The Brooklea Farm Horse of the Year Award for Eventing.
A very generous member and supporter of the sport approached us about sponsoring an award for the Overall Eventing Horse of the Year, for our AHS members who compete in the sport of Eventing.
Beginning in 2019, after we determine our Champions and Reserve Champions at the seven levels of Eventing, we will, using a “difficulty factor”, determine our Evening Horse of the Year. The champion at each successive level going up from Beginner Novice through Advanced will be assigned a percentage factor that reflects the increasing difficulty of the levels in the sport. The horse with the most points after the difficulty factor has been added will be named the Eventing Horse of the Year.
We already have an Overall Dressage Horse of the Year award at the FEI and National Levels, and we have an Overall Hunter Horse of the Year award; now we are thrilled to add this Overall Eventing Horse of the Year award.
Each year, the owner of the winning horse will receive a beautiful etched trophy to keep; and their horse’s name and breed information will go on a plate each year on the Brooklea Farm Eventing Horse of the Year Perpetual Plaque that will be hung in our national office in Kentucky.
2019 and 2020 Winner: DANITO owner: Ruth Bley
We are very pleased to announce that Danito ( Dancier-Wie Musik/Wolkenstein II) imported and owned by Ruth Bley of California, and ridden by Tamra Smith, is our inaugural 2019 and 2020 winner of this prestigious new award! Danito was bred in Germany by Herbert Schuett.
The AHS congratulates Ruth Bley and Tammy Smith and of course, Danito, for stellar competition years in 2019 and 2020; and we thank the wonderful generosity of our sponsor, Brooklea Farm, for helping to create the special new award for Eventing.
Gallery of Champions and Reserves
Click on one of the thumbnails below (when available) to browse through available images of the Champion and Reserve Champion horses from the divisions listed below. Due to space restrictions, only photos of the Champions and Reserve Champions in each division of the USEA Hanoverian Awards Winners will appear in the Spring Yearbook issue of The American Hanoverian. Please forward your photos (high-resolution digital files, *tif, *eps, *jpg, 900 x 1200 pixels minimum) to the AHS Publications Editor. E-mail single digital files to (will forward to both the magazine and web editors). Photos must be received by 2/20. All professional photos must include the photographer's name and a release for publication.
Double Diamond C
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2021 USEA Hanoverian Awards winners
Rank | Points | Horse | Pedigree | Owner | Breeder | Rider |
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Advanced | ||||||
Champion | 95 | Danito | Dancier-Wie Musik/Wolkenstein II | Ruth Bley | Herbert Schuette, Ger | Tamra Smith |
Reserve Champion | 89 | En Vogue | Earl-Laurena/Lauries Crusador xx | Ruth Bley | Heinz Katt, Ger | Tamra Smith |
Honorable Mention: | ||||||
26 | Early Review C | Earl-Lois Lane/Le Primeur | Laurie Cameron, DVM | Laurie Cameron, DVM | Sydney Solomon | |
Preliminary | ||||||
Champion | 62 | Double Diamond C | Diacontinus-Lois Lane CBF/Le Primeur | Laurie Cameron, DVM | Laurie Cameron, DVM | Maya Black |
Reserve Champion | 8 | Lanthan Lights C | Lanthan-Winter Morning/Ramiro's Bube | Laurie Cameron, DVM | Laurie Cameron, DVM | Maya Black |
Honorable Mention: | ||||||
5 | Luftmann MWF | Landfriese II-Karrena/Kalypso | Meredith Michelfelder | Meredith Michelfelder | Jessica Shull | |
3 | Calysta MWF | Contucci-Karrena/Kalypso | Meredith Michelfelder | Meredith Michelfelder | Betsy Ball | |
Modified | ||||||
Champion-Tie | 7 | Double Diamond C | Diacontinus-Lois Lane CBF/Le Primeur | Laurie Cameron, DVM | Laurie Cameron, DVM | Maya Black |
Champion-Tie | 7 | Lanthan Lights C | Lanthan-Winter Morning/Ramiro's Bube | Laurie Cameron, DVM | Laurie Cameron, DVM | Maya Black |
Reserve Champion | 5 | Galapagos ( G'Man) | Graf Top II-Kamet/Hail Bold King | Anna Botsworth | David Bruce Smith | Anna Botsworth |
Training | ||||||
Champion | 18 | Little Miss Tennessee (Sue C Sunshine Q) | Soleil-Alandra Q /Anhaltiner E | Scott Keating | Suzanne Quarles | Casey Balloch Johnsey |
Reserve Champion | 7 | Frankfurt | For Edition-Charen/Chasser I | Ruth Bley | Georg Gerken, Ger | Ruth Bley |
Honorable Mention: | ||||||
6 | Calysta MWF | Contucci-Karrena/Kalypso | Meredith Michelfelder | Meredith Michelfelder | Betsy Ball | |
6 | Arden Casino ( Vegas) | Valentino-Count Your Pennies xx/Aptitude xx | Anita Antenucci | Anita Antenucci | Sharon White, Woods Baughman | |
5 | Galapagos ( G'Man) | Graf Top II-Kamet/Hail Bold King | Anna Botsworth | David Bruce Smith | Anna Botsworth | |
5 | Luftmann MWF | Landfriese II-Karrena/Kalypso | Meredith Michelfelder | Meredith Michelfelder | Jessica Shull | |
Novice | ||||||
Champion | 53 | Drummer Boy | Don Principe-Winterzauber/Winterprinz | Madeline Bletzacker | Diane & Jack Vickery | Madeline Bletzacker |
Reserve Champion | 23 | Diamonds Forever | Donar Weiss GGF-Whizzo/White Magic | Kai Bradley | Melissa Stubenberg | Kai Bradley |
Honorable Mention: | ||||||
21 | Rumer MWF | Harmony's Rousseau-Karrena/Kalypso | Betsy Ball | Meredith Michelfelder | Katie Beninati | |
18 | Elegance | Escudo II-Fuerst Flight R/Fuerst Gotthard | Viviana Dunlap | Cindy Bellis-Jones | Viviana Dunlap | |
9 | Arden Casino ( Vegas) | Valentino-Count Your Pennies xx/Aptitude xx | Anita Antenucci | Anita Antenucci | Sharon White, Woods Baughman | |
6 | Sonata GWF | Sir Gregory-Welteje/Welt Klasse | Mary Hanson | Elizabeth Jenner | Barb Crabo, Mary Hanson | |
6 | Cadillac Boy (Rhineland papered) | Cristalallo II-Cayenne S/Coronados Boy | Sandra Holden | ZG Schraets, Ger | Sandra Holden | |
Beginner Novice | ||||||
Champion | 14 | Wonder Ella | Widmark-Merlot/Abdullah | Dorie Vlatten-Schmitz | Dorie Vlatten-Schmitz | Taylor Lindsten |
Reserve Champion | 6 | Sonata GWF | Sir Gregory-Welteje/Welt Klasse | Mary Hanson | Melissa Steubenberg | Barb Crabo, Mary Hanson |
Honorable Mention: | ||||||
4 | Rumer MWF | Harmony's Rousseau-Karrena/Kalypso | Betsy Ball | Meredith Michelfelder | Katie Beninati |