This award was originally conceived by Maurine (Mo) and Jim Swanson of Rolling Stone Farm in Slatington, Pa., as a new year-end award for American Hanoverian Society breeders and owners in 2006. The Swanson's commissioned a beautiful painting that hangs in the AHS office in Lexington, Ky. AHS Website Director Sandra Werkheiser continued the sponsorship through 2013 at which time the AHS assumed responsibility, Each year, the names of the three winners are added on small brass plates around the frame and winners receive keepsake trophies with a photo of the painting at the annual meeting banquet.
The FEI and USDF Young Dressage Horse Awards have been generously sponsored by Hilltop Farm for 2020-24
To be eligible for these awards, the horses must be in the AHS Registry (transferred in the case of German-papered horses) and the owner must be a current year member of the AHS (Active, Associate, Junior). Also, we do require that the horse is Lifetime Recorded with USDF, and the owner and rider must be participating members with the USDF for their scores to count and medians to be determined. We strongly encourage that our members have declared the AHS as "their registry of choice" with the USDF so all of the important bases are covered and so the horses are already "set up" for All Breeds. Congratulations to all.
2018 – Bretton Beauty 2018 – Francis HW
© SusanJStickle.com2018 – Ronin
© Carolyn Bunch2018 – Sandeman
© Kristen Posner2018 – Sole Mio 2017 – Sandaro
© Megan Benge2014 – Davos MCF
© Carolyn Bunch Photo2014 – Finnegan SQF
© Rachel Schilling2014 – Sir Steinerman
© Carolynn Bunch Photo2014 – Won Ruby
© Carolynn Bunch Photo2014 – Sternlicht Hilltop
© Annie Duncan2014 – Doctor Wendell MF
Courtesy Marydell Farm2013 – Ballerina DMV
Courtesy Dreamcatcher Meadows2013 – Lola HPF 2013 – Boccaccio IOF
© Carolyn Bunch Photography2013 – Benefactor RRS 2013 – Rebellienne HVH 2012 – Ballerina DMV
Courtesy Dreamcatcher Meadows2012 – Sir Steinerman
© David Honor2012 – Don Frederic HVH
Courtesy High Valley Hanoverians2012 – Radiance HVH
Courtesy High Valley Hanoverians2011 – Balissa HTF
Courtesy Hilltop Farm, Inc.2011 – Bon Chance
© fireandearthphoto.com2010 – Selten HW
© Phelps Photography2009 – Bon Chance
© 2009 Mary Phelps2009 – Selten HW
© Phelpsphotos.com2009 – Pikko del Cerro HU
© Phelpsphotos.com2008 – Selten HW 2008 – Cabana Boy
© 2008 Megan Nichols2007 – Whirlpool 2007 – Cabana Boy
© 2008 Melissa Richards2006 – EMC Solstice 2006 – Roter Milan
© www.phelpsphotos.com
FEI Tests Perpetual Trophy Winners
Year | Rank | Horse | Median Score | Pedigree | Owner | Breeder |
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2021 AHS/ARS Winners (All divisions combined) | ||||||
2021 | Champion | Don Hannes (Rhineland) | 7.98 | Don Romanov-Wanderwelfin/Wanderbursch II | Petra Warlimont & Bruce & Maripat Connor | Oliver Wauro |
Reserve | Saladine STC | 7.84 | Sir Gregory-Request/Royal Prince | David Ziegler & Stephen Fulton | Laura Lee Beetle | |
Honorable Mention: | ||||||
Damon's Dream | 7.73 | Damon-Wolda/Wolkenstein II | Carol McPhee | Djuerko Gruben | ||
