1. Please find below the latest news from FEIF, the International Federation of Icelandic
Horse Associations. FEIF is bringing people together in their passion for the Icelandic
horse. More information can be found on our website: www.feif.org . For mobile users:
m.feif.org .
World Championships 2017
The Board of FEIF did receive one application for the World Championships 2017, from
The Netherlands. The FEIF Event Committee will review the application and prepare for
a visit to the proposed location, in order to advise the Board. The application has to
meet the Rules and requirements for organisers, as published on the FEIF Website.
The application will not be honoured automatically: the final decision about the
allocation of the World Championships 2017 will be taken before December 31, 2013.
Research into the pace gene
Does DMRT3 also have an influence on tölt? A research team from the SLU (Swedish
University of Agricultural Sciences) is looking for Icelandic horses for a study about tölt
ability. They are mainly looking for Icelandic horses with breeding assessment ? and
especially horses that were difficult to put into tölt but also horses that were easy to put
into tölt, to see if the genotype for DMRT3 has any effects. The team is especially
interested in horses from two four-gaited parents. If you are interested to participate
please contact: horseDNA@slu.se or kim.jaderkvist@slu.se
For more information see : http://www.capiletgenetics.com/en/start
Committee meetings in Malmö
The Board of FEIF and the different committees will meet in the weekend of October 25
- 27, 2013 in Malmö, Sweden. The Board and the department committees for Breeding,
Sport, Education, Youth Work and Leisure Riding will meet to prepare for the Annual
Meetings during the FEIF Conference 2014. The Sport Judges Committee and the FEIF
Event Committee will meet as well. There will be a special meeting for WorldFengur
Registrars.
At several moments, all committees will meet together to discuss items of common
interest and to report about developments in the different departments.
FEIF Events until 22 February 2014
03-Oct - 04-Oct Sport Judges Test Dahlenburg/Kronshof Germany
25-Oct - 27-Oct FEIF Committee Meetings 2013 Malmö Sweden
25-Oct - 27-Oct WorldFengur Work-Shop Malmö Sweden
07-Feb - 09-Feb FEIF Conference 2014 Reykjavík Iceland
FEIF WorldRanking Events until 29 November 2013
27-Sep - 29-
Sep
Germany Zachow Paßchampionat 2013

2. 05-Oct - 06-
Oct
Switzerland
Biel-
Benken
Islandpferde Turnier
12-Oct - 13-
Oct
Austria Semriach
Steirische
Landesmeisterschaften
18-Oct
United States of
America
Santa Ynez CIA Fall World Ranking I
19-Oct
United States of
America
Santa Ynez CIA Fall World Ranking II
20-Oct
United States of
America
Santa Ynez CIA Fall World Ranking III
FEIF International Breeding Shows until 29 November 2013
25-Sep - 26-Sep Germany FIZO Zachow