During the committee meeting weekend in Malmö 2016 substantial progress was made in relation to the test of the ideal leisure horse. Ideas were tested live on two horses, who patiently agreed to the fun. Great thanks to Lena Brandsten from Helgagården, who kindly...
The FEIF Software Group met during the FEIF Committee Meeting in Malmö to plan the next steps in the development of 'IceTest NG' the much anticipated successor to the IceTest software suite. The Group is on target to have a first release of NG to be unveiled at the...
The European Parliament hosted a conference on Equine Welfare on October 21, 2015 in Brussels. The reason for the conference was the publication of the report Removing the Blinkers: The health and welfare of European equidae in 2015, which investigates the state of...
FEIF is providing national rankings for Iceland, Denmark and Sweden, based upon WorldRanking Events in the specific countries. The ranking lists are based upon the best two results per rider per test. The ranking lists are updated every night, and like the...
The FEIF Sport Department congratulates the 105 riders who have been nominated for Good and Harmonious Riding in the 2015 competition season. Thank you all for being such excellent examples of the type of riding we hope to see in our sport. Lisa Schürger (DE) received...
The Icelandic rider Þorvaldur Árni Þorvaldsson has been suspended by a decision of the National Olympic Committee and Sports Federation of Iceland to ban the rider based on a positive drug test at the Reykjavíkurmeistaramóti Fáks in May. The rider is suspended for a...
The FEIF WorldRanking is a system to compare results of riders of pure-bred Icelandic horses at selected sport events all over the world with each other. FEIF started the WorldRanking in 1995. The last WorldRanking events of the season 2015 took place on the first...
Every year in October FEIF sends out the so-called FEIF membership questionnaire and asks all member associations to complete the questions by end of October. The information asked for concerns statements and figures such as structure of the association, number and...
At the board meeting beginning of October 2015 the FEIF Board met to prepare the committee meetings 2015, the conference in February 2016 and the Delegates Assembly 2016. Several positions in the FEIF board and committees, all operating on an honorary basis, will be...
FEIF is looking for an energetic and knowledgeable person to join the Board as Director for PR. Responsibilities will include fundraising and sponsorship, publicity and communication merchandising, and developing the FEIF brand. The position is voluntary, but travel...
FEIF conducted an International Sport Judge License examination over the past two days. From a total of 27 candidates we are please to announce 10 new FEIF International Sport Judges [Heri Djurhuus Dahl (FO), Jenny Göransson (SE), Pétur Vopni Sigurðsson (IS), Stefan...
Again our World Championships proved to be a clean sport event: no prohibited substances were found in the different random taken samples from sport and breeding horses.
It is not to late to join - or invite your friend to join - the virtual ride to next year´s Landsmót in Hólar. You will be in the company of currently 150 riders from all over the world, including Austria, Romania, and Australia. The concept is simple: follow the link...
Teaching the next Generation is the motto of the joint FEIF Education & Youth seminar for riding instructors and trainers at all levels and national youth and education leaders, to be organised in Weistrach, Austria, November 27-29, 2015. The main focus of the seminar...
They come from all over the world and they want to get to Hólar in time for Landsmót 2016, and they will have a lot of fun on the way! This year's virtual ride got off to a great start with 102 registered riders so far, coming from 15 countries. The idea is simple:...
An overview of all sport and breeding results from the World Championships 2015 in Herning is available on the FEIF website. Are you interested in an overview of the Champions in the different categories and classes back to 1999 or even earlier? Just follow the link...
Ticket sales for the World Championships 2017 in Oirschot, Netherlands have started. If you order your tickets early enough you will benefit from a range of early bird offers. Details on ticket offers, the location, etc. can be found on the website of the 2017 event.
The event OSI / Qualifikationsturnier Wulfenhof 2015 in Dorsten (DE), scheduled 12-13 September 2015, will no longer be a WorldRanking event.