New BLUP index 2023
New breeding evaluation indexes (BLUP) have been calculated and are now available in the Studbook of origin of the Icelandic horse, WorldFengur for a total of 492.564 horses. The number of full international breeding assessments on which the calculation is based, was 36.160. These assessments are divided over all FEIF countries as follows: Iceland 22.379 
, Sweden 4459
, Germany 3721
, Denmark 2819
, Norway 1279 
Austria 387 
Finland 294 
the Netherlands 319 
the United States 228 
Canada 117 
Switzerland 110 
the United Kingdom 39 
and the Faroe Islands 9 
. The results of DNA testing for the pace gene of 1.027 horses were also included in the calculations.
Read more about this on the FEIF website or click the link on our story!