Milestone St Giles | 7.68 | Millennium-Hillary/Hohenstein | Holly Taylor | Dinah Countess of Shaftesbury | ||
Wrise Up | 7.64 | Wake Up-De La Rosa/De Niro | Heather Salden Kurtz | Leslie Waterman | ||
Lovely Leni (Leni K) | 7.59 | Livaldon-Fia Rouge/Floriscount | Marne Martin-Tucker | Dieter Kreyenhagen | ||
Danity | 7.38 | Danciano-Desert Princess/Diamont | Kendall Brookhart | same | ||
D'Abord | 7.36 | De Niro-Samira/Samarant | D'Abord Syndicate LLC | Sascha Luhn | ||
Fiona MRF | 7.195 | First Ampere-Chenya/Contucci | Kathleen Marsh | Maple Run Farm | ||
2020 AHS/ARS Winners (All divisions combined) | ||||||
2020 | Champion | LOVELY LENI (reg. name Leni K) | 7.79 | Livaldon-Fia Rouge/Floriscount | Marne Martin-Tucker | Dieter Kreyenhagen |
Reserve | FELICITA | 7.67 | Foundation-Holina/Hotline | Lisa Thompson Smith | Gestuet Lewitz | |
Honorable Mention: | ||||||
Frisantos | 7.59 | Franziskus-Esprina/Espri | Lisa Thompson Smith | Elbe Johans | ||
Believe KS | 6.98 | Buckingham-Donna Hall MF/Don Principe | Valerie Cutrer | Valerie Cutrer | ||
Rockelle | 6.93 | Rotspon-Wiesling/Wolkentanz | Angela Mirarchi | Angela Mirarchi | ||
USEF Four-Year-Old Division (2006-2019) | ||||||
2019 | Champion | FUERST WILHELM | 7.64 | Fantastic-Brentina/Benetton Dream | Yvonne Emerson | Elizabeth & Karl-Heinz Blohm GbR |
Reserve | FEENIX KFX | 7.62 | Finest-EM Senza Parole/Scolari | Melinda Kelly | Tanja Quess | |
2018 | Champion | Solo Mio (Rheinlander) | 8.55 | Stanford-Donna-Rafaela/Donnerschwee | Leslie Waterman | WG Wencek |
Reserve | Daily Show | 8.14 | Danciano-Schwedeblady/Stockholm | Leslie Waterman | Kurt Gravemeier | |
2017 | Champion | Ronin | 8.1 | Romanov Blue Hors-EM Something Royal/Sir Donnerhall | Debra Klamen | Marcia Boeing, S.C. |
Reserve | Furstenstern | 7.89 | Fuerstenball-Soraya/San Remo | Sara Love | Wilfried Fiedler, Ger. | |
2016 | Champion | Won Million | 8.2 | (Widmark-EM Flair/Fidertanz) | Anna Hopla | Meg Williams, Ind. |
Reserve | David Bowie MF | 7.8 | (Don Principe-EM Rotina/Rotspon) | Maryanna Haymon | Maryanna Haymon, N.C. | |
2015 | Champion | Hannigan L | 7.8 | (Herzendieb-EM Pia Colada/Pik L) | Leatherdale Farms | Leatherdale Farms |
Reserve (tie) | Dublin L | 7.7 | (Damsey-EM Wibranda/Wolkenstein II) | Leatherdale Farms | Leatherdale Farms | |
Diamond Lady MF | 7.7 | (Don Principe-Royal Gem/Royal Diamond) | Cackie Vroom | Maryanna Haymon | ||
2014 | Co-Champion | Sternlicht Hilltop | 7.7 | Soliman de Hus-Rhapsody GGF/Rascalino | Hilltop Farm | Rachel Ehrlich |
Co-Champion | Finnegan SQF | 7.7 | Fidertanz-SPS Whitney/Wolkenstein II | Rachel Schilling | Jill Peterson | |
Co-Champion | Won Ruby | 7.7 | Widmark-Davinia/Don Frederico | Nicole & Dianne Chiapetti | Meg Williams | |
2013 | Champion | Rebellienne HVH | 8.3 | Rotspon-EM Whitney BH/Welser | High Valley Hanoverians | same |
Reserve | Fabrege MF | 8.2 | Fidertanz-Diora/De Niro | Alice Tarjan | Maryanna Haymon | |
2012 | Champion (tie) | Ballerina DMV | 8.1 | (Ballettmeister-Dreaming/Dimaggio) | Leroy Fuller | Dreamcatcher Meadows Ventures |
Sir Steinerman | 8.1 | (Stedinger-SPS Donabella/Don Primero) | Amy Lewis | Marlace Hughes | ||
