Awards Program

The American Hanoverian Society Awards Program was developed to reward Hanoverians competing in sport. It has evolved over the years and awards are now given for Dressage, Eventing, Hunters, and Jumpers, and Sport Horse Breed Shows. In addition to the regular year-end performance awards in the categories below, a number of Perpetual Trophies have been established to acknowledge outstanding individual performances in sport as well as during the Annual Inspection Tour.

Awards Eligibility Chart
Please use the information in the Awards Eligibility Chart to help determine the requirements for the AHS Awards Program. To be eligible for awards, the owner of the horse must be a current AHS member as of September 30, and the horse must be properly transferred and/or recorded in their name.

DO YOU COMPETE IN THE HUNTERS & JUMPERS or EVENTING?
Horses competing in these disciplines MUST be enrolled in the AHS Awards Program in order to be eligible for year-end awards! Please complete and submit the Performance Awards Form by September 30th of the competition year!

The Gold Medal Foal program is offered by Hannoveraner International, the organization for Hanoverian societies outside of Germany. This is an independent international award for high-quality foals. To be eligible for a Gold Medal, foals with a dressage pedigree require an unofficial score of 8.0 or higher when judged on type, conformation and basic gaits. …
The AHS is pleased to announce the final standings of the National Yearling and Two-Year-Old Futurity classes held during the 2025 inspection tour. The Futurity classes are open to AHS-registered, HV-registered, ARS-registered, RV-registered, and AHS Certificate of Pedigree yearling colts/geldings and fillies and two-year-old colts/geldings and fillies (four classes total). It is judged using a …
The American Hanoverian Society offers a comprehensive awards program recognizing outstanding achievement by Hanoverian and Rhineland horses and American Hanoverian Riding Pony's competing at the highest levels in Dressage. In addition to AHS Dressage Awards, we are proud to participate in the United States Dressage Federation (USDF) All-Breeds Awards program, honoring excellence across the discipline …
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 …
The Greengate Farm Awards are given to the American Breeders of the USDF Finals Hanoverian & Rhineland Winners. Rachel and Warren Ehrlich of Greengate Farm, a prominent Hanoverian breeding farm in Massachusetts, developed and sponsor the Greengate Farm Award given to recognize the breeders of American-born Hanoverian & Rhineland horses that have been USDF Dressage …
Starting in the 2009 season, the American Hanoverian Society has offered awards for young horses who compete in the Materiale classes in dressage shows and sport horse breed shows. In these classes, the horses are ridden in groups and evaluated and scored for their gaits mainly and for their conformation in a minor way. The …
Congratulations to the following AHS Sport Horse Breeding Awards winners! This year's show season proved to be exceptional as AHS members and their horses topped the winners' list in many divisions! Thank you to Walkabout Station for sponsoring our 2024 Dressage Sport Horse Breeding Awards! Congratulations to all the 2024 winners! AHS Sport Horse Breeding …
The AHS awards Champions and Reserve Champions at the seven levels of Eventing. Congratulations to our 2025 winners listed below. Additionally, each Champion is 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 applied will be named …
2017 marked the inaugural year the AHS gave an award for the overall champion Hunter which is presented to the Hanoverian horse who placed the highest in the standings of their USEF Hunter Division that year. The winner receives a keeper plaque and a beautiful ribbon.   Bent Hickory Farm began sponsoring this award in 2020 …