On Christmas Day in the Morning…
It’s 7 o’clock, and the snow is falling,As I look outside, the horses are calling.I throw on some clothes and rush to the yard,Everything sparkles, and the ground is hard:Icy…
FEIF Conference 2023 – main topics
More and more horse associations all over the world started discussions about the so-called “Social license to operate” – the concern for the welfare and use of horses, the changing…
BLUP breeding values updated | FEIF
Recently, the BLUP breeding values have been re-estimated and published in the Studbook of Origin for the Icelandic horse, WorldFengur.com (WF). In total, breeding values for 479,960 Icelandic horses are…
FEIF Facts and Figures 2022
The Icelandic Norwegian Horse Festival ended a great 2023 WorldRanking season: 12 countries registered a total of 110 WorldRanking events, more than 2,700 riders with almost 4,000 horses participated! https://www.feif.org/sport-dept/worldranking/worldranking/…
Combined sport judges and trainer/instructor seminar 2023
if you are an international sport judge or a trainer/instructor listed on the FEIF matrix, then join us in Iceland for an exciting full weekend of events! High level competitions…
FEIF Youth Camp 2023 | FEIF
Together with the organisers, the FEIF Youth Committee is delighted to announce that the 2023 FEIF Youth Camp (for participants aged 13-17) will take place 14th – 17th July in…
Photo competition “Oldies but Goldies” the last voting is over
The last online voting of the photo competition has endet and the last three pictures for october, november and december in the 2023 calender have been decided. Nadine Ribeiro, Mathilde…
Blood mares in Iceland – Statement by the Icelandic animal welfare group SDÍ / Animal Welfare Iceland
It is now one year that disturbing images from Iceland, pictures taken by the Animal Welfare Foundation (AWF) and Tierschutzbund Zürich (TSB) showed frightened Icelandic mares while a disproportionate amount…
World Championships 2023 – Sport Judges
The Board of FEIF has appointed the Chief Judges for sport for the World Championships 2023 (Oirschot, NL). Þorgeir Guðlaugsson will be the Chief Judge at the event, he will…
FEIF Questionnaire 2022 | FEIF
FEIF Questionnaire 2022 The deadline to complete the FEIF questionnaire was October 30, 2022, extended deadline was November 7, 2022. Please contact the FEIF Office: office@feif.org in case you would…