolly Schrenk several times world champion, Prof Gabi Bussmann, Olympic...
The FEIF Youth department is happy to release the dates for the next FEIF YouthCup: it will take place 28th July - 4th August 2018 in Axevalla, Sweden. At this coming FEIF YouthCup event, the dressage test will be replaced with the option of Tölt in Harmony level 1,...
The World Championships 2017 proved to be a 100% clean event. No prohibited substances were found in the 20 random samples taken from among the 204 registered Breeding and Sport horses.
The FEIF virtual 'Ride to Reykjavík' 2018 has started and so far just over 40 riders from 8 member countries have registered. You can do it too! The idea is simple. Instead of a 'real' relay ride, which would be difficult riding to Iceland, you add up all the km you...
The second FEIF Young Leader Event will be hosted in Berlar in Germany. Young horse people between 18-26 are warmly invited to a leadership seminar: 'Building Connections'. Amongst others, guest speakers include Prof Gabi Bussmann, Olympic athlete and sport...
This year the FEIF Youth Department organized for the second time a video competition. This year's theme was 'Power is ...' and we asked young people to create a short movie with music, text, and of course featuring the Icelandic horse by using their smart phones,...