Reserve | Don Frederic HVH | 7.7 | (Don Frederico-EM Wruffian Q/Weltbekannt) | High Valley Hanoverians | same | |
2011 | Champion | Balissa HTF | 7.8 | (Bugatti Hilltop-EM Contesse/Contucci) | Hilltop Farm Inc. | same |
Reserve | Weltzarma | 7.3 | (Windfall C.B.-Prizarmna/Lennard) | Barbara McElnea | same | |
2010 | Champion | Somer Hit | 8.1 | (Sandro Hit-EM Rhussia/Rotspon) | Alice Tarjan | Maurine Swanson |
Reserve | Ana Isabellah | 7.6 | (Autocrat-Indullah/Inschallah x) | Jan Graham Marquardt | Sherry White | |
2009 | Champion | Bon Chance | 8.3 | (Belissimo M-SPS Wintersong/Weltmeyer) | Caroline Roffman | Marefield Meadows |
Reserve | Brentanus | 7.9 | (Brentano II-SPS Why Not/Weltmeyer) | Susan Moore | Klaus & Luise Bosse, Ger. | |
2008 | Champion | Selton HW | (Sandro Hit-High Priestess/Hohenstein) | Cadence Farm LLC | Irene Hoeflich-Wiederhold | |
2007 | Champion | Whirlpool | 7.7 | (Widmark-Glimmer/Grundstein I) | Julia Greifeld | Maurine Swanson |
2006 | Champion | EMC Solstice | (Sandro Hit-SPS Wintersong/ Weltmeyer) | Marefield Meadows | Marefield Meadows | |
FEI Five-Year-Old Division (2006-2019) | ||||||
2019 | Champion | DAILY SHOW | 8.42 | Danciano-Schwedenlady/Stockholm | Leslie Waterman | Kurt Gravemeier |
Reserve | SOLE MIO | 8.36 | Stanford-Donna Rafaela/Donnerschwee | Leslie Waterman | WG Wencek | |
2018 | Champion | Ronin | 7.96 | Romanov Blue Hors-Something Royal/Sir Donnerhall | Debra Klamen | Marcia Boeing |
Reserve | Bretton Beauty | 7.5 | Bretton Woods-Rosalie/Rotspon | Sandra Holden | Sigefried Pilz | |
2017 | Champion | Sandaro | 7.59 | Shakespeare RSF-Rhomance/Florencio I | Marilyn Johnson | John McGuire, Ill. |
Reserve | Hotstreak CF | 7.41 | Hotline-EM Rococo OSH/Rotspon | Jaime Dancer | Mary Beth Stanton, Fla. | |
2016 | Champion | Dinah Shore MF | 8.1 | (Don Principe-EM Rotina/Rotspon) | Maryanna Haymon | Maryanna Haymon, N.C. |
Reserve | Sir Amour | 7.9 | (San Amour-Dorina/DeNiro) | Shari Miller & Schuttler Stables | Mareike Arens | |
2015 | Champion | D'Esprit Joli | 7.4 | (Dacaprio-Donna Schufro/Don Schufro) | Lisa Grossi | Barbara Schmidt |
2014 | Champion | Davos MCF | 8 | Don Frederico-Rosanna K/Roadster | Susan & Thomas Alvey | Peter Broka |
2013 | Champion | Benefactor RRS | 8.3 | Bonheur-Heidekleid/Rubinstein I | Melinda Walton and T.L. Smith | same |
Reserve | Ballerina DMV | 7.9 | Ballettmeister-Dreaming/Dimaggio | Leroy Fuller | Dreamcatcher Meadows Ventures | |
2012 | Champion | Radiance HVH | 7.6 | (Rotspon-Whitney BH/Welser) | High Valley Hanoverians | same |
Reserve | Rafaela | 7.3 | (Rapture R-Wicca/Wallstreet Kid) | Jo Anne Balling | same | |
2011 | Champion | Somer Hit | 8.4 | (Sandro Hit-EM Rhussia/Rotspon) | Alice Tarjan | Maurine Swanson |
Reserve (tie) | San City | 8.3 | (San Remo-SPS Bounty/Bolero) | Linda Crabtree | Marefield Meadows | |
Sanceo | 8.3 | (San Remo-SPS Rivera/Ramiro's Son II) | Alice Womble-Heitmann | Gerhard Dustmann | ||
2010 | Champion | Seraphine SF | 7.8 | (Sir Donnerhall-Great Rubina/Rubinstein I) | Somerset Farms, LLC | Heinrich Giesselmann |
