The International Day of the Icelandic Horse is on 1 May. Horses of Iceland celebrates and shares our love for the Icelandic horse on TikTok! Post a short video of you and your horse* on TikTok by 1 May using the hashtags #horsesoficeland and #dayoftheicelandichorse....
Hallveig Fróðadóttir passed away on April 13, 2021 after a hard fight with cancer. She leaves a big gap for us, at the WorldFengur team and also for the entire Icelandic horse community. Hallveig played a major role in the development of WorldFengur and was a key...
We are delighted to inform you that the FEI – Fédération Équestre Internationale and FEIF signed the Official Mutual Recognition document. We are very honoured by this step and consider this agreement as an indication of trust and confidence from the FEI to FEIF. The...
Horses are perhaps the most common non-human animal to feature in planned events, but although there is considerable research on equestrian sport, there is virtually none on equestrian events. This book begins to address this gap, using the National Championships of...
Horses of Iceland will launch an ONLINE presentation series on Icelandic horse breeding on Tuesday, 30 March, at 6 pm UTC. The presentations are free of charge and open to all via Horses of Iceland’s Facebook page and will be in English. The first presentation in a...
A new set of rules is available for users of (classical) IceTest. Classical IceTest in its current version is freeware, which means it can be used free of costs in any non-commercial setting. IceTest is multi lingual, at the moment Danish, Dutch, English, German,...
Don't miss the opportunity to participate in this year's seminar! Listen to Bent Rune Skulevold and Stian Pedersen who explain the focus of the seminar ! There are 3 GHR questions to explore - what is Good and Harmonious Riding? How do you recognize Good and...
The countries have now registered for the World Championships 2021 in Herning and we are looking forward to welcome these countries to a great week with fabouluos horses and great riders in Herning the 1-8th of August. AustriaBelgiumDenmarkFaroe...
FEI extends shutdown of international events in mainland Europe due to EHV-1 outbreak The FEI has imposed a further two-week extension of the shutdown of all international events in mainland Europe until 11 April 2021 due to the ongoing outbreak of the neurological...
We are happy to offer a great online FEIF education seminar 2021 in co-operation with GaitAcademy (Stian Pedersen, Bent Rune Skulevold) and the Norwegian Icelandic Horse Association (NIHF)! The seminar has several phases and offers a process to make sure everyone can...
The final breeding jury for the World Championships 2021 in Herning will be: Elsa Albertsdóttir, IS; Silke Feuchthofen, DE; John Siiger Hansen, DK. At the breeding show the best horses from all FEIF member countries are presented. Each country may enter a maximum of 2...
The Legal Committee of the European Horse Network (EHN) met on March 4, 2021 to discuss the draft implementing regulation on the identification and registration of equines (SANTE/7004/2019). In the meeting, the response of ENH to the consultation by the EU regarding...
“Who is who in FEIF? – a series of short interviews with the of the persons working in the organization” . We start by introducing the young members of the Sport Committee, Lisa Kroon from the Netherlands. Lisa, you were selected to the sport committee in 2020. How...
With a heavy heart, the FEIF Youth Committee, together with the organisers in Finland, have decided not to run the FEIF Youth Camp this summer. There are just too many uncertainties and a certain amount of risk with 40 kids abroad. This camp is postponed, and not...
Right now we are in the midst of a tough Covid-19-time and it is, like everything else, hard to know if we “happy Icelandic horse enthusiasts” will be able to meet for a blast of a party at the World Championships for Icelandic Horses in Herning in summer 2021. But...
Eiðfaxi International is happy to introduce the new product: The Free Eiðfaxi International Digital Magazine. News, interviews and photo spreads from events, people, horses and landscape. By using the existing technology and creating a Digital Magazine, it brings you...
Henning Drath took participants on a virtual tour, exploring Iceland’s culture, music, food and language, and many other of the surprising features you will find when you visit that unique island nation. Participants learned about pylsur með öllu – the uniquely...
Along with the other candidates who were elected during the DA on Saturday, 3 new young committee members will start their 2-year position on FEIF committees: Lena-Marie Baltes (LU) will serve on the Education committee, Katharina Haider (AT) on the Leisure Riding...