This year's FEIF Virtual Ride is entering its final phase and with just 7 weeks to go many riders have already 'arrived': that means that over the last 12 months, by hacking out - they have ridden the total km from wherever their home is to Berlin. Those of us who...
A very happy Easter to horses and humans alike! Celebrate with us by posting a seasonal picture on @feiforg on Instagram. Also, remember that May 1st is the International Day of the Icelandic horse. Our motto for this year is 'Over the hills and far away'. And because...
The Icelandic horse is an incredibly versatile breed and each horse is special in terms of characteristics as well as level of training. Similarly, each rider is different, requiring different traits from his or her riding horse. FEIF has introduced the Riding Horse...
A really active leisure riding group met at the FEIF Conference 2019 in Berlin. Main focus was on the development of leisure riding and to learn from the work done in the countries. The interesting information discussion gave a lot of input and ideas for further work....
As much as the Icelandic-horse world is looking forward to the bi-annual festival of sport and breeding competitions, there is an equally passionate group of riders from all FEIF member countries getting ready for the traditional relay ride. Follow the link to the...
During the committee meetings 2018 the current version of the horse profile was updated to use the same expressions as in sport and breeding to make the use more compatible. The process was done together with the education committee. The renewed form will be published...
The traditional relay ride will start in June 2019. From Oirschot in the Netherlands, the venue of the 2017 World Championships, to Berlin, the route takes you practically across Germany. The handover at the border will take place end of June 2019 north of Venlo and...
Join the virtual ride Back to Berlin - you never know what you find along the way! Registration is now open! Even if you have participated before, you must re-register. Also feel free to join the new facebook group 'Back to Berlin'...
FEIF virtual ride 'Back to Berlin' starts Monday, 9th July, 2018. Riders calculate the distance from home (wherever that is) to Berlin, and over the year add up all km ridden in nature. You may go it alone or form a team, depending on how far you have to ride. There...
The FEIF virtual 'Ride to Reykjavík' came to an end with the beginning of Landsmót on July first. For a whole year, Icelandic horse riders from all over our member countries, including the US, Australia and New Zealand, added up the km ridden out on the trail, to...
This year's FEIF virtual 'Ride to Reykjavík' has reached the final home stretch. Having started off in August 2017, around 70 riders added up all ridden km to cover the distance from wherever home is to Landmót 2018 in Reykjavík. The first team Toon (town) Army from...
The exchange of information and experience from the countries was very positive and a lot of good ideas were discussed. Regarding the Horse Profile, there were several ideas on how to publish and advertise it in the countries. The countries are aware of the need to...
The Leisure Committee has now finalized all paperwork relating to the Horse Profile. Before Christmas a short digital introduction will be ready and the Horse Profile will be presented at the Trainers' Seminar at Hólar in spring 2018. Following this, the Leisure...
The FEIF virtual 'Ride to Reykjavík' 2018 has started and so far just over 40 riders from 8 member countries have registered. You can do it too! The idea is simple. Instead of a 'real' relay ride, which would be difficult riding to Iceland, you add up all the km you...
The FEIF virtual ride 'Out to Oirschot' is over - long live the FEIF 'Ride to Reykjavik'. Interested in joining a friendly and mutually supportive community of Icelandic horse riders from all over the world on their (virtual) ride to Landsmót 2018? The principle is...
The relay riders have arrived in Oirschot after a long ride from Herning in Denmark, where the World Championships were held in 2015. Riders started their ride of 840km there and rode through Germany to the Netherlands. Sunday morning the riders were welcomed from...
The European Route d'Artagnan is a 4000 km riding route established through a Unique cooperation between 12 partners including tourist organizations, FITE, local Communities and co-funded by the European Community and it was opened in Chantilly, France, July 7-9,...
The km totals for June have just been published! Please note that this month they are sorted by the highest number of km individual riders have ridden. Together our top three riders have completed 6948 km in the saddle since August last year. Congratulations, what an...