Icehorse - Horse Adventure in Iceland

As many of you know the majority of the horses in Iceland have been going through an infectious upper respiratory disease for the last few months.  At a meeting today, May 31st, with all major stakeholders as well as a representative of the Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture and the Vetinary authorities of Iceland, it was decided to cancel Landmot 2010 in Vindheimamelar in Skagafjörður, due to this situation.

After a long discussion and a clear overview from the Vetinary authorities, the decision was made, by all attendees to cancel Landmot this year.

As you understand this decision was made with great regret and is a very difficult one for the Icelandic horse community.  However, it was, regarding the welfare of the horse, the only solution.

At the meeting, it was clear, that all attendees see a possibility that Landmót will be held at a suitable moment in  2011.

However, the meeting also agreed that this possibility has to be made in good cooperation with the board of FEIF and the Icelandic horse community abroad.

Therefore, we at LH and Landsmót would like to have further discussions with the representatives of FEIF to find a good solution that everyone in the Icelandic Horse community could agree upon.

All tickets will be refunded and we will bring you news about that asap.

Sincerely,

Haraldur Þórarinsson
Chairman of LH and Landsmót