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Breeding Icelandic FIZO-Prüfungen 2011

horses in Germany, 101 06. – 07.04.2011 FIZO Kronshof

12. – 13.04.2011 FIZO Berlar
19. – 20.04.2011 FIZO Unterbronnen
04. – 05.06.2011 FIZO Heesberg
This article is intended to help and support breeders in Germany 06. – 07.07.2011 FIZO DIM (WM-
understand and manage the sometimes-overwhelming load of rules, Endausscheidung)
statistics and bureaucracy around what in most cases is their passi- 06.09.2011 FIZO Berlar
on and their hobby “only”. 14. – 15.09.2011 FIZO Basselthof
29.09.2011 FIZO Zachow
Since this set of FAQ only pertains to those living and breeding in
Germany, we have opted to merely provide some general comments FIZO- Dritteltreffen 2011
in the following English-language excerpts.
29.04. – 02.05.2011 Mitte / Ellenbach
FN is the umbrella organization of all breeds of horses in this coun- 05.05. – 08.05.2011 Süd / Wurz
try, and its regional associations are responsible for managing all 10.05. – 14.05.2011 Nord / Osterbyholz
breeding-related matters like issuing passports to all equines, ca-
taloguing new foals and registering all stallions and mares used Zuchtpferdebesichtigungen
in breeding. Out of Germany’s estimated 70,000 Icelandic horses,
in 2010 5,400 mares were listed for breeding and so were 870
licensed stallions. 03. oder 06.03.2011 IPZV-Nord, Gestüt
Norderheide
04.03.2011 Niedersachsen,
IPZV, founded in 1967, is the German federation of Icelandic- Basselthof, Jens
horse riders and breeders with roughly 22,000 members in 2010, Füchtenschnieder
and through its contract with FN, it is the official body to imple- 11.03.2011 Bayern, Unterbronnen,
ment and uphold all rules in sports as well as in breeding relating to Marliese Grimm
the Icelandic horse. IPZV a few years ago – in addition to its own 19. – 20.03.2011 Berlin-Brandenburg, B.
set of rules named IPO – has adopted the FIZO breeding system Frische / Nicole Kempf
(as established internationally by FEIF) and thus the regulations of 22. – 23.04.2011 Hessen, Breidenbach,
Iceland as the land of origin. Marlise und L. Grimm
23.03.2011 Weser-Ems; Lingen, B.
Frische / Nicole Kempf
Icelandic horses are the breed within FN that today has the lar- 31.04.2011 BW, Vorsenzhof, Jens
gest gains in population quantity. Its breeding assessments of foals Füchtenschnieder
and young horses (2-4 years old) are administered by nationally Termin nicht fest Saarland, Laura Grimm,
IPZV-licensed judges, all ridden tests of horses 5 years and older Marlise Grimm
are evaluated by internationally FEIF-licensed breeding judges and 18. – 19.06.2011 Hessen, Hasselheck,
are exclusively accepted by IPZV (and FN, for that matter) and B. Frische, R.
entered into the WorldFengur database when performed according Adalssteinsson
to FIZO rules and regulations.
Körungen mit Jungpferde-
The breeding committee within IPZV has just decided in 2010 Materialprüfungen 2011
that all new-born foals shall immediately receive their FEIF IDs
and DNA testing for reasons of accuracy and an immediate veri- 11.03.2011 Hessen
fication of parental accuracy. They are then entered into World- 30.09.2011 Hessen
Fengur, and their recorded history begins not only when first being 05.04.2011 Hannover-Bremen,
shown at FIZO tests several years later. Wenden Hof Laves,
Neustadt
IPZV furthermore offers to all its members free access to this in- 15.09.2011 Hannover-Bremen,
Basselthof
ternational database (available at www.WorldFengur.com), so all 17.04.2011 Westfalen, Handorfer
breeding-related matters can be dealt with in an open and trans- Islandtage
parent manner. The German federation also holds a great variety of 16.04.2011 Rheinland, Wickrath
breeding seminars for youngsters and for adults around the country, 16. – 17.04.2011 Baden-Württemberg,
and their instructional / educational content is appreciated by a Wiesenhof
great many participants at all venues where IPZV and its respective 13.03.2011 Bayern, Unterbronnen
hosts put them on. 07.05.2011 Bayern, Wurz
20. – 25.09.2011 Bayern, mit Fohlenreise
11. – 12.02.2011 SH /HH in Neumünster
15.04.2011 SH Verbandskörung für
Maria-Magdalena Siepe-Gunkel Islandhengste
Ressortleiterin Zucht IPZV e.V. 24.09.2011 SH, Jungpferde-
materialprüfung Heesberg
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