It is a tradition to ride from the last World Championships venue to the next World Championship location, this year from Herning in Denmark via Germany to Oirschot in the Netherlands. The idea is to connect the leisure riders worldwide and to bring a message of...
For the FEIF virtual ride to the World Championships in Oirschot, Netherlands, riders from across the globe including teams from Australia and New Zealand have been on the way (virtually) since the end of Landsmót 2016. By the beginning of June they had clocked up...
FEIF has developed a new Riding Horse Profile, which is intended to create the best possible match between rider and horse. The Riding Horse profile is a snapshot of both the character and behaviour of the horse, as well as of the needs and abilities of the rider. It...
The FEIF virtual ride 'Out to Oirschot' continues to gather momentum. In spite of all the 'weather' riders covered over 2000km in January. For our southern friends it is of course the end of summer that is in sight. For all the latest results follow the link to the...
The Riding Horse Profile has been developed as a tool to get a neutral, professional assessment of the characteristics of a riding horse. The purpose is to secure that there is the best possible match between horse and rider - in particular in a situation, where a...
The Riding Horse Profile prepared by the Leisure Riding Committee in close cooperation with the Breeding and Education Committee has been finalized. Version 1.0 will be promoted to trainers via member organizations within the coming 4 weeks and will also be available...
The work conducted through 2016 has been very practically oriented on how to move on with developing a way of evaluating the character of a riding horse. A lot of trainers were involved in testing what we developed and the results will be presented at the FEIF...
The monthly km ridden towards the venue of the next World Championships for Icelandic horses have just been published here: http://feif-virtual.weebly.com/news-and-score-board.html With the Christmas break coming up, and a bit more time for riding out and about, it is...
To be able to provide information on the qualities of a horse as a riding horse, the Leisure Riding Committee has jointly with the Education Committee and the Breeding Committee been discussing how to make a description of the qualities of a horse as a riding horse,...
It is not too late to join the FEIF virtual ride to the site of the next World Championships of the Icelandic horse. The idea is simple: if you live too far away, and cannot participate in the real relay ride to the Netherlands, why not join riders from 12 member...
The Annual FEIF Ride 'Off to Oirschot' went off to an amazing start: 75 riders from 10 countries have already clocked up over 5000km on their virtual ride to the site of the next Icelandic Horse World Championships, held in the Netherlands in Aug 2017. The idea is...
The FEIF virtual ride 'Home to Hólar' came to an end with the spectacular Opening Ceremony of Landsmót on Thu 30th June. For a whole year, just over 150 riders from all over the world - alone and in teams - counted up all their km when riding out, mentally calculating...
This year FEIF introduces the first Leisure Riding Month where we invite all countries to organise riding tours and other events for leisure riders. WIth this we are following the example of Germany where a tour riding week has already been organised for the last few...
The 'Home to Hólar' ride will finish at 20:00 on Thu, 30th June, at the same time as the Opening Ceremony of Landsmót. Here are a few statistical highlights: together, about 120 riders from all over the world have ridden 65,528km, that is one and half time around the...
May 1st was officially the Day of the Icelandic horse, celebrated worldwide. Many clubs held Open House events; children showed off their riding skills and a lof of ways in which to enjoy the Icelandic horse, and individuals enjoyed the day together in the saddle. We...
The Icelandic Equestrian Association in cooperation with the marketing initiative Horses of Iceland collaborate on a weekend of celebration for the Icelandic horse. On April 30 there will be the annual horse parade through the city center of Reykjavík which is always...
About 120 riders from all over the world (Europe, North America Australia and NZ) are still making their way to Landsmót in Hólar. All riders send it the ridden km back home every month, and FEIF adds up the mileage, calculating the route to Hólar. In the northern...
The international marketing project "Horses of Iceland" invites everyone to join the campaign and to organise an open house day at your stable. Encourage everyone to use this opportunity to strengthen the bonds between all members of the Icelandic horse world and...