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!

Premonition BHF Overall Hunter Trophy

2017 marked the inaugural year of this award which is presented to the overall Champion Hunter of the Year—for 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.   In 2020, Bent Hickory Farm signed on to sponsor …

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Hartwig Memorial Trophy

The Hartwig Memorial Trophy is awarded annual to the "Best North American-Bred Young Mare." This award is to reward the young mare that has the best-combined scores from her Studbook Inspection and her Mare Performance Test. The Hartwig Memorial Trophy is restricted to mares that are three- and four-years-old in a calendar year. The goal …

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Engler-Friedlaender Memorial Trophy

In July of 1998, the American Hanoverian Society saw the passing of two of its most prominent members in former President Hermann Friedlaender and long-time board member Dr. Reto Engler. Each in his own way served the Society with distinction for many years. John and Tracy Weyl, owners of Maplewood Farm in Lexington, Ky., approached …

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Dressage at Devon Perpetual Trophy

Each year, breeders large and small from all corners of North America descend upon Devon’s showgrounds for three days of exciting and intense breed competition. In 1990, Priscilla Hanford, then AHS vice president, generously commissioned a beautiful bronze of a Hanoverian mare accompanied by an equally exquisite foal to be presented as a perpetual trophy …

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The Benchmark Perpetual Trophy

This award is donated by a generous AHS member who wishes to remain anonymous, The Benchmark Farm Trophy recognizes mares that show exceptional jumping ability during their Mare Performance Test (MPT). This award is presented to the mare that achieves the highest combined score on the jumping part of the MPT in a calendar year. …

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Bari von Buedingen Memorial Trophy

Donated to the Society in the early 1990s, the Bari von Buedingen Memorial Trophy is a beautiful bronze depicting an exquisite Hanoverian mare and foal. This, the first of AHS’s perpetual trophies, is awarded in memory of noted breeder Bari von Buedingen, who, together with her husband, Dr. Richard von Buedingen, developed their Graf Bae …

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AHS/ARS Annual Awards Issue

The American Hanoverian Magazine Awards Issue is mailed free to all AHS active and associate members and highlights the achievements of our members and their horses throughout the year. Professionally designed and printed on quality stock in full color with a press run of approximately 1300 copies, this offers advertisers an excellent value. Click here …

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