... then you should not miss the education seminar of the year 2024! What can you expect when joining the event? Keynote speakers: Russell MacKechnie-Guire, PhD, BSc (Hons), BHSI, FHEA, Associate Professor in Biomechanics (Research), HE Equine, Hartpury University...
As in previous years, FEIF honors countries with outstanding projects in the various departments with the FEIF Awards. This year - for the first time – there will be a “Leisure Country of the Year" award! Countries can showcase their leisure work achievements and...
As in previous years, FEIF invites all member countries to nominate candidates as instructors/trainers of the year. All candidates must be a member of a FEIF member association and must be listed on the Trainer Matrix on www.feif.org.
Elevating Equestrian Awareness: Advancing Icelandic Horse Sport through Research & Education Join us in Denmark from March 7th – 9th, 2025, Aarhus/Vilhelmsborg, Denmark for an exciting seminar weekend! In cooperation with Dansk Islandshesteforening (DI) we...
Mid of November 2024, representatives from 11 FEIF member countries met online to discuss issues related to Horse Welfare and SLO as concerns the issues in their respective countries. It was a stimulating and informative meeting with lively contributions from all the...
The Beat Goes on! Find here some impressions from the World Championship tracks in Birmenstorf, click on the link to find out more about tickets, the schedule, day-care for kids, etc.: WM 2025 | World Championships of Icelandic Horses - Birmenstorf CH Photos: Fabian...
In this year's Education Committee meeting in Frankfurt several items were on the agenda.. The committee welcomed Mathilde Ladefoged as a new young committee member. Furthermore, different systems of rider education with tests and rider’s badges used in the member...
A productive meeting of the Sport Committee and the Sport Judge Committee was recently held during the FEIF committee meetings 2025. As every year, the Sport Judge Committee proposed optimizations for the sport judge guidelines which are the basis for all judges...
The Breeding Committee and Breeding Judges Committee meeting 2024 focused on key initiatives to support and further develop Icelandic horse breeding. A primary emphasis was on clear representation of Icelandic horses across various contexts, including breeding,...
As part of the FEIF committee meetings, the discussions of the Youth Department centred around the evaluation of past and the planning of future events: this summer’s FEIF YouthCup which was brilliantly hosted by Switzerland, and the most recent FEIF Young Leaders’...
The Leisure Riding Committee discussed a large number of topics at the FEIF Committee meetings in October 2024. It was decided, that here will be a "Leisure Riding Country of the Year" award handed out at the annual FEIF Conference. For the first time, it will be...
For a good number of years now, each FEIF Committee has a dedicated seat for a young committee member. Candidates are aged 18-26 and can apply directly to FEIF. Young committee members have a full vote and work under the same conditions as any other serving committee...
The Board of FEIF has appointed the Chief Judges for sport for the World Championships 2025 (Birmenstorf, CH). Halldór Gunnar Victorsson will be the Chief Judge at the event, he will be assisted by Stefan Hackauf as Deputy-Chief Judge. The team of chief judges is...
On Tuesday night, 10 FEIF member countries were represented in a vigorous and stimulating meeting about recent developments and initiatives regarding horse welfare and questions on the social licence to operate. Naturally, discussions about horse welfare, public...
In addition to Eyjolfur Isolfsson, our keynote speaker, you can expect a large variety of practical and theoretical presentations as well as interesting discussions at the seminar in October 2024 in Wången! Teachers and students from Wången will present parts of the...
2 months and 5000 km later the current FEIF Virtual ride is well and truly on the way. So far, riders from 12 different member countries have started to make their way to the site of next year’s World Championships which will be held in Switzerland. The concept is...
On 20 August 2024, the ground-breaking ceremony for the centrepiece of the 2025 World Championships for Icelandic Horses - the official World Championships oval track and the pace track which will also be used for breeding presentations - took place at Hardwinkelhof...
Congratulations to Konráð Valur Sveinsson [IS] with Kjarkur frá Árbæjarhjáleigu II [IS2006186758] – setting a new world record in P3 – 150m Pace Race with a time of 13.46” at the WorldRanking event Íslandsmót fullorðinna og Ungmenna 2024, Reykjavík, Iceland on July...