Reserve | Dostojewski SF | 7.7 | (Don Crusador-SPS Wakonda/Werther) | Somerset Farms, LLC | Heinrich Habermann | |
2009 | Champion | Selten HW | 8 | (Sandro Hit-SPS High Princess/Hohenstein) | Elizabeth Ball | Irene Hoeflich-Wiederhold |
Reserve | Hyperion SF | 7.7 | (His Highness-Wonderlady/Wonderful) | Somerset Farms | Stefan Blanken, Ger. | |
2008 | Champion | River Side Lady | (Royald Diamond-Deja Vu/Donnerhall) | Robbie Rice | BG Shroeder & Hanken | |
2007 | Champion | Cabana Boy | 8.3 | (Contucci-Britania/Bordeaux) | Hilltop Farm | Maple Run Farm LLC |
2006 | Champion | Roter Milan | (Rotspon-Melodie/Matcho x) | Dr. Jim Bond | Uew Heinriches | |
FEI Six-Year-Old Division (2006-2019) | ||||||
2019 | Champion | FONTAINE MF | 7.49 | Fidertanz-Diora/De Niro | Kim Bartlett | Maryanna Haymon |
2018 | Champion | Sandeman | 8.42 | Sir Donnerhall-Flora/Florencio | Julie Cook | Eggerk Groenwold |
Reserve | Francis HW | 7.97 | Fuerst Nymphenburg-Romina/Rotspon | Elizabeth Dean-Norling | Margret Rosmann | |
2017 | No entries | |||||
2016 | Champion | Flavius MF | 8.2 | (Fidertanz-Diora/De Niro) | Mary McKenna | Maryanna Haymon, N.C. |
Reserve | Sternlicht GGF | 8 | (Soliman de Hus-EM Rhapsody GGF/Rascalino) | Hilltop Farm | Rachel Ehrlich, Mass. | |
2015 | Champion | Fighting Chance L | 7.8 | (First Dance-Helia/Hohenstein) | Leatherdale Farms | Leatherdale Farms |
Reserve | Fleur de Lis L | 7.7 | (First Dance-De La Rosa/De Niro) | Leatherdale Farms | Leatherdale Farms | |
2014 | Champion | Doctor Wendell MF | 7.8 | (Don Principe-Stellar Hit MF/Sandro Hit) | Maryanna Haymon | same |
Reserve | Sir Steinerman | 7.6 | (Stedinger-SPS Donabella/Don Primero) | Amy Lewis | Marlace Hughes | |
2013 | Champion | Boccaccio IOF | 7.6 | (Bugatti Hilltop-EM Roxette/Rubinstein I) | Marchella Richardson | Hilltop Farm |
Reserve | Lola HPF | 7.1 | (Londonderry-DeLorean HPF/De Niro) | Kimberly Ransdell | Horsepower Farm - Nancy Connolly | |
2012 | Champion | Sanceo | 8.2 | (San Remo-SPS Rivera/Ramiro's Son II) | Alice Womble | Gerhard Dustmann |
Reserve | Highschool SF | 7.7 | (Hochadel-Ria/Rotspon) | Susan Alvey | Jens & Andrea Stueven | |
2011 | Champion | Bon Chance | 8.5 | (Belissimo M-SPS Wintersong/Weltmeyer) | Caroline Roffman | Marefield Meadows |
Reserve | Dostojewski SF | 7.9 | (Don Crusador-SPS Wakonda/Werther) | Somerset Farms | Heinrich Habermann | |
2010 | Champion | Selten HW | 8.6 | (Sandro Hit-High Princess/Hohenstein) | Elizabeth Ball, Cadence, LLC | Irene Hoeflich-Wiederhold |
Reserve | Super Crusador | 7.5 | (Stedinger-SPS Weltgraefin/Weltmeyer) | Ginna Frantz | Herman Meyer | |
2009 | Champion | Pikko Del Cerro HU | 7.8 | (Pik L-Rohweena/Rohdiamant) | Horses Unlimited | same |
Reserve | Contendion | 7.7 | (Contendro-EM Wandy/Wanderer) | Judy Pappin | same | |
2008 | Champion | Cabana Boy | (Contucci-Britania/Bordeaux) | Hilltop Farm | Maple Run Farm LLC | |
2007 | Champion | Wyoming HS | 8.1 | (Weltmeyer-Donna Clara/Donnerhall) | Courtney King | Fenna Schulte-Landwehr |
2006 | Champion | Donarlicht GGF | (De Niro-EM Highlight/Hohenstein) | Suzanne Markham | Hans Henning and Johann Decken |