The Sport Judges Guidelines and FIPO Timer apps have been updated on the Apple Store. Both apps have been updated to reflect the changes approved for the 2015 season. The Guidelines has clarifications in the general description of Fast Tölt and the beat / balance...
Two new members have been elected to the FEIF Sport Judges Committee: Sigríður Pjetursdóttir (Iceland) and Valdimar Auðunsson (Austria). They replace Mark Tillmann and Nicolai Thye both decided to step down. The other members are Åsa William (Sweden), Halldór Gunnar...
The World Championship judges met in Malmö to prepare for the main event of 2015: the World Championships in Herning. 15 Judges, chief judge Þorgeir Guðlaugsson and deputy chief judge Einar Ragnarsson concentrated on judging horse/rider combinations in all possible...
A new set of FIPO rules is available for users of IceTest. The rules apply to events starting at or after April 1, 2015. This release includes changes in FIPO regarding Four Gait V3.
The speaker is the front of every competition. A good speaker can lift a competition to a higher level and a bad one can irritate all people listening and in worst case ruin preliminaries or even finals with wrong guidance. So it is very important that the speaker is...
A total of 85 WorldRanking events have been registered in 11 countries. The list includes Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. The first event will take place in the weekend of April 11-12 in...
The 2015 "Rules for Sport Events" and the "Rules for Icelandic Horse Breeding" are now available for download. Both documents will be valid from April 1, 2015 on.
The Annual Sport Meeting covered a range of different topics including recommendations on various changes to FIPO, procedural changes for the World Championships and discussions on equipment. The annual meeting of the national Sport Leaders unanimously agreed that the...
The annual meeting of the national Sport Leaders and of the national Breeding Leaders of the FEIF member countries agreed that the use of a flash noseband in combination with bits with leverage effects shall not be permitted in the presentation of breeding horses and...
Everyone is busy preparing for the VM2015 in Herning this summer. Follow the link to the video where some of the Nordic WC riders tell about how they prepare for World Championships for Icelandic Horses If you want to join as volunteer: www.vm2015.com Can You Hear the...
A number of rumors are circulating on the Internet regarding decisions that have or have not been taken by FEIF. The FEIF website and news (https://feif.blackbuck.eu/Service/News.aspx) are the official sources for information. In the interests of clarity, the only...
The FEIF VetCheck Group reviewed and discussed forms and procedures regarding mouth checks and checks on leg injuries during various events. Forms have already been available for many years and in several countries judges and ring stewards have been educated to apply...
The Board of FEIF has approved the selection of the Sport Judges for the World Championships 2015. The section was made according to the protocol approved by the Delegates Assembly in Reykjavík in February by a special section committee consisting of Þorgeir...
FEIF will offer an examination for new International Sport Judges and candidates for national licenses at Kronshof (DE) on September 28 - 29, 2015. The examination will consist of theoretical topics covering the rules and judging guidelines as well as practical...
At the FEIF committee meetings in Malmö, October 24-26, 2014 Denni Hauksson and Åsa William were invited to give a presentation on Tölt in Harmony (TiH). TiH is based upon Reynir Adalsteinsson's original thoughts and ideas. It is a form of training and competing in...
The Sport and Breeding Committees agreed during a joint session in Malmö to prohibit the use of Icelandic bits with ported mouths (0,5cm and taller) after reviewing the results of the studies conducted in Iceland. The Sport Committee also added the Pessoa bits to the...
The draft of the new FEIF Equipment manual, which was prepared by the equipment working group (Marlise Grimm (FEIF, Director of Breeding), Doug Smith (FEIF, Director of Sport), Johannes Hoyos (AT), Magnus Skulasson (SE), Mette Mannseth (IS), Rasmus Møller Jensen (DK),...
78 Riders were nominated in 2014 for Good and Harmonious Riding. The German rider Cristina Daniele was nominated most: by 9 International Sport Judges at 4 different WorldRanking events in Germany and at the Mid-European Championships in Switzerland. Laura Steffens...