Selected Category: FEIF

USIHC is proud to be sending a team of five riders to represent the United States at this year's World Championships, August 8-13, in Oirschot, The Netherlands. The World Championships are organized every two years in one of the FEIF member countries and are an opportunity to experience the biggest…
Congratulations to USIHC's newest Sport B Judges: Paetra Hennigar, Alexandra Montan Gray, and Coralie Denmeade!The Sport Judge is an essential role at any competition – National Ranking or schooling show. The judge or judges are responsible for the application of the USIHC and international (FEIF Sport)…
USIHC is working on a national ranking for US bred sport horses to continue to highlight US breeding and acknowledge both the horses and the breeders. After some discussion, both the sport committee and the USIHC board agreed to rank the US bred horses in the two Green Horse classes. This is to recognize…
Voting is now open for FEIF Instructor/Trainer of the Year. Each year, FEIF invites the member countries to nominate one individual as their top instructor/trainer for the year. The nominee for the United States is Janet Mulder and the poll is open this week. Click here or copy and paste https://www.feif.org/education-dept/trainer-of-the-year…
The United States Icelandic Horse Congress aligns with and supports the statement from FEIF below. We believe in protecting the welfare and wellbeing of the Icelandic horse and oppose all forms of animal cruelty. “As the international Federation of Icelandic Horse Associations worldwide, FEIF condemns…
The Virtual Spring Show features National Ranking classes, Schooling Show classes (no oval track required), and the World Championship tryouts. All riders trying out for the World Championships will be entered into the Virtual Spring Show. 
Each year, FEIF invites the member countries to nominate one individual as their top instructor/trainer for the year. The nominee for the United States is Carrie Lyons Brandt and the poll is open until January 17, 2021.
USIHC Youth Movie Competition 2020 All young people up to age 18 are eligible to participate in this year’s Video Competition. This team event will be run in two parts: first at a national level, and after these videos have been judged, each member association can forward up to 5 videos to the international…
We are pleased to announce the results of the 2020 FEIF Youth Cup Tryout for the United States team.  USIHC had four Youth members tryout. The results are as follows:  Rider 1: Zoe Johnson with 6.35Rider 2: Samantha Harrigan with 5.95Rider 3: Karli Schmutz with 5.35Reserve Rider: Keziah Dunn with 5.05 Country…
USIHC is proud to recognize Zophonías from Vinland as the recipient of the 2019 Anne Elwell Breeding Award. This award is given annually to the breeder of the highest evaluated ridden stallion or gelding bred in the United States. Zophonías from Vinland (US2012104637) was evaluated at the 2019 New York…