The USDF Dressage Finals Awards – The American Hanoverian Society

Each year, USDF sponsors The US Dressage Finals, a prestigious Level 5 competition for horses and riders that have qualified at one of the USEF/USDF Regional Finals held throughout the country. Each November, top qualifiers from across the country compete in this national head-to-head championship that showcases competitors in adult amateur and open divisions, at Training Level through Grand Prix.

AHS sponsors and provides four awards for their members and horses who compete: highest scoring at the USEF Levels, and highest scoring at the FEI Levels, in both the Open and Adult Amateur categories. There is also a high-score award for the highest scoring Junior/Young Rider at any level.

Typically, award winners are encouraged to pick up their awards at the AHS Annual Meeting to acknowledge their US Dressage Finals success in person along with our other year-end winners. However, any winners who don’t attend our Annual Meeting get their trophies mailed to them after the meeting.

It's important to note that owners must declare their registry and become a member with both the USDF and AHS BEFORE the Finals begin. (For USDF, this declaration must be done in addition to the All-Breeds Awards declaration.)

Gallery of Champions

Click on one of the thumbnails below to browse through available images of the Champion horses from the divisions listed below. Please forward your photos (glossy prints or high-resolution digital files, *tif, *eps, *jpg (900 x 1200 pixels minimum on CD, DVD or Zip) to the AHS Office. E-mail single digital files to . All professional photos must include the photographer's name and a release for publication.

The USDF Dressage Finals Awards - Hanoverian

*These awards were not presented in 2020 due to the Dressage Finals being canceled over COVID-19 concerns.

Year	Level/Score	Horse	Pedigree	Owner(s)	Breeder	Rider
2022	National Levels Open	Louisville HTF	Lord Leatherdale-Unicum D/Negro	Hilltop Farm, Inc.	same	Michael Bragdell
	FEI Levels Open	Lady in Red WS	Liberty Gold-Winessa/De Niro	Jan Marquardt & Heather McCarthy	Jan Marquardt	Heather McCarthy
	National Levels Adult Amateur	Dark Knight	Donnerwetter-World Class/First Class	Lysa Hodgson	Brenda Hendershot	Lysa Hodgson
	FEI Levels Adult Amateur	Finnegan SQF	Fidertanz-SPS Whitney/Wolkenstein II	Rachel Pennington	Jill Peterson	Rachel Pennington
	All Levels Junior/Young Rider	Eye Candy	Escudo II-Goldstern/Grenadier	Robin Mattson	Hans Hosp	Julia Gurgul
2021	National Levels Open	Wrise Up	Wake Up-De La Rosa/De Niro	Heather Salden Kurtz	Leslie Waterman
	FEI Levels Open	Farley 4	Fabriano-Wonja Z/Woodstock	Chloe Fuller	Barbara Zeitler
	National Levels Adult Amateur	Supergirl KS	Sinatra Song-Nisha KS/Nocturno	Suzanne Cotter	Kaaran & Tom Schwencer
	FEI Levels Adult Amateur	Brooklyn GCF	Bonheur-Greta Garbo/Grand Cru	Barrett Barksdale	Sharon Garner
	All Levels Junior/Young Rider	Eye Candy	Escudo II-Goldstern/Grenadier	Robin Mattson	Hans Hosp
2019	Adult Amateur - FEI Prix St. George (70.588)	DAHLIA ACE	Don Principe-Berglicht/Bergkristall	Lyn Davis	Gina Fisk	Lyn Davis
	Adult Amateur - National Second Level (71.508)	FREUDENTANZER	Furst Nymphenburg-Design Ra/Donnerhall	Christina Malpartida	Peter Herm Rabeler, Ger.	Christina Malpartida
	Open - FEI Intermediate I Musical Freestyle (72.992)	STERNLICHT HILLTOP	Soliman de Hus-EM Rhapsody GGF/Rasclino	Hilltop Farm	Rachel Ehrlich, Green Gate Farm	Michael Bragdell
	Open - National First Level (77.130)	RONIN	Romanov Blue Hors-Something Royal/Sir Donnerhall	Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn and Martin Kuhn	Marcia Boeing	Martin Kuhn

The USDF Dressage Finals Awards - Rhineland

*These awards were not presented in 2020 due to the Dressage Finals being canceled over COVID-19 concerns.

Year	Level/Score	Horse	Pedigree	Owner(s)	Breeder(s)	Rider
2021	FEI Levels Open	Robes Bieber	Robespierrot-Nimfa/Oula Owl	Nancy Roman	Yves Verena Gielen-Burger