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The Icelandic horse is represented by associations in 22 countries, with the International Federation of Icelandic Horse Associations (FEIF) serving as a governing international parent organization. [36] The FEIF was founded on 25 May 1969, with six countries as original members: Austria, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.
The basis of Icelandic equitation lies in the long traditions of riding horse transport. On an island with little wood, making and using carriages or sleighs was not practical in Iceland. Thus horses had to be ridden for long distances, and the style of equitation formed to accommodate comfort and endurance.
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The National Competition of Horsemen (Icelandic: Landsmót hestamanna) is a sporting event for horse racing and breeding exhibition of Icelandic horses in Iceland. The event was first held 6 June 1950 at Þingvellir by the Icelandic Equestrian Association which was founded in December the year before for the purpose of running the event. In the ...
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English: Icelandic horse horseback riding tourists in Vatnajökull National Park (formerly Skaftafell National Park), Iceland. Tourist activity in Iceland: horse ...
The Islandpferde-Reiter- und Züchterverband e.V. (IPZV e.V.) is an organisation for the German riders and breeders of Icelandic horses and the association of all Icelandic horse-clubs of Germany. The IPZV was founded in 1958 and is - with more than 25.000 members and about 70.000 registered horses in Germany - the biggest association of ...
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