The Leisure Riding Committee discussed a large number of topics at the FEIF Committee meetings in October 2024. It was decided, that here will be a “Leisure Riding Country of the Year” award handed out at the annual FEIF Conference. For the first time, it will be handed out at the FEIF Conference 2025 in Vienna, Austria. The purpose of the award is to draw attention to leisure riding activities within FEIF and honour activities that have contributed to leisure riding within the national associations. Furthermore, the Leisure Riding Committee is working on promoting the virtual ride “Bring on Birmenstorf” to engage Leisure Riders all around the world to participate. Another important topic during the meeting was to find ways to implement topics regarding horse welfare in the work of the leisure committee.