The relay riders passed the boarder between Switzerland and Germany. They will continue their ride under the lead of Franz Meier from Landesverband Bayern/Bavaria and Anke Spiegler from Landsverband Baden-Württemberg until finally reaching Austria on July 30. The...
50 rider/horse combinations from Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Norway and Slovenia have been registered so far and 12 breeding horses from Germany and Iceland. And, at the moment at least, there is a clear majority of female riders (30 out of 50) and of stallions...
Wednesday, 13th, the relay ride started in Brunnadern, the first part was approximately 30 km from Brunnadern to Bischofszell under the lead of Bernhard Res. If you want to know more about the Swiss relay riders, have a look at the relay blog:...
St Radegund in Austria is ready to host the largest event in the Icelandic horse world in 2011. The first tribunes are assembled, the tracks are in perfect condition and are ready for new world records. With the excellent results from the national championships with...
The invitation to the sport judges test to become a FEIF Licensed Sport Judge or National Sport Judge, to be organised by FEIF, October 7-9, 2011 at Islandpferdehof Piet Hoyos in Semriach (A), near Graz, has been published. The test is connected to the Steierische...
Due to the very small number of applications for the tour it was decided to postpone the FEIF Horse Trekking Tour 2011 to 2012. As soon as the new date has been fixed it will be announced on the FEIF website.
For the first time Landsmót is broadcasted live on the internet. Users can go online on www.landsmot.is and buy access to the live broadcasting for only 3500 ISK (about 20 Euro) for the whole week! Click this link to see a preview of how it works from Vindheimamelar:...
More and more riders extend filling material used inside the hoof to the backside of the hoof, suggesting that this gives better protection. However, filling material is only allowed inside the hoof (FIPO 2.3.7), basically in the area between a sole and the hoof. When...
The Austrian rider Catherine Gratzl established with the eleven year old mare Blökk frá Kambi [IS2000287461] a new World Record in Pace Race 150m - P3 with a time of 13,47". The record was set on the World Championships 2011 grounds in St. Radegund, Austria and has...
The Education Seminar 2011 (after cancellation of the Hólar Seminar in August) will be held in conjunction with an open Equine Seminar in the Netherlands, last week of October. The theme of the ISES 2011 conference - Equitation Science, Principles and Practice - will...
Icelandic horse riders from three nations will ride from Brunnadern in Switzerland to St. Radegund, Austria. Everything is ready! Beginning of July the relay ride will start in Switzerland and more than 30 riders per day will ride to St. Radegund. On Friday, July 29,...
Sometimes equipment in sport doesn't fit in either the description of what is allowed or what is not allowed. In such cases the description of what is allowed prevails. Equipment not described as allowed is not allowed. At the moment there are four items that might...
As of April 1, 2011, new requirements are valid for World Records. The requirements include electronic time keeping and in P1-Pace Race 250 m and P3-Pace Race 150 m a camera at the finish line. This means that a new list of World Records is started for P1 and P3, as...
Slovenia is the first team that registered for the World Championships 2011 (deadline for registration is July 18, 2011). Details on the teams of each nations can be found on the FEIF website.
With less then 60 days to go FEIF President Jens Iversen and FEIF Director of Sport Marko Mazeland visited Islandpferde Reithof Piber, in St Radegund, Austria on June 3, 2011 for a last check on the preparations of the World Championships 2011. All preparations for...
The FEIF YouthCamp 2011 will be hosted by Icelandic Horse Society of Great Britain (IHSGB) and will take place in Broomlee Outdoor Centre, West Linton, Scotland (July 23-30, 2011). The FEIF YouthCamp now has got its own website: http://feifyouthcamp2011.ihsgb.co.uk/...
Unfortunately the FEIF seminar 2011 which was planned to take place in Hólar will be cancelled. The organisers in Hólar are still trying to find out if it could probably be postponed until a later date. Any information will be published immediately on the FEIF...
The WorldRanking Event at the Silver Maple Icelandic Horse Farm, Tunbridge VT, USA (June 18-19, 2011) has been cancelled as a WorldRanking event due to a lack of qualified judges. The event itself will contine to take place.