The invitations to the Annual Meetings of the different departments have been sent out. For the first time, the meetings will take place at the same place in the same weekend: February 11-13, 2005 in Copenhagen (DK). The meetings are part of the newly established FEIF...
The Third International FEIF Instructor/Trainer Meeting will take place January 14-16, 2005 at the Pferdeleistungszentrum Standenbühl, Germany. The instructor/trainer meeting is open to instructors/trainers from FEIF member countries (different levels in different...
The Annual Meeting of LH, the Icelandic member association of FEIF, responsible for sport and gæðingakeppni in Iceland, agreed on October 30, 2004, to replace the national rules for sport events in Iceland by the international FIPO rules. FEIF considers this as...
The FEIF Youth Camp 2005 will be organised in Heimaland near Hvolsvellir, Iceland.Activities: horse riding, visit Armot (Haflidi Halldorsson) on horseback, swimming in Icelands famous warm swimmingpools, country sightseeing (more details will follow). Each member...
Two new rankings are introduced in 2004 to celebrate the 10th season of the FEIF WorldRanking: the Four Gait Combination and the Five Gait Combination. The Four Gait Combination is based upon the results in Four Gait V1 and the best of Tölt T1 or Tölt T2. The Five...
At the moment there are more bits that can be useful for Icelandic horses than are allowed in FIPO and there is no reason to forbid them. Up until now, only bits that are clearly described in FIPO are allowed. This means that new bits have to go a long way to get into...
As of January 1, 2005, new rules for shoeing will be valid. The aim here is to be able to follow developments more easily, especially to encourage the use of lighter material. The main changes are: - to accept all material for shoes, as long as it is not heavier than...
The members of the Sport Committee and Sport Judges Committee elected Hörður Hákonarsson as Chief Judge for the World Championships 2005 in Sweden and André Böhme as Deputy Chief Judge. Due to the early election both Hörður and André can be involved in the...
From September 2-5, 2004, the second Mid European Championships (MEM) took place in Wurz (DE). The event was very succesful. Riders from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, the Netherlands, France and Slovenia took part. An international judge team (Iceland, the...
From August 9 to 15 the Nordic Championships took place in Strömsholm, Sweden. It was a competition between teams of Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. Apart from the adult class there were also age classes for young riders and juniors. At least four World...
From August 9 to 15 the Nordic Championships will take place in Strömsholm, Sweden. It is a competition between teams of Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. Apart from the adult class there are also age classes for young riders and juniors. At least four...
From July 17-24, the FEIF Youth Cup took place in Oosterhuizen (NL) with 66 participants from 11 countries: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Great Britain, Iceland, Norway, United States, the Netherlands, Sweden. Participants and other people involved...
The FEIF Delegates' Assembly 2004 will take place in Berlin (D), September 18-19. The meeting will discuss several proposals from the board and different departments. Included are also proposals from the sport department about new rules for bridles and bits and new...
The FEIF Feather Prize 2004 for Horsemanship and Feather Light riding has been awarded at Landsmót 2004 to Þorvaldur Árni Þorvaldsson (IS). The Feather Prize is awarded once a year by the Board of FEIF, and focuses on feather light and horse friendly riding in all...
The Icelandic minister of Agriculture, Gudni Ágústsson, has honoured FEIF President Tone Kolnes during the closing ceremony of Landsmót 2004. She did receive the special memento from the minister to value her important work in FEIF regarding the Icelandic Horse all...
At Landsmót 2004 FEIF did again award its Perpetual Breeding Trophy for the highest evaluated breeding horse. This year's winner is Þóroddur frá Þóroddstödum (IS1999188801), a 5 year old stallion with the extreme high score of 9.04 for ridability (the highest mark...
Besides the English, Dutch and Norwegian language now also the Danish language is available for IceTest, the free software for sport events. Read more about IceTest at the FEIF Website: www.feif.org/software.
At Landsmót 2004 FEIF will again award its Perpetual Trophy for the highest evaluated breeding horse. Last time winner was the mare Þoka frá Hólum IS 1993258300 with a overall score of 8.64, Conformation 8.64, Riding abilities 8.64 (Rider Þórarinn Eymundsson).